This year, heavy rain attempted to take over some of my favorite taco centered events like the Pittsburgh Taco Festival, Cinco de Mayo, and National Taco Day. It has not failed to make an appearance at each one of these occasions. On Thursday October 4th, for National Taco Day, it rained like crazy. Heavy downpours and floods led to many road closures in the South Hills. As a result, my Frisbee game was cancelled. A few of my league friends…
After recuperating last week from the Lake Tahoe trip (unfortunately I did not get tacos there as I spent a lot of time eating with the wedding party at the cabin), I waited until this past weekend to get tacos. However, as us Pittsburghers know, we were hammered with snow Friday into Saturday morning. Sure I had some fun sledding down roads on unfurled Kan Jam cans, participating in epic snow ball fights, and shoveling the entire stretch of Nate’s…
On average, I don’t think I regularly experience a case of the “Mondays”. Usually on Mondays I try to get a good workout in and get my favorite dollar tacos at Patron Mexican Grill. Rarely do I let Mondays get to me. However, last Monday…oh last Monday…I had a bad case of the Mondays. On that fateful Monday, I had Nate drive my beloved 2003 Honda CRV (aka Silver Bullet) to work at the Washington Auto Mall so he could…
Last week in the midst of a very busy time getting ready for two back-to-back out of state weekend trips to New York and Ohio, I needed some quick and healthy dinners to get me through the chaos. When I think of fast service tacos my mind defaults to Las Palmas, Edgar’s Best Tacos, Doce Taqueria, Bea Taco Town, and El Burro. However, time and location are important factors to consider too (especially around rush hour). Since I was planning…
Taco Blogging Above Pittsburgh in Mt Washington I am very excited to announce that I am all moved into my new place in Mount Washington. I am currently sitting outside on my giant covered porch on a kitchen chair, sipping on a glass of wine, listening to Atlas Genius’ Pandora station with a giant step ladder as my laptop table all while blogging away about my most recent taco experience. Although this may look awfully strange, the set up is…
Work, Nap, Run, Taco Time On a Friday night after work, a nap and a mile run I built up an appetite for tacos. I knew Nate and I would be getting tacos for dinner, but it was a last minute decision to go to Insurrection AleWorks. We had received word from a friend that they were having tacos on special this weekend. Since they do not have tacos on their everyday menu (once every 2-3 weeks tacos will be…
Last Tuesday, I had the day off from work after seeing the epic Penguins game against the Capitals that included 8 TOTAL goals (6 of them Pens!) and Malkin pulling off a hat trick ALL in one period. Since Nate and I did not have time to get tacos before the Pens game, or during (side note: across from our seats we saw the täkō sign! Tacos! At the game! However, if you follow us on Twitter and Facebook you’ll…
I have now been to Hitchhiker Brewing Company more than most of my friends that live in the South Hills, and I do not even live close to there. I love this place! I discovered my favorite beer of all time here, Yeoman, a fresh hopped IPA brewed right here by Hitchhiker. The fresh hops put into this American Pale Ale came from a hop farm near Slippery Rock and it really knocked my socks off! Hitchhiker Brewing is where I also…
A few Fridays ago, I had my mind set on Thai Spoon in Dormont because I heard it is amazing and love trying out new restaurants. However, last minute I started to think of other restaurants I haven’t tried yet. On my list of places to go was Bigham Tavern. When I looked at the menu and saw Bigham Tavern had a taco section I was set on that. I also read that Bigham has bar games so I was equally…
Totopo Tacos! Last week, I chose to try out Totopo on 660 Washington Road, Pittsburgh in Mount Lebanon’s uptown area after hearing fantastic reviews from friends. I had never heard of Totopo before, and I had no idea what to expect. I didn’t ask friends what was good or not at Totopo, I just went in cold (but of course leaning towards tacos!). Now, after my first visit I have so much to share with you guys and I don’t…