DESDE 1974 ★ EL MISMO TROMPO ★ LA MISMA FAMILIA
Tacos al pastor carved off the spinning trompo, pineapple thrown from a show-off height, tortillas pressed when you order — not before.
todo con cebolla, cilantro y la salsa que aguantes
los favoritos
achiote-marinated pork, charred pineapple, the taco that pays the rent
slow-confit brisket, crisped on the plancha, tortilla dipped in the fat
toluca-style green chorizo, made Tuesdays by tía Lupe, sells out Wednesdays
grilled cactus, queso fresco, salsa de árbol on the side — la abuela's favorite
habanero-braised beef cheek. sign the little notebook if you finish the salsa
the secret one. pastor + suadero + salsa negra. named after the spark that started the fire in '74
Don Rafael built the first trompo out of a washing-machine motor and pure stubbornness. The motor gave up in 1989. Rafael hasn't. Three generations later his granddaughter Paloma carves the pastor with the same knife, sharpened so many times it's now technically a different knife — except it isn't, and don't say that in front of Rafael.
3 generaciones 1 receta 0 franquicias, jamás
hechas cada mañana, vitrolero gigante, hielo hasta arriba
hibiscus, tart as tía's opinions
rice & canela, the peacemaker
sweet, sour, sticky fingers
green, alive, slightly suspicious