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Tijuana Authority? Tasty
Apps? Taco Ass (the worst of all afflictions)? Actually, I think it's
some fancy-schmancy, shortened form of "taqueria," which is, apparently,
a joint that serves tacos. Oh crap--it's tacocina! The word
is right there in plain sight. This kind of overthinking is exactly
why I do poorly on standardized testing. Tacos, you say? What a unique
thing for a Mexican restaurant to serve. I was expecting, perhaps,
a nice knish or maybe a nibble of a hot pastrami on Jewish rye. Yeah,
I knew I was in for Mexican the entire time, but it's fun to fuck
around, isn¬t it? So, what I did encounter is in stark contrast to
TA Cocina's express space, which is kind of a dump-ish to go joint.
This, their main restaurant, is actually not terrible, and has some
funkiness to it that is, honestly, somewhat surprising. What was not
surprising, however, was the complete lack of care by our waitress.
It still amazes me that in a city like New York--certainly a service
oriented city--that the service just sucks so badly in so many places.
The neato tables with the beans and stuff under Plexiglas can't fool
me into having a good time as I wait a half-hour at lunch for my taco
plate while my soda goes flat and the chip basket is filled with nothing
but crumbs and bits of salt. The food--when it finally arrived--was
certainly edible, but nothing earth-shattering. And, of course, a
vegan lunchmate's plate came with cheese on it, despite him begging
and pleading when ordering that they don't put anything made from
dairy or animal parts in his boring-ass veggie taco thing. Maybe we
just hit this place on a bad day. Maybe they're usually responsive
and attentive. We doubt it, but I'll give Mexican a second try, just
because it's Mexican. [MF]
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