July 14, 2011
I couldn’t think of anything to do tonight and didn’t feel like wandering or doing a Fortress of Solitude post, so I Googled, “late night things to do on the upper west side nyc” And this is what popped up:
So I clicked on the link and I got this:
It turns out that Super Tacos is a late night food truck. They’re open till two in the morning on weeknights and three in the AM on weekend nights. Plus they have two dollar tacos that are supposed to be really good. So that’s tonight’s destination, Thanks, Google!
We'll be traveling uptown via a subway car from Penn Station.
It's been a while since I've checked out the greeting cards here. Regular readers of MAD will recall this place has sold some filthy and vile greeting cards in the past. Let's see if they've cleaned up their act.
(Only funny if you work with me alert!) Aaaahhh! Carlstadt, New Jersey...three of the most vile and obscene words known to mankind! I need to talk to management here about these offensive cards!
And as soon as I get to the tracks a train is pulling up, i always love that!
And it was the express train, so five minutes later we've traveled from 34th Street to 96th Street. Now let's find that Taco Truck, I skipped dinner and I'm starvin' like Marvin over here.
Okay, here we are at 96th and Broadway. From what I've read the truck is close to the Southwest corner, but I'm directionally challenged, so let's just start looking for it.
I don't see it here.
It's not around this one either, that's two down and two to go.
Hey, look, a Two Boots Pizza, I had no idea they had one up here. They have great pizza here. If we don't find the taco truck we can always get a consolation slice here.
What's with the "Walk Up Service" sign? Isn't that a given at McDonald's? And does this mean that if you're a cripple you have to eat at Burger King? Rollin', rollin', rollin'...Rawhide!
Hey, that looks like a truck over there. Could it be? Let's go find out.
Yeah, this is the place and there's a lively taco eating crowd here.
There's lots of choices on the menu and most of them are under six bucks. I think I'll try the standard beef taco.
The guys working on the truck are nice and friendly.
And here they are working on my order.
And within minutes, here's my taco. It looks delicious and it is. And it was only two bucks. Okay, let's go say hi to a few of the other fellow taco eaters here on the block.
Here's John, Jose and Tom who were enjoying some tacos on their lunch break. John said they were working till six in the morning. Ouch!
Here's a quartet of pretty women enjoying themselves, let's go say hi.
They were very nice and said to identify them as "Jess X Four." Watch your back foursquare! Sounds like a new social media site in the works!
And here's the generator up front that powers the whole operation. Hey, wait a second...let's zoom in on something here...
Aaaahhhh!
Super Tacos
96th Street and Broadway (Southwest Corner)
917-837-0866
Further reading: NY Times, New York Street Food, Graveyard Shift NYC and NYNYEATEAT.
You also might like: Planet of the Apes, Lonely Planet and Planet Claire.
Four Best of Food Trucks in NYC Lists
Refinery 29
New York Magazine
CBS New York
Woman Around Town
There'll be lots of time and wine,
Red yellow honey, sassafras and moonshine.
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