July 19, 2011

Well, we knew it was coming, Mars Bar is closed for good. EV Grieve had the story yesterday at his fine blog, here’s the post: That’s It: The Mars Bar is closed for good. So it turns out we were there on the last day. Fuck, where am I supposed to go this Easter? Cheers and farewell to the Mars Bar and anyone whoever had twelve too many in there. Check out Goggla’s flickr page for great and definitive Mars Bar photos. I and others consider her to be the official documentarian of Mars Bar and she nailed the joint in this tribute: “Cry, ‘Havoc!’ and let slip the dogs of war...”

Mars Bar—Hank and Ray, July 17, 2011. One for the road.

I’m still hungover from the Chillmaster Dance Party III a little tired tonight, and kind of bummed out about Mars Bar, so I thought I’d try to find someplace close to home to go to. I enjoyed going to the Super Taco Truck last week and I found another late night taco truck nearby where I live, on the corner of 14th and 8th. It’s called El Idolo and they have two buck tacos there, so let’s go check it out!

Okay, it's a straight shot down 8th to 14th street and then it's taco time!

Gumballs!

The answer to the question: "Does anybody really know what time it is?"

Goddamn it's humid out here tonight and now it's starting to spit rain, let's find this goddamned taco truck already!

And here we are...

Now where's this taco truck?

Hello!

And due to the heat and sprinkling rain, there's not much of a line here. Let's go get a taco.

There's lots of items to choose from, but I'm going to stick to the original plan of a taco. You usually can't go wrong with that order at a taco truck.

This friendly fellow took my order.

As you can see, the truck is sparkling clean.

And quicker than you can say: "¿Dónde está mi taco?" Dinner is served!

And it's a delicious taco! Very nicely prepared!

One of the secrets to eating at a food truck is learning to lean in to the truck and this gentlemen has it down pat. Let's go say hi.

His name is Jeff and he was a good sport for letting me take his photo. Happy taco trails, Jeff!

And, just a block away from the taco truck is the Donut Pub, time for a little dessert!

I was going to get a donut, but those chocolate chip cookies look really good.

And look, my cookie is served!

It was really good.

And now it's time to go home and drink about 23 toasts to the Mars Bar. Goodnight everybody and see you tomorrow after dark.

Further reading: Jeremiah's Vanishing New York, EV Grieve, The Gog Log, Slum Goddess and NY Times.

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Bonus Linkage!

Secret Weapon!
“Boris” and Gidget’s Secret Weapon Show got a nice write up at the Broken Hearted Toy blog written by Terry Flamm. Check it out here, it’s the eighth item down: Secret Weapon on Broken Hearted Toy. And of course Secret Weapon can be heard only on Woody Radio.

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Blarney! At Grade “A” Fancy!
MAD pals, Karen and Jon have a wonderful new entry at Grade “A” Fancy celebrating the history of the Blarney Stone bars in NYC. Wonderful writing and artwork, check it out here: Blarney!