Here in Texas....I have yet to find a Mexican Restaurant that deep fries their own tortillas for tacos. Virtually every single Mexican Restaurant in the Dallas Metroplex.....no matter whether expensive or cheap......they all use preformed “Taco Bell type” shells.
So far, its the worse thing about Dallas........the worse. Oh.and hard to find home made enchilada sauce too.....u know...red chili type sauce.
Here they actually use Chili con carne on their enchiladas. The same stuff I use to make a chili dog.....it’s their “Tex Mex” style.......
The first day I moved in.....my next door neighbor..also from CA said......”You won’t find any good Mexican Restaurants around.” ....he was mostly right........which is why I’m all turned on about Del Taco......LOL!
An...u know... probably shudnt either. But sooo glad ur so 'turned on' about del Taco.
The best Mexican restaurant I have eaten in was in..........MEXICO!.............
In San Diego there are KILLER 24hr roach-coach Mexican food places EVERYWHERE! Robertos, Alibertos, etc.
My brother was down from Northern Cali celebrating my sisters 21st birthday. He got hungry and I said “Mexican?” he said yes so we started walking down the street. He asked me “Where are we going?” I replied “the closest place?”, “Where is that?”, “I don't know, but you can't walk too far before you find one!”
We went two blocks and there were TWO, right across the street from each other. And it was AMAZINGLY good!
El Fenix.
Del Taco is not new to Dallas or to Texas. I worked at one in Texarkana in 1981. They used to be all over the DFW metro area,
Who'd want their food anyway? They use "extenders" (=oatmeal) in their meat. If you want a taco, go to one of those greasy mom and pop joints in the Mexican strip mall, not to Smel Taco.
Some Texan friends had my wife and me over once for enchiladas. I had no idea why there was chili on them.
It wasn't too bad.
Have you tried El Taquito on East Grand and RLT? I had to stop by there on my last visit to Dallas.