BLOCHO'S TACOS

Hummingbird To Go Foster St and Sheridan Ave, Evanston , IL @ hummingbirdtogo Food trucks are awesome. They travel around giving their delicious grub to a wide consumer base and they often use sustainable practices, such as compostable containers. Plus, they help foster a sense of excitement and adventure in the lives of foodies. To me, food trucks are the adult version of the ice cream truck. You get super stoked when it's coming to your neighborhood and, at least for us food truck deprived Evanstonians , it is a special treat. I loved going to the ice cream truck when I was a kid and, to no surprise, I always devoured my ChocoTaco . Unfortunately, today's tacos were not chocolate but were incredible delicious. Short rib tacos on amazing hearty (and stable!) corn tortillas. The slightly picante salsa verde that came along was fantastic. The tacos were also quite full...not Gordon Taqueria style with all the fixins , but there was a significant amount of meat in thes...

Chipotle 711 Church Street Evanston , IL I do not like Chipotle . I never have. And that was even before eating there. My biggest gripe with the Mexican-style chain restaurant is I believe it drove Burritoville , a NY-only more authentic version of Chipotle , out of business. Despite my feelings against Chipotle , I let me friends Samantha and Lisa convince me to try it. They are Chipotle fanatics. They crave Chipotle the way I crave Mexican food -- always. After a disappointing Northwestern University football game, I walked with Samantha and Lisa to Chipotle to see what all the hype was about. Carnitas have become a favorite taco flavor of mine throughout this journey, so I decided to continue the tradition and perhaps add another favorite carnitas taco joint to my list. I have decided I need to take the "only hard corn tortilla shell" sign as a warning. The shells were flavorless and even a little stale, the meat was over-spiced, the guacamole was tasteless--bo...