Recently I got the chance to have lunch at North East of the Border, a Boston food truck specializing in tacos and other Mexican cuisine (although, let’s face it, mainly tacos).
North East of the Border serves a variety of tacos, with a carne asada taco (flank steak with cheese, onions, and cilantro), chicken tinga taco (chicken with onions, tomatoes, in a chipotle sauce), cochinita pibil taco (pork with refried beans), a couple kinds of fish tacos, and a few others.
They also serve a pork torta, but with only one torta stacked against 8 kinds of tacos, you can tell that tacos is where their heart is at.
Of course there’s chips, guac, and salsa as well – no Mexican themed truck could get on without those!
I ordered the carne asada de raja taco, which is similar to the normal carne asada taco, but with poblano peppers. I also grabbed the avocado taco, a vegetarian-friendly taco with lightly fried avocado, cilantro slaw, and chipotle dressing.
The tacos themselves were pretty good. Despite being a meat lover, I actually preferred the avocado taco, which was VERY flavorful (the carne asada de raja taco was still fine, but didn’t have the benefit of built-in sauce).
The presentation was great – both tacos looked very appetizing.
Let’s talk taco pricing. These tacos were $4 (carne asada de raja) and $3.50 (avocado taco), which is pretty standard for tacos around here, although it certainly doesn’t make you feel like you’re getting some stellar deal. In the future, I’d love to see North East of the Border offer a combo plate as some other taco places do, building a meal of two tacos with rice and beans.
My only real qualm with North East of the Border is that the wait time was pretty bad. During the lunch time rush, I had to wait 17 minutes for two tacos, which is pretty abysmal. When I got my order ticket, I was number 2, and they were reading off number 86. While they were certainly busy (maybe 15 or so people in line or waiting for food), they didn’t have the huge snaking lines other food trucks deal with. It seemed they were having trouble with the frying machine, so that might have had an affect. Something to be aware of though!
North East of the Border brings more tasty tacos to Boston – definitely grab a few tacos there when you’re in the mood for Mexican (I’d say just try to avoid the lunch rush).
