Taco Bar
Quick Take
This Mexican restaurant, second in the Taco Bar chainlet, is tucked in the Washingtonian Express gas station and disguised as a beer and wine store. But the food is essential Mexican: tacos, burritos and quesadilla at inexpensive prices, served on paper or styrofoam plates. Fancy this isn't, but it serves its clientele, with teenagers and families enjoying an inexpensive meal at the handful of tables.
Sincro de Mayo
Sure the tacos are great, particularly as they include an amazing fixings bar, but you're missing some amazing dishes if you ignore the pozole, a hominy stew, and the sincros, which are like quessadilla, but with refried beans.
The Samantha's of gas station taco stands
A friend of mine updated his Facebook status to say that he had just driven 50 miles to eat at his favorite gas station taco stand. It drew 40 comments from people on his friends (including me) list exclaiming that they, too, had a favorite gas station taco stand and had either eaten there recently or were suddenly overtaken by a powerful urge to go back. Then we all realized we were talking about the same gas station taco stand: Taco Bar, tucked into the Washingtonian Gas station right of Exit 9 on 270. I freaking LOVE this place. Not just because it is apparently as well-kept a secret as Samantha's in Silver Spring was circa 2008, but because I TOTALLY found it first. :)
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Taco Bar
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This Mexican restaurant, second in the Taco Bar chainlet, is tucked in the Washingtonian Express gas station and disguised as a beer and wine store. But the food is essential Mexican: tacos, burritos and quesadilla at inexpensive prices, served on paper or styrofoam plates. Fancy this isn't, but it serves its clientele, with teenagers and families enjoying an inexpensive meal at the handful of tables.
Sincro de Mayo
Sure the tacos are great, particularly as they include an amazing fixings bar, but you're missing some amazing dishes if you ignore the pozole, a hominy stew, and the sincros, which are like quessadilla, but with refried beans.
The Samantha's of gas station taco stands
A friend of mine updated his Facebook status to say that he had just driven 50 miles to eat at his favorite gas station taco stand. It drew 40 comments from people on his friends (including me) list exclaiming that they, too, had a favorite gas station taco stand and had either eaten there recently or were suddenly overtaken by a powerful urge to go back. Then we all realized we were talking about the same gas station taco stand: Taco Bar, tucked into the Washingtonian Gas station right of Exit 9 on 270. I freaking LOVE this place. Not just because it is apparently as well-kept a secret as Samantha's in Silver Spring was circa 2008, but because I TOTALLY found it first. :)
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Taco Bar
Quick Take
This Mexican restaurant, second in the Taco Bar chainlet, is tucked in the Washingtonian Express gas station and disguised as a beer and wine store. But the food is essential Mexican: tacos, burritos and quesadilla at inexpensive prices, served on paper or styrofoam plates. Fancy this isn't, but it serves its clientele, with teenagers and families enjoying an inexpensive meal at the handful of tables.
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Taco Bar
Quick Take
This Mexican restaurant, second in the Taco Bar chainlet, is tucked in the Washingtonian Express gas station and disguised as a beer and wine store. But the food is essential Mexican: tacos, burritos and quesadilla at inexpensive prices, served on paper or styrofoam plates. Fancy this isn't, but it serves its clientele, with teenagers and families enjoying an inexpensive meal at the handful of tables.
