In the East Village, there is no shortage of great places to eat (according to the “locals,” there’s pretty much no shortage of anything awesome in the neighborhood, but that’s a whole other bag of hipsters). San Loco, a multi-location Mexican cocina that specializes in freshness (”makin’it from scratch since 1986″) and alcoholic beverages (a welcome addition to any fast food place), holds up as another fine food stop among many. On the recommendation of an esteemed denizen of the great walled city of the East Village and San Loco regular, I ordered the Queso Loco (with beef) and the Guaco Loco (with chicken) tacos. These double-shelled wonders (hard AND soft; I suppose that’s what makes then so “crazy”) are delicious and although the ground beef was somewhat under-seasoned, the chicken more than picked up the slack (way to go, chicken). That whole freshness claim they make in their backstory holds true; all the veggies were good and the tortillas tasted like I imagine they would down in the real San Loco (wherever the Hell that is). I would recommend the queso and the guaco tacos equally and if you are able to whack down a couple of margaritas while you’re at it, you’ve got yourself a good time (I had a Fanta that was pretty tasty, but not nearly boozy enough). Overall, I give San Loco 3 out of 4 sticks of butter and bonus points for being a.) open late (5:00am from Thursday to Saturday), b.) ideal post-drinking filler / hangover killer, and c.) cool enough to serve cerveza, margaritas, and sangria.
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