Chaco's Tacos Review Tucson Dave's Taco Trail

Hi everyone. We sense the end of summer approaching. It certainly is not connected with the weather as it is of course just about unbearable at 103 degrees just about every day this week. We made a Friday dash to one of our favorites, Chaco's Tacos. We had not visited our pals Brenda and Chaco for some time and looked forward to some good tacos. I have had the pleasue of eating here for about 13 years and their daily specials are pretty good. No if they could just get that evaporative cooler working better................ Once again, I brought a business pal to join me in the blog trail. The fog of taco joints. One after another. Most everytime I have been here you are met by owner's spouse, Ms. Brenda. Service is quick and they crank people in and out of here. There are enough Border Patrol patrons to chase every dishwasher this side of the Mississippi back to Mexico. Headquarters is right down the street. We started by tackling the salsa bar and getting huge quantities of their homemade avocado sauce to go with our chips and salsa. Good stuff. I ordered a la carte once again to get the ulimate combination of tacos possible. Chicken, Carne asada, ground beef. The ground beef taco was deep fried and I asked for it that way. The meats here are good. The store bought tortillas, both corn and flour, seem like what happens to a bag of potato chips with your evap on high. They get a little "pliable". Even the deep fried taco had lost some crunch to moisture. The carne asada was good. They serve a lot of these on Carne Asada Tuesdays. The chicken taco was served on a flour tortilla. It had large chunks of white chicken meat and was pretty good save the tortilla. I making a guess here that there brands of tortillas must have some shelf life to them. They could do better. My pal Marshall ordered the green chili plate and he just about polished it all off. He is a small guy and he was challenged. All in all, Chacos serves some good home cooked style Mexican food and you get a lot for your money. Our lunches were $18 all together. This place has a solid following and their location down the street from the Border Patrol and also Davis Monthan provides them an endless supply of customers. This spot ranks in the middle of the pack of those places we have visited.