6/13/2013 - Tortilla Marissa's

Taco Restaurant #2 - Tortilla Marissa's on College Ave.

The food: An order of "street tacos" (2 carnitas and 2 chicken on soft corn tortillas)

ChrisW: These tacos really hit the spot.  The tortillas were slightly fried, which is always earns extra points from me.  The majority of the tacos were the meat with a bit of pico, onion, lime and some guacamole to slather on.  I really enjoyed the carnitas tacos as they were juicy and had some spicy kick to them.  I found the chicken tacos to be a little bit dry and less tasty, but my taco companions John and ChrisM found the chicken tacos preferable.  I would score the carnitas tacos 9/10 and the chicken tacos 6/10.

The location: We sat in flimsy plastic chairs in the patio out back, which was shielded remarkably well from the traffic sounds of College Ave.  A bit of mariachi music was played and there were cute paintings of cacti across the walls of the patio.  It was not fancy, but it was pleasant.  The wait staff was very friendly.

ChrisW overall rating: 8/10

6/6/2013 - Wahoo's Fish Taco

Taco Restaurant #1 - Wahoo's Fish Taco on Harmony Road
















The food: 1 grilled fish taco, 1 carne asada taco, 1 carnitas taco

These tacos were served on a doubled-up soft corn tortillas.  The tortillas were a bit tasteless and tended to fall apart a little bit.  The grilled fish tacos were great.  The fish was delicious and the cabbage/salsa/sauce was perfect.  The carne asada and carnitas tacos fell far short of the fish taco and I felt that there was far too much lettuce on these.  I would give the fish taco an 8/10 and the other two 5/10.

The location: Wahoo's is a "fast casual" chain restaurant, so it is clean and bright and has all sorts of oceanic and surf-related flair hanging on the walls.    The patio was nice with ample umbrellas to shade us, but it is right on Harmony road, so very loud and trafficy.

 ChrisW overall rating: 7/10