Restaurant Review: De Guerreros Taqueria

De Guerreros Taqueria is an offshoot of the popular taco stand contained within the Guerrero Food Center across the street. Locals so adored the little pockets of heaven known as Guerrero’s tacos that, despite the owners continuing to run the counter taco stand at Guerrero, business is already bustling at the tiny new taqueria as well. Both establishments deliver, and if you can manage to communicate with the guys working there, it’s a great choice for one of those lazy days in Greenwood Heights (it’s in that magical neighborhood just south of Park Slope and just north of Sunset Park…some locals like to dash our dreams by saying we live in no-man’s land, but our proximity to the Green Wood Cemetery would suggest that Greenwood Heights might be correct).

Regardless, the food at De Guerreros is definitely worth a trip on the R train. The tacos are actually sizeable, unlike those you might find elsewhere in the neighborhood. Depending on what mood you catch the chef in, sometimes you’ll get full off one of these, though I’d usually recommend getting two if you want to be satisfied, and three if you want to be stuffed. The Al Pastor Taco is the best, tender barbequed pork with pineapple, though the Beef Enchilada Taco is also incredible, with a spicy, slightly sweet sauce. All the tacos are wrapped in two corn tortillas, as is the custom in these parts. The tacos are spicy, but their salsa is spicier, and both the red and green varieties are tongue-scorching joy. You might want to emphasize that you want the spicy sauce, because I am convinced they have a gringo version that they dished out to us for a while. Most of the tacos are $2.00, so you can afford to try a little of everything, from chicken to Oreja.

The menu offers a nice variety of dishes, though they only serve a lot of things, like burritos, on the weekends, and sometimes not at all. They do have a nice dessert list and a variety of Mexican beverages (Aguas Frescas, for the uninitiated). As for what to avoid, the quesadillas are a bit….interesting. I wouldn’t have known they were quesadillas upon first glance. They’re more like indian fry bread infused with a layer of rubbery white cheese and sprinkled with salad. Not bad, but not what you might expect.

Tortas are always a good bet for lunch in the Sunset Park area. They are some composed of sort of filling on a large, fresh-baked roll, and they usually come smeared with refried beans and mayonaisse, and served with lettuce, tomato and avocado, or something along those lines. Go for the Milaneza de Res, or breaded, fried steak. My mom, who’s Argentinian, used to make Milanesa (that’s how she spelled it, anyway) just like it. All the tortas are large enough to feed two for under five dollars, so you can’t really go wrong.

In conclusion, check out this stellar taco stand before it gets priced out and replaced with a Tasty-D-Lite!

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