For a FOURTH YEAR, we're on a mission to #SaveTheTacos and find out who will earn the title of "Arlington's Favorite Taco" this year!
From August 19th – September 30th, local Arlington restaurants have created and added limited-time specialty tacos to their menu to compete for the title of "Arlington’s Favorite Taco". (We chose our words carefully 😉 this is a fan/customer voted contest on tacos from a variety of restaurants, most of which are making a taco JUST for this contest.)
There are 24 restaurants competing this year – double the number of restaurants who have ever participated in a single year - all vying for YOUR vote. AND did we mention that all three previous years’ winners are competing this year:
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Ventana Grille at Tierra Verde Golf Course (2022 Winner)
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Grounds & Gold (2023 Winner)
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Tom’s Burgers & Grill (2024 Winner)
To crown the winner is no small task and that’s where YOU come in to #SaveTheTacos*!
YOU, with your out-of-the-box-unconventional-taco connoisseur tastebuds will decide who the title should be bestowed to by VOTING for your favorite!
Are you up for the challenge? (Of course you are, what taco connoisseur passes up the chance to try new tacos?)
Let’s check out this year's competition...
Amore Mio Trattoria
Taco del Mar
Seasoned Mahi Mahi fish with a fresh cabbage slaw, pico de gallo, mozzarella cheese and topped with a serrano based secret sauce in a flour tortilla and a slice of lemon on the side
Order a la carte: one (1) Taco del Mar ($6.00)
Beaux Boudin
The Bayou Crunch Taco
Crispy, golden pork cracklin’ with a zesty cabbage slaw, tossed in fresh tomatoes, serrano, and jalapeño peppers, and topped with a jalapeño cream salsa, cilantro, and a splash of lime in a soft flour tortilla
Order a la carte: one (1) The Bayou Crunch Taco ($6.95)
Cake-aholics Bakery
Taco Sundae
Homemade vanilla ice cream topped with chocolate ganache, homemade whipped cream, and a cherry in a cinnamon sugar tortilla
Order a la carte: one (1) Taco Sundae ($8.00)
Churro On Top
The Churraco
Handmade cinnamon sugar churro shell filled with ice cream
Order a la carte: one (1) The Churacco ($9.00)
Cup o’ Vibes
Jerk Ting
Smoked Chicken Salad with Jerk Spice, creamy avocado, and pineapple pico de gallo in a flour street taco
Order a la carte: one (1) Jerk Ting ($4.50)
Cut & Bourbon
Chicharron Ribeye Taco
Ribeye with Monterey Jack cheese, avocado, pickled onions and topped with tomatillo-chipotle salsa in a corn tortilla
Order a la carte: one (1) Chicharron Ribeye Taco ($9.00)
Egg Bar Brunch
The Sweet Heat Taco
Spicy chorizo and candied roasted sweet potato hash with caramelized onions, crumbled queso fresco, and topped with a chipotle crema, cilantro, and a sunny side up egg, in a blue corn tortilla shell
Order a la carte: one (1) The Sweet Heat Taco ($7.00)
Order as a plate: two (2) The Sweet Heat Tacos with salsa verde and refried black beans ($13.99)
Grounds & Gold
The Sweet & Spicy Laurie
Chipotle marinated beef with mango pico, pickled fresnos, feta, and topped with cilantro on a corn tortillas
Order a la carte: one (1) The Sweet & Spicy Laurie ($5.50) - or two (2) The Sweet and Spicy Lauries ($9.00)
Order as a plate: two (2) The Sweet & Spicy Laurie with chips and salsa ($12.00)
Home Plate at Texas Rangers Golf Club
Bo-Rai-Cho Taco
Birria style taco with tonkatsu braised pork belly, pepperjack cheese, honey fermented daikon radish, pickled red onions, and a chimichurri aioli seared in a flour tortilla and served with a consommé broth
Order a la carte: one (1) Bo-Rai-Cho Taco ($5.00)
Hurtado Barbecue
Duck Carnitas
Confit (flash fried duck) topped with salsa roja, pickled onions, and cilantro in a corn tortilla
Order a la carte: one (1) Duck Carnitas ($5.49)
Order as a plate: two (2) Duck Carnitas served with rice and beans ($13.99)
Jambo’s BBQ
Texan Taco
Brisket, pulled pork, bologna, house-made sausage, and a rib topped with fresh pico and taco sauce in a made from scratch flour tortilla
Order a la carte: one (1) Texas Taco ($8.95)
Order as a plate one (1) Texas Taco served with your choice of two sides
Lac Bleu Brunch Café
Phil
Philly steak with scrambled eggs, grilled onions, mushrooms, monterrey jack cheese, and avocado ranch in a pita shell
Order a la carte: one (1) Phil ($7:00)
Order as a plate: two (2) Phil with a side of hashbrowns ($15.00)
Los Molcas Tacos Bar and Grill
El Taco-Stumbras
Inside steak with grilled onion, bell peppers, bacon, mushrooms, mozzarella cheese, and topped with a splash of guacamole in a handmade corn tortilla
Order a la carte: one (1) El Taco Strumbas ($5.50)
Marquez Bakery
Tamataco (Tamale Taco)
Tamale topped with roasted corn pico and curtido (cabbage, carrots, cooked onions, vinegar, and jalapeños) in a Marquez flour tortilla
Order a la carte: one (1) Tamataco (Tamale Taco) ($4.99)
M’Jays House of Smoke
Beefy Mac Taco
Creamy mac & cheese and low and slow oak smoked brisket topped with cheddar cheese, chives, and BBQ sauce in a buttery flour tortilla
Order a la carte: one (1) Beefy Mac Taco ($5.99)
Papaya Mexican Grill
El Fortachon
Carne asada and pastor with grilled onions, bell peppers, and cheese topped with sliced avocado and cilantro in a flour tortilla
Order a la carte: one (1) El Fortachon ($4.99)
Order as a plate: three (3) El Fortachon served with rice and beans ($16.99)
Prince Lebanese Grill
Freaky With Tzatziki
Gyro with shredded lettuce, diced tomatoes, pickles, diced onions, feta cheese and prince fries topped with tzatziki sauce in a flour tortilla
Order a la carte: one (1) Freaky With Tzatziki ($6.99)
Smoke’N Ash BBQ
Big Ash Taco
Smoked brisket, shiro wat, pico de gallo, crumbled cheese, and topped with cilantro and awaze in a crispy injera bread shell
Order a la carte: one (1) Big Ash Taco ($3.00)
Order as a plate: two (2) Big Ash Tacos with one side of your choice ($9.00)
Taipo
Butter Marsala Taco
Crispy house made fried chicken tossed in Taipo’s signature creamy butter marsala sauce, topped with pickled onions and green onions in a paratha shell
Order a la carte: one (1) Butter Marsala Taco ($4.99)
Order as a plate: two (2) Butter Marsala Tacos with a side of fries and spicy mayo ($9.99)
Taste Community Restaurant
Full of “Seoul” Taco
Tender pork belly, glazed in a sweet and spicy Korean barbecue sauce, with cucumber, pickled radishes, carrots, gochujang aioli, and topped with cilantro, mint and scallions in a Korean style scallion pancake shell
Order a la carte: Taste Community Restaurant has a “pay-what-you-can” system
(Taste Community Restaurant's menu has no prices, not because their fancy, but because they ask guests to pay-what-you-can. Those in need and those wanting to help are not segregated, in order to create an environment that is approachable and refreshing. Guests can do one of the following: pay what you can afford, pay what you would typically pay, or pay what you would typically, plus a little extra to help a neighbor in need.)
Tic-Taco
Summer Shrimp Taco
Seasoned shrimp with napa cabbage, diced tomatoes, cucumbers, and topped with a blueberry dressing in a romaine lettuce shell
Order a la carte: one (1) Summer Shrimp Taco ($8.00)
TJ’s Catfish and Wings and BBQ
So Fish and So Greens, Greens
TJ’s famous fried catfish with house-made collard greens and topped with sweet cornbread crumbles, chopped red onions, and a secret sauce in a flour tortilla
Order a la carte: one (1) So Fish and So Greens, Greens ($7.99)
Order as a plate: two (2) So Fish and So Greens, Greens with french fries ($17.99)
Tom’s Burgers & Grill
The Rustic
Marinated chicken thighs with a red cabbage slaw, roasted corn pico, chunky avocado, and topped with an avocado verde aioli in a flour tortilla
Order a la carte: one (1) The Rustic ($6.00)
Ventana Grille at Tierra Verde Golf Course
Taco Mi Up
Lemongrass pork with siracha mayo, pickled veggies and topped with crushed peanuts and cilantro in a corn tortilla
Order a la carte: one (1) Taco Mi Up
Order as a plate: two (2) Taco Mi Up served with jasmine rice
