New York Street Food

The policeman was just getting lunch (credit: NYSF)

Mexico Blvd was a welcome addition to the NYC food truck scene when they first came out about a year ago. There are a number of old-school Mexican food trucks around the city, but Mexico Blvd is a bit different.

They couple authentic Mexican cuisine with the new food truck business model of an eye-catching truck, bold flavors, and the twitter-centric world of these newfangled food trucks.

They don’t have a large menu, but what they do (tacos and tortas), they do well. We were in the mood for a sandwich, so we ordered a bistec torta, with extra spicy sauce on the side.

We enjoyed their guacamole once before, so we ordered a torta combo for $10, which comes with guac and chips. You can get the torta by itself for $8.

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We haven’t been to Mexico Blvd in a while, so we stopped by Friday to check in and see how they were doing.

Our timing was good, because Jordi told us they were going to bring back a menu item they only had for a couple of days in the beginning – flautas.

When Mexico Blvd first came out, flautas were listed on the menu, but they couldn’t make it work at the time, with all the intricacies of starting a new food truck. The rolled tortillas have to be deep fried, and are more labor intensive than tacos or tortas.

Now that Mexico Blvd has been operating for a while and things are running smoothly, flautas are coming back, starting today! When they first opened, chicken, potato and bean flautas were available. We’re guessing it will be something similar now.

Since we’re currently in Europe this week for work, if you try the flautas, please let us know in the comments how they were. A photo or two would be great too. Email perry@newyorkstreetfood.com.

You can find Mexico Blvd on twitter here or on our Mobile Munchies twitter feed.

Since we can’t go to Mexico Blvd without ordering lunch, we also got a bistec torta on Friday, that you will read about within the next few days. With this trip, we haven’t had a chance to write it up yet.

We recently had a NYSF First Look at the tacos from Mexico Blvd, which were delicious.  Now I was in the mood for a sandwich, and Mexico Blvd has recently been tweeting about their tortas, so that’s what I decided to try – a Pastor Torta, which cost $8.  You can also get beef, chicken or adobo pork.

When I took the sandwich out of the bag and opened it up, an awesome smell came out of the wrapper.  Too bad the Internet doesn’t have Smell O-Vision because if it did, you would be drooling right about now.

The Mexican sandwich came on a soft Portuguese roll that had chunks of marinated pork, lettuce, tomato, onions, jalapeño spears and slices of pineapple.

All the ingredients were crisp and fresh, and the pork had a nick kick, having been marinated in a 3-chili sauce.  It wasn’t overly spicy, but between the pork and the jalapeño spears, there was some heat by the end of lunch.

There was also a bit of a mess by the end of lunch.  The bottom of the roll split apart, making it a little difficult to eat – but there are certainly worse problems to have.  I gladly ate the last few pieces of tender, tasty pork with my fingers.

Mexico Blvd is a welcome addition to the NY food truck scene.  They are still working out a few kinks in the truck, but we had a really nice Pastor Torta for lunch.  You can follow them on twitter here or on our Mobile Munchies twitter feed.

Try Mexico Blvd for yourself and let us know what you think.

Right after the New Year, we  told you that Mexico Blvd would be coming our way in February.  That’s now…and we had our First Look yesterday.

Mexico Blvd was founded by Jordi Loaeaza and his father Jorge.  Jordi grew up cooking at his father’s side in Mexico, and they traveled around the country learning all they could about different regional cuisines in Mexico.  They moved to the US a number of years ago, and Jordi worked in various restaurants here, including Tom Colicchio’s Riverpark, although I’m not sure in what capacity.

After a couple of days on the street, the menu was revised to reflect the realities of working from a truck.  They no longer offer flautas, but tacos and tortas are still on the menu, in addition to fresh guacamole.

We decided to try each of the 4 types of tacos ($3 each), which is a lot of food.  Don’t try this at home – we’re professionals. Two tacos will probably suffice for most normal appetites.

Tinga (chicken) & Adobo (pork) tacos

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Remember that new food truck we told you about just after the New Year – Mexico Blvd.  They had some “unexpected delays”, but should be on the street next week.

BTW, we’ve never heard of a new food truck that didn’t have “unexpected delays” before opening.  There are just too many details to foresee everything.

Click through for more details and some luscious pics from their website.

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