El Chilango Taqueria
“I am always excited to see the taco truck near the Grove Street PATH.”
“Truck is always in the heights along Palisades Ave. Always provides an easy tasty cheap meal when way too tired to cook…..”
El Chilango Taqueria
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Price range.
$ Price range Under $10
7 reviews
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These guys were at Riverview park in JC Heights for the farmers market. Unlike many other Mexican food trucks, they have a strong vegetarian menu. Also had fish tacos, which most Mexican trucks don't have. $10 for fish taco plate, 3 small tacos with black beans and rice. I really liked that the fish tacos were not battered and fried. I will definitely check these guys out again.
I think this is the first time I've rated a food truck on Yelp, but I wanted to do so because my meal was so good. I got street tacos with rice and beans, and it was delicious. Ingredients were very fresh, the portions were good for the price and I was very pleased with the spice and taste. If you just want to stop by a truck for a good meal, I'd recommend it.
Food is actually fantastic, however they are IMPOSSIBLE to find and it's really luck of the draw. They don't update their twitter feed. I have been wanting this for dinner for some time now yet they're elusive, so docked 2 starts for the lack of the extremely important location finder that food trucks must have to survive.
I was sort of hoping for the Indian truck when I got off the Path the other night. But El Chilango was the only truck parked at Grove. Our food truck culture in Jersey City isn't *quite* there yet, so we're lucky if one truck shows up at all on a given night, especially early in the week.
I wanted a cheap meal and you can't beat a $5 burrito as a cheap, freshly prepared dinner. Full disclosure: the $5 one is the small and it is in fact on the dainty side. To get a full-sized burrito, it'll set you back $8.
The tacos are not huge as other reviewers have mentioned, but I think they're pretty standard sized. They come with toppings and whatnot and tend to spill on your lap as you eat them, so what more do you want, people? A butler to come and wipe your chin for you?
Anyway, the guys running this truck are as nice as can be. Give this truck a try. I don't think you'll be sorry.
I needed to grab a *really* quick bite before some long travels, and it had to be generally healthy. I opted for this truck and got all the insides of a taco without the tortillas – lettuce, chicken, guacamole, and hot sauce. I know it wasn't much of a taco, but I already had low expectations and was still disappointed. I wasn't feelin' any of it. The chicken was overly salty with not much other flavor going on, and the guacamole was flat, too. Hmm. I'll have to try this one again, but it'll take a lot.
I hate that I'm using my 200th review for a 2-star experience, but alas, this is what I'm in the mood to write about right now.
El Chilango — pretty close to a fail. I should have read between the lines when I asked my Mexican friend if he wanted me to pick him something up from the truck, and he politely said no. He would later go on to explain why and I concur with his analysis. I now understand why this truck, unlike the many others in the area, never has a line outside it.
I can only speak to the spicy beef torta that I ordered. It didn't taste bad, per se. It just didn't taste like much of anything. I'm used to the tortas I used to get out in Brooklyn — nice, big, round, crusty, fluffy rolls holding in a stack of delicious ingredients and bursting with flavor in every bite. Not really happening here.
The torpedo roll El Chilango uses is very pedestrian, and narrow in size. It's incapable of holding that much food, which means you're getting a lot less value for your money than you might realize. (And you'll be hungry later.) And the ingredients it does hold when you first get it all start to fall out the second you try and eat it.
Simply stated, this is not a good torta eating experience.
Some have suggested I try other things on the menu, but given how meh the ingredients all tasted on the torta, I can't really imagine them getting any better in a different assembly or formation.
Sorry, but I can't recommend this place.
Blue food truck version. Great assortment of generic Mexican food.
The breakfast burritos are rad. Fast service and the guys are always friendly and give an ample serving.
Truck is always in the heights along Palisades Ave. Always provides an easy tasty cheap meal when way too tired to cook…..