hyperbole, by j0rdan s.

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$6 for a taco is a moral obscenity

seems like the sort of thing that only people who buy $6 tacos in new york should care about

otm. A taco should be $2.50 or less.

def though i feel like most every major american city prob has a few places like this xp

I'd actually pay 6 dollars for a legitimately good taco in NYC--tacombi is pretty damn mediocre though so it's doubly insulting.

I'd pay $6 for an exceptional burrito

de Blasio should zone New York so that tacos can only legally be sold in Sunset Park and Sunnyside and nowhere else

a central point is that you can't have a good $6 taco, though. It's impossible.

omg @ women with salad

the central point is that you can't have a good $6 taco because they are so overstuffed/elaborate that they aren't even enjoyable to eat, which i bet is true for mostly all $6 tacos

U can get breakfast tacos in sa for 50 cents a piece. Nyers. Buncha jabronis.

what are the contents of this breakfast taco?

jordan otm. no hyperbole there, $6 is absurd. feel the same way about falafel, should be no more than $4 (though i will pay $6 for REALLY good falafel, e.g. amsterdam falafel in DC/Boston which has a self-serve toppings bar w/ a bunch of really good shit like roasted eggplants, baba ganoush, chili paste, pepperoncinis, a shit load of other stuff)

i would not pay $6 for a really good taco though, when you can get great tacos for $2.50

Which came first, Maoz or Ambsterdam? xp

U can get breakfast tacos in sa for 50 cents a piece. Nyers. Buncha jabronis.

― owe me the shmoney (m bison), Wednesday, August 6, 2014 3:23 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

stuffed as fuck too

sarge's central point stands strong tho tacos up here in dc is the same shit

people pay $6 for all kinds of food that is roughly comparable in size to a taco, people also pay $6 for a can of beer pretty regularly, I have no problem w/ people paying $6 for a taco

I mean I am not going to do it

i know this is changing and is already true in cities/neighborhoods with large immigrant populations (especially those with warm climates), but i really wish the US had a culture of cheap, snacky, but delicious street food. sometimes i don't want a whole meal and i don't feel like paying a lot of money, and i just want something tasty and good for less than $3 bucks. the US basically has chain fast food to fill in the need for cheap food but it's all garbage. i don't mean an overpriced food truck, lots of food trucks in boston just sell regularly priced meals, not snacks. just little stands that have good food.

Which came first, Maoz or Ambsterdam? xp

― 龜, Wednesday, August 6, 2014 11:31 AM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

pretty sure maoz came first, iirc amsterdam falafel (the actual restaurant and not the general concept) was based somewhat on maoz. not sure if maoz was based on something previous though.

I paid $10 for a torta last weekend, and this thread is giving me flashbacks

like if you go to mexico or peru there are little stands selling tamales, empanadas, etc. and they are all super cheap. i am not expected that cheap in the US, but something still cheap and small would be nice.

What, hot dogs not doing it for ya. $1.75 for a skinny wiener covered in Hunts is enough to fill anyone

maoz is a european chain started by israelis, not really based on anything

i know this is changing and is already true in cities/neighborhoods with large immigrant populations (especially those with warm climates), but i really wish the US had a culture of cheap, snacky, but delicious street food. sometimes i don't want a whole meal and i don't feel like paying a lot of money, and i just want something tasty and good for less than $3 bucks. the US basically has chain fast food to fill in the need for cheap food but it's all garbage. i don't mean an overpriced food truck, lots of food trucks in boston just sell regularly priced meals, not snacks. just little stands that have good food.

― marcos, Wednesday, August 6, 2014 11:36 AM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

america has good street food everywhere it has good streets

Nah, most american food trucks are garbage

yeah, it's sad that most food trucks dump their low overhead into the paint job rather than passing it along to the customers.

new york is really the only place where you can get good hot food late for cheap because of halal carts

also poor countries are just going to have cheaper street food than rich countries, I mean even that dude selling empanadas in sunset park has to pay brookyln rent

and i guess LA too but i assume there's more driving involved whereas in ny you can basically walk out of any bar in manhattan/some parts of brooklyn and stumble on a $3 chicken pita or whatever

maoz is a european chain started by israelis, not really based on anything

― iatee, Wednesday, August 6, 2014 11:43 AM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ah ok, i was totally wrong then

yeah but that's not because other american cities have bad food culture it's because they are just bad places in general

xp

The ubiquity of halal carts actually works against nyc imo, need more taco trucks

Nyc probably barely cracks the global top 50 in terms of street food imo

yeah but that's not because other american cities have bad food culture it's because they are just bad places in general

― iatee, Wednesday, August 6, 2014 11:48 AM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol, fuck off dude

classic nyc provincialism

sorry i don't mean to be a dick iatee

I meant to say except for where you live

i don't really care *why* american cities have bad (late night) food culture, just that they do

lol xp

Nyc probably barely cracks the global top 50 in terms of street food imo

I mean who cares about 'street food' I just want to eat food, I can get it to go, ny does crack the top 50 of food

the street food fetish is like a cult of authenticity thing, oh man that was cooked 10 feet outside of the building instead of 10 feet inside of the building, it's real food

Nah, most american food trucks are garbage

― 龜, Wednesday, August 6, 2014 8:45 AM (10 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

otm, it's amazing how disgusting most food trucks in l.a. are at least, i've gone to so many bars that have food trucks parked outside and the food is such bullshit. lots of the pioneering food trucks are good, though even some of them are awful.

street food tends to mean something because of the inherent limitations of the medium xp

I wager a 4H fair in Iowa would probably be at least top 20 tho

Eh there are advantages to street food

Hawkers don't have to pay rent for one thing, obv there's costs with a truck and getting a license

But if you're running a stall that you hitch to the back of your car

And you're running illegal or in a place with lax licensing

It reduces the barrier to entry

Also it's harder to do smokey stuff indoors like open pit charcoal

And sometimes food just isn't improved by sitting down and eating it, it has to be on a stick