SIDE SALAD - Everything crunchy is good.: ANOTHER HAT IN THE RING

June 10, 2005

ANOTHER HAT IN THE RING

We added another denizen to The Sombrero Project (and its subsequent parts (Dos, Tres and Quatro and Cinco), on Thursday, taking new colleague Chris with us to El Taco Nazo to baptize her in the waters of the Mexican hat cult.

Naturally Brother Rommie and Sister Andrea joined us:

It had been a while since Rommie and I had been able to pry away from the allure of a full-contact occular buffet near work, so it was especialy delicious to see that the atmosphere and clientele hadn't changed.

Yep. Still has that local color.

Monica, one of the owners, still keeps the food and the service as top-notch as always.

With a little help from a talisman of her husband on the Taco Bus, of course.

(Love the tribal tat and the gingerbread accoutrement.)

But Thursday turned rainy during our dining experience. That allowed for a bit more contemplation, conversation and observation. Particularly of the surrounding community.

Surely the strip mall across the street on Hillsborough has to be among the best in terms of variety of businesses.

In one little place you can find...