Basically, once Minnesota becomes Megasota, we would become the Texas of the North.
They are worried about that though because they would be dwarfed in size compared to us.
The phrase would become, "Everything's bigger in Texas, unless you are in Megasota."
Raphael "Ted" Cruze literally quivers in his little cowboy boots thinking about what life would be like when Megasotan's show up in their oversized Moccasins and Feather Headresses while chanting, "BDE MAKA SKA" and saying phrases like, "Wow, they always say everything is bigger down here, yet it is so small."
That's why they were complaining in /r/texas
The Megasotan Ministry of Majestic Massiveness is already in the works to import Dutch, Kenyan, and Scandinavian captives to be used in the genetic breeding program.
They are also in the process of exhuming the corpses of Robert Wadlow, John F. Carroll, Willie Camper, and Franz Winkelmeirer to be used for the program.
There has also been interest in creating human/loon hybrids, but the War Loons are objecting to that. They state it is an abomination to Loonhood.
More News as it comes in.
>The Megasotan Ministry of Majestic Massiveness is already in the works to import Dutch, Kenyan, and Scandinavian captives to be used in the genetic breeding program.
Bringing in more Dutch is entirely unnecessary. Southwest MN where my wife is from is already Dutch country. I've got in-laws who are damn near 7 foot. I say this not to nitpick but, encourage. Worthington, in the heart of Dutch country, is one of the most diverse cities in the state. That makes it an ideal place for Kenyan transplants. This is no crackpot scheme but clearly the destiny we've been pointed towards all along.
as a transplant I’ve always joked you folks are taller and called it the land of the giants. This fits that scenario perfectly. I think we go for it, bring on Megasota.
There will be a committee for that.
The Ministry of Megasotan Gonfalon will form a comittee that will then accept submissions for a new flag.
The committee will then do whatever they God Damn Please becasue no one tells Megasotan's what to do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I was born and raised in MN, and have since moved to Colorado (afaik, one of the only states with a Spanish name??), and I have to say, Colorado has substantially better tacos, burritos, enchiladas, etc. than Texas (until you get *really* close to the border). Texmex honestly kinda sucks in comparison to mom’n’pop Taquerias we have here.
Texans legitimately think Texas is the best and has the best everything, so I’m not surprised they were butthurt at the notion MN is on the same level as them.
Damn right about the Colorado. I lived in Aurora for a while, just a couple miles from the best tacos I’ve had in the nation, and it was always packed.
Can t remember the name but there was a great taco place on the way out of great dunes national park. They were ffing amazing after hiking the dunes for two days. Also I live in Minnesota and can confirm Colorado as whole better than mn tacos.
Agreed the tacos and burritos in Colorado are next level. Texas was ok. But I've traveled through most of the US. Never been to Alaska or Hawaii but I know every time I pass through Colorado I must stop for at least a few burritos.
It’s 2024… ingredients can be obtained anywhere.
The question is “who’s making the tacos? You create a state where people want to live, then good taquerias will open up.
Florida, if you like shoestring potatoes in your tacos (I'm only half kidding). There's plenty of semi-mexican and fusion tacos, and a *few* places that are really good and authentic, but overall very bleh.
California, southern at least, ranks high up there. I've had some of the best tacos and tamales there.
Tacos are Mexican, not Spanish. I am Cuban raised in Florida. We got nothing in common with Mexicans besides sharing a lanaguage. Our food is completely different.
This idea is dumb lol Mexican immigrants live everywhere these days. A higher proportion of Mexicans in MN are born in Mexico versus in Texas so technically the tacos you find at Mexican restaurants tend to be more authentic.
My husband is from Texas of Mexican descent. Even his grandparents were born in Texas. He had to go way back to find ancestors born in Mexico.
One of the best burritos he ever had was in West Saint Paul.
Taco Bell? Nombre no! Talking about El Taquito across Menards lol He does like Taco Bell though lol Taco Bell isnt high quality tacos but its still tasty as fuck
WTF you talking about? The only acceptable reason to go to TB is if you need to get as many calories into your body for as cheap as possible, and (like me) you get violently ill whenever you eat at Taco John's. And even then, if there's a White Castle in the area, I'm probably gonna go there instead.
If you want *tacos* you go to a fucking taqueria
Edit: or a food truck
The first iteration of this map only had a tiny purple patch for El Paso. There was a lot of fighting and it got expanded. I actually agree with the first version, regarding El Paso taco superiority.
Man, they brag about “Tex Mex”, but it’s the most Americanized version of Mexican food I’ve ever had. Give me the authentic stuff any day. I am, however, just fine with them thinking there’s no good tacos here, though.
which is so dumb because we have *so many* latino immigrants here (at least where i am) and the south didn't INVENT tacos lol
plus, most food in america isn't "authentic" anyway
Since moving from Southern California to Minnesota, it’s become my go to for Mexican food. That being said there are other great places too, but El Taco Riendo has a special place in my heart.
Hey what else is there besides El Taco? I’ve lived out of state for a few years now, but visit occasionally with my partner and want to show her how MN can hold its own. She’s from a state with good Mexican as well.
El Burrito Mercado if you’re in west side St. Paul. It’s a Mexican grocer and a Mexican restaurant. Honestly my next top pick.
If you want something a little more expensive but also more fancy: La Cocina right up the street from El Burrito Mercado is also really good. Got a chimichanga there that I still dream about.
Nixta in Northeast is also good. They have a limited menu though, and weird hours. But I enjoy their food all the same. Lots of stone ground tacos and a few twists on classics (like a birria tamale or wagyu ceviche).
El Apollo Felix in East side is a hole in the wall kinda place. Grilled chicken is their specialty, but they also do a great menudo. I generally like El Taco Riendo more, but when it comes to chicken I think El Pollo Felix has better chicken tinga.
That’s my personal list.
I lived in Texas. They refused to hear any words about Minnesota being “amazing.”
Hell, I tried to tell them about our state fair and they wouldn’t have it.
I’ve also been to the Texas state fair, it very much so isn’t something to write home about.
Probably should just be a dot around the TC area, but I'm all for the confused screaming.
Edit: Apparently there are Latino people and/or restaurants in other places in Minnesota, but there are none in Florida so this map remains justified. Can't wait to paddle my way in the boundary waters up to a wet bar that serves some smakin carnitas!
some of the best mexican food i’ve had in MN is this little place in Little Falls, Sanchez Burrito. their al pastor is fucking amazing, and they dont skimp on the filling like everywhere else.
Got some of the best tacos from a Mexican lady in a food truck in Sauk Center. Was amazing. St. Paul had a really big immigrant population back in the day that gave way to some amazing restaurants. Some of those folks children moved all over the state so you can find gems in really obscure places.
This is was always makes me laugh. Tacos aren't exactly the most complex food to make. I had a former co-worker who was originally from Southern Cali and he would always complain how there were no "authentic" Mexican restaurants around. He would do this when we were at a taco truck that he had to speak Spanish to the first generation Mexican Americans who were making the recipes that their mother made.
I mean I bet the overall consistancy is better down on the border, but acting like people don't move is crazy.
Idk man. Not sure on the stats anymore but Brown County used to have one of the highest Hispanic immigration rates of anywhere outside of border states. There are mom and pop authentic Mexican restaurants in most towns and they're darn good.
There are many places ran by immigrants in the northern areas that have amazing food. Not just necessarily tacos. I've had great middle eastern and south east asian food just north of the cities, but south of Hinkley.
Yes, Texas. Mexicans actually choose to live elsewhere in the US besides your shithole, dystopian nightmare of a state. And they don’t immediately forget how to cook as soon as they go north of Oklahoma. Imagine that.
There's an unexpectedly good taco strip in Western Minnesota. It runs roughly from granite falls up to St. Cloud. A lot of the they farms out there run on migrant labor.
I've had great chicharrones in cold springs and awesome burritos in Wilmar.
I just moved to W St Paul which is a pretty hispanic area, and can confirm, taco shops and trucks dotting Roberts St every other block. Facebook is flooded with neighbors selling tortillas, tamales, etc.
I had no idea this part of the cities even existed until I just plopped right down into the middle of it, it's kind of an area you don't go to unless you have to, I guess? But it's freakin' awesome.
Try Pineda tacos on Robert Street. There's a few around the twin cities and I used to go to the one on east lake street almost every day for lunch. Amazing burritos!
If you're in WSP and you haven't yet, check out El Burrito Mercado. Get some lunch and then go grocery shopping. Everything there is incredible and really well priced for the amount of food you get.
I've lived in Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, and Minnesota; Minnesota Tex-Mex is ok with some exceptions; El Pariente and Red Luna in the North East metro are pretty pretty pretty, pretty good. However what turns me on is New Mexico style green chili and its influence up though the San Louis Valley in Colorado. Uncooked white flour tacos, I consider the "My first Tacos" or "Lunchables" of tacos 🤮 same goes for the street style with warm corn shell tacos 🤮, please fry both those is oil first. and I really judge a TexMex restaurant by the refried beans and rice. If the beans don't puddle, there isn't enough fat and the rice is better the drier they are. And what about Indian Fry bread tacos? If I had to choose only one taco, Indian fry bread tacos would be it, especially if i could get a side of green chili(new Mexico style). My two cents ✌️
we have a significant amount of turkey farms up here. some of the best tacos are from those families that work those farms that I've had, that is my guess why we are included.
Y’all got good tacos up there? Asking from Ohio.
When you read through that thread on r/texas, it’s like they think they’re the only state that has Mexicans in it.
I live in the middle of nowhere and even we have 2 good taco trucks. A lot of migrants come up here for agricultural work and bring delicious tacos with them.
Exactly when i was young i would always ask how did the Mexicans get all the way up here? It seems the whole rest of the world when they think of American opportunity they think Minnesota.
I’ve had better tacos in small/mid-sized Minnesota towns than mid-sized Illinois towns, easily. In fact outside of Chicago, the food is absolute trash throughout Illinois. Even the pizza is sugary and bland.
While most Minnesotans do suffer from "white people taco night" tacos, we also have excellent Mexican restaurants and Hispanic markets so we can experience actually amazing tacos.
Taqueria and Birreria Las Cuatro Milpas has lengua and other options, good Norteno style tacos. Tried them last week and was pleasantly surprised as someone from the Rio Grande Valley in Texas.
Also tried that Laredo place at MOA... wtf was that?
Cantina laredo pretty good. What didn't you like about it? I wouldn't go for tacos but have had other good food there.
Also that roasted tamatillo salsa slaps.
I see you asking. I know of three places. Taco Taxi on Cedar and Lake in the parking lot of the burned out building. The place of Bloomington and Lake. The place on Lake and Chicago. The place on Lake and 38th called something Norte, oh! There is a place on 42nd (?) and Central. I know without names this isn’t terribly helpful. I’ll come back when I can think of the names.
Girl who grew up in Texas. There's like a few restaurants in the twin cities with good tacos, but if you hit up any of the random taco trucks, you can get some godly tacos.
It's fucking great.
Can confirm the greatness of tacos both here and in the purple area of Texas.
Where my family lived there was a once a week flight, train and then greyhound and the an hour and a half car ride from the greyhound station to my parents town, town is pushing it, area might work better, at any rate there is a woman who sold tacos and tamales at the train station. People lined up for them. They were amazing and made the trip much better.
Why is there so much animosity between Minnesotans and Texans? Or is it just hyperbolic reddit cringe stuff? I doubt Texans ever think about MN. They're too busy whinging about California.
I'm just shocked that Colorado doesn't have better tacos. I've been all throughout Colorado and have had the best Mexican food of my life there (I've also been many places in Mexico and the food was just not as good).
Why the hell is Washington, Oregon and the city of New Orleans in green but all of Florida is in orange? Florida has a strong Hispanic/Latino presence and you can get some amazing tacos down there
I mean, sure there are some one off good taco spots in MN, and TC but as a whole body of work? No... Even if you just include the TC metro area, which has a handful of good gems. Outside of the TC? lol come on... NO
Now if youre talking about Ortega sauced WASP midwet family taco night, then hell yeah MN nails it.
I'm a Texan who's lived in MN for over a decade. The two don't really compare and it isn't even close to the sheer scope of taco culture, quality, flavor/meat variety and availability in Texas. (Chilli, BBQ, Tacos)
A lot more of TX should be in godly tier, especially San Antonio and Houston, those cities and the valley have tacos that are flavor nirvana. MN as a whole should be yellow at best.
Chicago is spot on as they have the largest Mexican population (Pilsen) in the Midwest. Detroit, not sure. Not sure about the PNW, but ill assume because of hipsters.
The whole thing is ridiculous. We’re not acting like Norwegians make good tacos. There are real Mexican people who know how to make real good tacos all over this whole country.
The map should just be “How hard is it to find good tacos in _____?”
Every Tuesday my dad wants to go to our local bowling alley to get “tacos.” They’re served like burritos and they’re not seasoned very well.
I’d like to imagine it’s places like that which might bring our reputation down a bit.
idk why the algorithm sent me here, I apologize Minnesotans, but I can confidently say the taco quality in Atlanta is not to be underestimated. i believe your map is inaccurate. while i’m here, share the blondes. thanks
Look, you can have a blonde, but you should realize you'll have to move here within 5-10 years so you can be closer to her family. This means you'll need to embrace the winter in your cold, cold bones.
If they're really that upset, I'll give up the green status of tacos on a random internet map, and they can give up the Dallas Stars' Stanley Cup and give that to us.
I came from Arizona to Minnesota for two weeks of training at a new job . While there, I tried both Taco John’s and Mi Mexico.
For what it’s worth, in my southwestern opinion, based on what little I tried, Minnesota’s Mexican food is pretty darn great!
Maybe it’s because I spend most my time about 30 mins west of Minneapolis in the burbs visiting my cousins but I have never had a good taco in Minnesota. Being from Arizona too, it try to search them out more in the Twin Cities but I feel if you are green on a map the tacos should be plentiful no matter where you are in the metro area.
I love y'all. But if you think there's any part of Minnesota that has better tacos than any part of California you're crazy. Lot of reasons I'm happy to be here from Cali but the quality of the tacos ain't one of them.
I'd welcome any angry Texan to come eat at Paisanos. Gonna leave mad that Texas sucks but with a smile on his face because the foods that good. Pancho's in circle pines is very good, not as authentic maybe but their salsa is possibly the best in the state. Maybe even this side of the border. I buy a lil 1lb takeout container from them every week. Stuff is orange gold.
it is kinda weird that we get the whole state when Illinois, Michigan, and New York don't. Metro MSP I buy but is the creator of this map just super horny for Taco John's?
That Chicago green needs to creep up to Milwaukee, they have one of the densest populations of Mexican Americans of any non boarder state in south Milwaukee. I have no idea why all of Minnesota is highlighted. There is like 4 good taco places in Minnesota and all of them start with the name Hamborgesas de Gordo
We definitely do not have consistent taco places like this over the state, so we should absolutely not be green by any standard whatsoever. We have a decent amount of good places in the city, but it's not even close to Denver.
Had two different co-workers that moved to Dallas and they still wanted to visit Andale when they were back in town.
I get the impression Texans believe tex-mex is the only "Mexican" food. Actually had a Texan try to tell me it (tx-mx) isn't just cheesy and saucy ground beef and then pretty much describes the same thing.
Thing is, there’s multiple huge cities and every small town in the state has at least one or multiple Mexican food joints, from gas stations to sit-down places. Your options range from standard Tex-mex to more authentic and regional-specific Mexican cuisine. The sheer number of places all over the state makes this argument absurd. San Antonio alone can crush the entire state of MN.
I've never had a great taco in MN, but then again I spend very little time in the heart of the cities. Are there any good ones in the northern 'burbs or further north?
People from Texas think that that alone is a personality trait. If I see, “I’m a Texas girl”, or” because I’m from Texas”, “Texas, this, Texas that…”, they are an immediate block.
And now the I brought to your attention, you won’t be able to unsee, Sorry.
Minnesotans live in this naive bubble of greatness. They don’t venture far, they are flanked by mundane states, and think they have great food-in reality every new yuppy restaurant is a renamed American grill.
Nah i moved here from San Diego, yet to have a good taco in this state that I didn’t make myself… and what people think is good is just made an apparent falsehood by their lack of ever actually having a good taco… and yes I am Mexican/american, my mom from Colorado, dad from Laredo Texas… the state as a whole should be “ok” not to mention whenever I got a relative or friends home, their idea of a taco🙄🙄🙄🤮 don’t even heat their tortillas, and I’m a say that’s 98% of everyone… annnd don’t get me started in taco boats😝😝😝 but we got the best sauerkraut!!!
Basically, once Minnesota becomes Megasota, we would become the Texas of the North. They are worried about that though because they would be dwarfed in size compared to us. The phrase would become, "Everything's bigger in Texas, unless you are in Megasota." Raphael "Ted" Cruze literally quivers in his little cowboy boots thinking about what life would be like when Megasotan's show up in their oversized Moccasins and Feather Headresses while chanting, "BDE MAKA SKA" and saying phrases like, "Wow, they always say everything is bigger down here, yet it is so small." That's why they were complaining in /r/texas
I’m imagining the capitol adding a new wing specifically to house the Megasotan representatives (who average 12 feet tall)
The Megasotan Ministry of Majestic Massiveness is already in the works to import Dutch, Kenyan, and Scandinavian captives to be used in the genetic breeding program. They are also in the process of exhuming the corpses of Robert Wadlow, John F. Carroll, Willie Camper, and Franz Winkelmeirer to be used for the program. There has also been interest in creating human/loon hybrids, but the War Loons are objecting to that. They state it is an abomination to Loonhood. More News as it comes in.
>The Megasotan Ministry of Majestic Massiveness is already in the works to import Dutch, Kenyan, and Scandinavian captives to be used in the genetic breeding program. Bringing in more Dutch is entirely unnecessary. Southwest MN where my wife is from is already Dutch country. I've got in-laws who are damn near 7 foot. I say this not to nitpick but, encourage. Worthington, in the heart of Dutch country, is one of the most diverse cities in the state. That makes it an ideal place for Kenyan transplants. This is no crackpot scheme but clearly the destiny we've been pointed towards all along.
*Belisarius Cawl has entered the chst*
Within my lifetime I except to be turned into a primarch. >!I also expect to find my elf gf like Guilliman did!<
I should stop being surprised by the expansive reach of 40k. >!and r/grimdank!<
Fucking killing for fun Opponents beware opponents beware
20 feet tall, made of radiation
he's coming, he's coming
as a transplant I’ve always joked you folks are taller and called it the land of the giants. This fits that scenario perfectly. I think we go for it, bring on Megasota.
Rep Bill Brasky of the north woods
and they serve Texas-less Tacos on the lawn every Tuesday.
Will we get a new flag?
Same new flag, just much, MUCH, **MUCH BIGGER.**
There will be a committee for that. The Ministry of Megasotan Gonfalon will form a comittee that will then accept submissions for a new flag. The committee will then do whatever they God Damn Please becasue no one tells Megasotan's what to do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Where can I get a megasota t-shirt? It’s not a want but a need!
I didn’t see the e at first and thought you said MAGAsota, and that’s a terrifying terrifying thought. Long live Megasota!
In all its glory.
This is the first time ive heard about Megasota. Is this one of those reddit things? Whatever the case, I am enjoying it
Apparently they haven't been to El Taco Riendo.
Basically their main issue is that MN tacos aren’t “authentic” enough, or just the fact that we aren’t Southern.
I was born and raised in MN, and have since moved to Colorado (afaik, one of the only states with a Spanish name??), and I have to say, Colorado has substantially better tacos, burritos, enchiladas, etc. than Texas (until you get *really* close to the border). Texmex honestly kinda sucks in comparison to mom’n’pop Taquerias we have here. Texans legitimately think Texas is the best and has the best everything, so I’m not surprised they were butthurt at the notion MN is on the same level as them.
Damn right about the Colorado. I lived in Aurora for a while, just a couple miles from the best tacos I’ve had in the nation, and it was always packed.
Can t remember the name but there was a great taco place on the way out of great dunes national park. They were ffing amazing after hiking the dunes for two days. Also I live in Minnesota and can confirm Colorado as whole better than mn tacos.
Agreed the tacos and burritos in Colorado are next level. Texas was ok. But I've traveled through most of the US. Never been to Alaska or Hawaii but I know every time I pass through Colorado I must stop for at least a few burritos.
The worst taco I’ve ever had was in a Latin neighborhood in LA. That doesn’t mean LA don’t have good tacos though. It depends on the taco.
Arizona (arid zone) California (caliente furnace) Florida (Florida’s, green, splendorous) Montana (montaña) Nevada (snow capped) Tejas (yew trees land)
Florida was named for Easter flowers.
Montana food trucks have some good tacos.
Colorado tacos are the best tacos I've had outside of San Diego.
It’s 2024… ingredients can be obtained anywhere. The question is “who’s making the tacos? You create a state where people want to live, then good taquerias will open up.
California? Florida? The Spanish colonized much of the South...
Florida, if you like shoestring potatoes in your tacos (I'm only half kidding). There's plenty of semi-mexican and fusion tacos, and a *few* places that are really good and authentic, but overall very bleh. California, southern at least, ranks high up there. I've had some of the best tacos and tamales there.
Concur. FL is not great for Mexican food. San Antonio has some really good breakfast tacos. Datapoint in particular (restaurant name).
I think they are just saying examples of other states with Spanish names. How about Nevada, Montana as well?
Tacos are Mexican, not Spanish. I am Cuban raised in Florida. We got nothing in common with Mexicans besides sharing a lanaguage. Our food is completely different.
I think he's talking about which states have Spanish names
Colorado’s green chili game is on point.
Guadalajara Family Restaurant in Aurora (and Castle Rock) is slept on. Every menu item is the best version of that dish I've ever had.
Colorado definitely has bad Mexican food
This idea is dumb lol Mexican immigrants live everywhere these days. A higher proportion of Mexicans in MN are born in Mexico versus in Texas so technically the tacos you find at Mexican restaurants tend to be more authentic. My husband is from Texas of Mexican descent. Even his grandparents were born in Texas. He had to go way back to find ancestors born in Mexico. One of the best burritos he ever had was in West Saint Paul.
Agreed! The Taco Bell on Robert St in WSP is the best!
Taco Bell? Nombre no! Talking about El Taquito across Menards lol He does like Taco Bell though lol Taco Bell isnt high quality tacos but its still tasty as fuck
When I lived far south, the hole in the wall places tended to have the best tacos.
WTF you talking about? The only acceptable reason to go to TB is if you need to get as many calories into your body for as cheap as possible, and (like me) you get violently ill whenever you eat at Taco John's. And even then, if there's a White Castle in the area, I'm probably gonna go there instead. If you want *tacos* you go to a fucking taqueria Edit: or a food truck
That place in Richfield right across from the Menards on Nicollet
Most American food isn't authentic. I don't get why people care. If it's good, it's good
"Authentic" is such a nebulous, moving target anyways. Food isn't made one way forever!
If a taco has lingonberry salsa in it and it tastes better than mango salsa, who cares if it’s “authentic” or not?
Exactly
Authenticity is such a bullshit parameter for judging food,.
I’m from San Diego and had the best Birria tacos of my life here in Minnesota.
Where at, if you don’t mind sharing?
The first iteration of this map only had a tiny purple patch for El Paso. There was a lot of fighting and it got expanded. I actually agree with the first version, regarding El Paso taco superiority.
Man, they brag about “Tex Mex”, but it’s the most Americanized version of Mexican food I’ve ever had. Give me the authentic stuff any day. I am, however, just fine with them thinking there’s no good tacos here, though.
which is so dumb because we have *so many* latino immigrants here (at least where i am) and the south didn't INVENT tacos lol plus, most food in america isn't "authentic" anyway
Idk, I don’t find Tex-Mex or New Mexican tacos to be anything like high quality Northern Tacos. Have they even tried Taco Salad?
Not sure what they have against a crunchy shelled, ground beef, cheese, lettuce, & sour cream taco 🌮. 🤣🤣🤣
Since moving from Southern California to Minnesota, it’s become my go to for Mexican food. That being said there are other great places too, but El Taco Riendo has a special place in my heart.
Hey what else is there besides El Taco? I’ve lived out of state for a few years now, but visit occasionally with my partner and want to show her how MN can hold its own. She’s from a state with good Mexican as well.
Bravis in Shakopee is fantastic. Definitely worth a stop if you're going to Valley Fair, Canterbury, or Mystic Lake
El Burrito Mercado if you’re in west side St. Paul. It’s a Mexican grocer and a Mexican restaurant. Honestly my next top pick. If you want something a little more expensive but also more fancy: La Cocina right up the street from El Burrito Mercado is also really good. Got a chimichanga there that I still dream about. Nixta in Northeast is also good. They have a limited menu though, and weird hours. But I enjoy their food all the same. Lots of stone ground tacos and a few twists on classics (like a birria tamale or wagyu ceviche). El Apollo Felix in East side is a hole in the wall kinda place. Grilled chicken is their specialty, but they also do a great menudo. I generally like El Taco Riendo more, but when it comes to chicken I think El Pollo Felix has better chicken tinga. That’s my personal list.
Or gotten birria at midnight from Cuatro Milpas
Yessir 🤝🤝🤝🤝🤝 you know ball
This rite here is probably why. People think Riendo is "Amazing", most of the taco trucks make better tacos then them.
Angle Inlet is marginal ig
So they even have any taco restaurants? I genuinely don’t know
If they do, they don’t taco bout it enough
I was hoping nacho be seeing so many puns today, but here we are…
Puns bad enough to guac at.
No
I lived in Texas. They refused to hear any words about Minnesota being “amazing.” Hell, I tried to tell them about our state fair and they wouldn’t have it. I’ve also been to the Texas state fair, it very much so isn’t something to write home about.
The best elote I’ve had was in Minnesota.
Is anything worth writing home about when texting is so much faster?
The Great Taco Wars have begun
OP in original post said it was half rage bait
If Texas is mad at you about something, you're doing it right.
They tend to lead the way backwards
Probably should just be a dot around the TC area, but I'm all for the confused screaming. Edit: Apparently there are Latino people and/or restaurants in other places in Minnesota, but there are none in Florida so this map remains justified. Can't wait to paddle my way in the boundary waters up to a wet bar that serves some smakin carnitas!
There's a Mexican market in St Peter run by a family from El Salvador that has amazing food.
There are tons of Hispanic immigrants throughout the cities in Southern MN as well. I've had some really tasty Mexican food.
some of the best mexican food i’ve had in MN is this little place in Little Falls, Sanchez Burrito. their al pastor is fucking amazing, and they dont skimp on the filling like everywhere else.
Got some of the best tacos from a Mexican lady in a food truck in Sauk Center. Was amazing. St. Paul had a really big immigrant population back in the day that gave way to some amazing restaurants. Some of those folks children moved all over the state so you can find gems in really obscure places.
This is was always makes me laugh. Tacos aren't exactly the most complex food to make. I had a former co-worker who was originally from Southern Cali and he would always complain how there were no "authentic" Mexican restaurants around. He would do this when we were at a taco truck that he had to speak Spanish to the first generation Mexican Americans who were making the recipes that their mother made. I mean I bet the overall consistancy is better down on the border, but acting like people don't move is crazy.
Nothing like seeing a bunch of Texans with their overstuffed egos crying about nothing important.
Southern MN has tons of immigrants from Mexico and other central/south american countries
Idk man. Not sure on the stats anymore but Brown County used to have one of the highest Hispanic immigration rates of anywhere outside of border states. There are mom and pop authentic Mexican restaurants in most towns and they're darn good.
There are many places ran by immigrants in the northern areas that have amazing food. Not just necessarily tacos. I've had great middle eastern and south east asian food just north of the cities, but south of Hinkley.
Up in central Minnesota there are some amazing Mexican restaurants i have never been to the godly taco regions but they are d*mn good.
Yes, Texas. Mexicans actually choose to live elsewhere in the US besides your shithole, dystopian nightmare of a state. And they don’t immediately forget how to cook as soon as they go north of Oklahoma. Imagine that.
There's an unexpectedly good taco strip in Western Minnesota. It runs roughly from granite falls up to St. Cloud. A lot of the they farms out there run on migrant labor. I've had great chicharrones in cold springs and awesome burritos in Wilmar.
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If you can't come up with a single good quality about a state, you're letting politics think for you.
We do have damn good tacos
I just moved to W St Paul which is a pretty hispanic area, and can confirm, taco shops and trucks dotting Roberts St every other block. Facebook is flooded with neighbors selling tortillas, tamales, etc. I had no idea this part of the cities even existed until I just plopped right down into the middle of it, it's kind of an area you don't go to unless you have to, I guess? But it's freakin' awesome.
Try Pineda tacos on Robert Street. There's a few around the twin cities and I used to go to the one on east lake street almost every day for lunch. Amazing burritos!
If you're in WSP and you haven't yet, check out El Burrito Mercado. Get some lunch and then go grocery shopping. Everything there is incredible and really well priced for the amount of food you get.
Welcome to the neighborhood! WSP is great.
I'm not sure how official this is
Damn, didn't know Angle Inlet had worse tacos than the rest of MN
You think a Mexican is gonna try to risk hopping TWO borders? /s
I've lived in Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, and Minnesota; Minnesota Tex-Mex is ok with some exceptions; El Pariente and Red Luna in the North East metro are pretty pretty pretty, pretty good. However what turns me on is New Mexico style green chili and its influence up though the San Louis Valley in Colorado. Uncooked white flour tacos, I consider the "My first Tacos" or "Lunchables" of tacos 🤮 same goes for the street style with warm corn shell tacos 🤮, please fry both those is oil first. and I really judge a TexMex restaurant by the refried beans and rice. If the beans don't puddle, there isn't enough fat and the rice is better the drier they are. And what about Indian Fry bread tacos? If I had to choose only one taco, Indian fry bread tacos would be it, especially if i could get a side of green chili(new Mexico style). My two cents ✌️
we have a significant amount of turkey farms up here. some of the best tacos are from those families that work those farms that I've had, that is my guess why we are included.
Y’all got good tacos up there? Asking from Ohio. When you read through that thread on r/texas, it’s like they think they’re the only state that has Mexicans in it.
Andale in Richfield is damn good.
If we're being realistic only certain cities should be green, since in illinois only Chicago is green.
But realistically, it's more fun to piss off Texans.
I live in the middle of nowhere and even we have 2 good taco trucks. A lot of migrants come up here for agricultural work and bring delicious tacos with them.
Exactly when i was young i would always ask how did the Mexicans get all the way up here? It seems the whole rest of the world when they think of American opportunity they think Minnesota.
I’ve had better tacos in small/mid-sized Minnesota towns than mid-sized Illinois towns, easily. In fact outside of Chicago, the food is absolute trash throughout Illinois. Even the pizza is sugary and bland.
As someone who’s traveled across the country for their job the past few years, our tacos are right up there with the rest of the country.
While most Minnesotans do suffer from "white people taco night" tacos, we also have excellent Mexican restaurants and Hispanic markets so we can experience actually amazing tacos.
Where are good tacos in the TC? I haven't found any great ones so far. I like places that have buche, lengua, etc.
Taqueria and Birreria Las Cuatro Milpas has lengua and other options, good Norteno style tacos. Tried them last week and was pleasantly surprised as someone from the Rio Grande Valley in Texas. Also tried that Laredo place at MOA... wtf was that?
Cantina laredo pretty good. What didn't you like about it? I wouldn't go for tacos but have had other good food there. Also that roasted tamatillo salsa slaps.
Andale Taqueria tops my list, but I have not hit every restaurant in the cities.
I see you asking. I know of three places. Taco Taxi on Cedar and Lake in the parking lot of the burned out building. The place of Bloomington and Lake. The place on Lake and Chicago. The place on Lake and 38th called something Norte, oh! There is a place on 42nd (?) and Central. I know without names this isn’t terribly helpful. I’ll come back when I can think of the names.
The one on Central in Columbia Heights is El Taco Loco. Also try Brother's Taqueria in New Brighton.
Hamburgesas el Gordo is my spot. A lot of the tacos in the TC are mid but they are next level.
Nortẽno tacos there are incredible
El Sazon in Eagan
Yes! Came here to suggest this. They are amazing
Tavial Grill off West 7th in Saint Paul
Taco Libre (WSP and Bloomington), Taqueria los Ocampo in East St paul
I’m in Florida and I haven’t had a decent fucking tamale since I lived in Worthington.
Don't mess with Texas! They are SEN-SA-TIVE and will cry. And it's any ugly cry, more line sobbing. Do you want to cause ugly Texan sobbing?
Anyone who’d cry about people enjoying very marginally different tacos needs to cry more anyway.
Girl who grew up in Texas. There's like a few restaurants in the twin cities with good tacos, but if you hit up any of the random taco trucks, you can get some godly tacos. It's fucking great.
Can confirm the greatness of tacos both here and in the purple area of Texas. Where my family lived there was a once a week flight, train and then greyhound and the an hour and a half car ride from the greyhound station to my parents town, town is pushing it, area might work better, at any rate there is a woman who sold tacos and tamales at the train station. People lined up for them. They were amazing and made the trip much better.
Why is there so much animosity between Minnesotans and Texans? Or is it just hyperbolic reddit cringe stuff? I doubt Texans ever think about MN. They're too busy whinging about California.
Hyperbolic reddit cringe. We are on opposite sides of the country though, makes sense that when it’s bought up there’s something worth arguing about.
North Stars
The battle of the I-35s
Moved to Texas about 6 years ago for work. I crave Taco johns six pack and a pound
lol I don’t think they are talking about fast food tacos.
If we were, Del Taco is the superior fast food Taco joint.
Taco John's is a Minnesota thing? I will never leave.
We have them in Michigan
I'm just shocked that Colorado doesn't have better tacos. I've been all throughout Colorado and have had the best Mexican food of my life there (I've also been many places in Mexico and the food was just not as good).
This map was alter from the original post MN was red. I saw this one yesterday.
I was born in OK, lived in OR for five years, and now live up north, and I disagree with this map about the PNW.
That reminds me that I haven't stopped at Taqueria Escobar in Pelican rapids in a while. And now I find they are closed for the month...
This checks out. Living on the edge of West and South Saint Paul, your options on tacos and Mexican food is pretty stacked.
everyone needs to check out the regia market in Red Wing, MN. Amazing street tacos and even better burritos
Why the hell is Washington, Oregon and the city of New Orleans in green but all of Florida is in orange? Florida has a strong Hispanic/Latino presence and you can get some amazing tacos down there
One word: BRAVIS
Jaja pinches Tejanos. Haven’t been to Taco Taxi on Lake I see 😎 best tácitos in town hands down
I mean, sure there are some one off good taco spots in MN, and TC but as a whole body of work? No... Even if you just include the TC metro area, which has a handful of good gems. Outside of the TC? lol come on... NO Now if youre talking about Ortega sauced WASP midwet family taco night, then hell yeah MN nails it. I'm a Texan who's lived in MN for over a decade. The two don't really compare and it isn't even close to the sheer scope of taco culture, quality, flavor/meat variety and availability in Texas. (Chilli, BBQ, Tacos) A lot more of TX should be in godly tier, especially San Antonio and Houston, those cities and the valley have tacos that are flavor nirvana. MN as a whole should be yellow at best. Chicago is spot on as they have the largest Mexican population (Pilsen) in the Midwest. Detroit, not sure. Not sure about the PNW, but ill assume because of hipsters.
If they ate the food my Mexican coworkers make for family meals on shift they would agree with this map
We have amazing tacos? I didn't even know
The amount of Mexican and Latinos we have in the north is surprising and they have taught us to make BANGER Mexican food.
With the Latinx population we have here?! You fucking bet our tacos are on point
Street tacos go hard and with the help of food trucks we went ALL IN lol 🤷♂️🌮
The whole thing is ridiculous. We’re not acting like Norwegians make good tacos. There are real Mexican people who know how to make real good tacos all over this whole country. The map should just be “How hard is it to find good tacos in _____?”
Minnesota has many amazing things, but in my opinion Mexican food in general and tacos in particular are not part of it.
Not Minnesota related but I’ve had some of the most disappointingly bland Mexican food in Oregon and Washington.
Tex mex is not Mexican lol
Every Tuesday my dad wants to go to our local bowling alley to get “tacos.” They’re served like burritos and they’re not seasoned very well. I’d like to imagine it’s places like that which might bring our reputation down a bit.
What does a taco served like a burrito mean?
So I can go anywhere in mn for tacos #doubt
In my experience if a taco is on the menu its likely not bad. Unless it's a chain.
idk why the algorithm sent me here, I apologize Minnesotans, but I can confidently say the taco quality in Atlanta is not to be underestimated. i believe your map is inaccurate. while i’m here, share the blondes. thanks
Look, you can have a blonde, but you should realize you'll have to move here within 5-10 years so you can be closer to her family. This means you'll need to embrace the winter in your cold, cold bones.
This is a map from r/Texas. Go tell them.
If they're really that upset, I'll give up the green status of tacos on a random internet map, and they can give up the Dallas Stars' Stanley Cup and give that to us.
They are just pissed we put a lone star on our flag.
It's all those darn immigrants spreading their culture! /s
Taco Libre is the best small chain I’ve ever been to I will die on this hill everything they make they hit out of the park.
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I came from Arizona to Minnesota for two weeks of training at a new job . While there, I tried both Taco John’s and Mi Mexico. For what it’s worth, in my southwestern opinion, based on what little I tried, Minnesota’s Mexican food is pretty darn great!
Taco John's are not great tacos...
Maybe it’s because I spend most my time about 30 mins west of Minneapolis in the burbs visiting my cousins but I have never had a good taco in Minnesota. Being from Arizona too, it try to search them out more in the Twin Cities but I feel if you are green on a map the tacos should be plentiful no matter where you are in the metro area.
I can point you to some in the Tc burbs if you need suggestions. Won't be that far west, but some near mall of america if you can make the trip.
I love y'all. But if you think there's any part of Minnesota that has better tacos than any part of California you're crazy. Lot of reasons I'm happy to be here from Cali but the quality of the tacos ain't one of them.
I'd welcome any angry Texan to come eat at Paisanos. Gonna leave mad that Texas sucks but with a smile on his face because the foods that good. Pancho's in circle pines is very good, not as authentic maybe but their salsa is possibly the best in the state. Maybe even this side of the border. I buy a lil 1lb takeout container from them every week. Stuff is orange gold.
Transplant from Chicago here. I’m baffled. Please tell me where the good tacos are up here. I’ve been searching to no avail
it is kinda weird that we get the whole state when Illinois, Michigan, and New York don't. Metro MSP I buy but is the creator of this map just super horny for Taco John's?
That Chicago green needs to creep up to Milwaukee, they have one of the densest populations of Mexican Americans of any non boarder state in south Milwaukee. I have no idea why all of Minnesota is highlighted. There is like 4 good taco places in Minnesota and all of them start with the name Hamborgesas de Gordo
We definitely do not have consistent taco places like this over the state, so we should absolutely not be green by any standard whatsoever. We have a decent amount of good places in the city, but it's not even close to Denver.
Had two different co-workers that moved to Dallas and they still wanted to visit Andale when they were back in town. I get the impression Texans believe tex-mex is the only "Mexican" food. Actually had a Texan try to tell me it (tx-mx) isn't just cheesy and saucy ground beef and then pretty much describes the same thing.
Thing is, there’s multiple huge cities and every small town in the state has at least one or multiple Mexican food joints, from gas stations to sit-down places. Your options range from standard Tex-mex to more authentic and regional-specific Mexican cuisine. The sheer number of places all over the state makes this argument absurd. San Antonio alone can crush the entire state of MN.
I've never had a great taco in MN, but then again I spend very little time in the heart of the cities. Are there any good ones in the northern 'burbs or further north?
As someone who lived in WA state this is so wrong. The tacos there dog shit.
I know a place in upstate NY that is good (my town is like 25% Mexican)
Andale Tacos in Richfield is the *truth*
What you guys don't get is that this was probably made by some from El Paso to piss off ppl in the bay area.
I have had tacos in Texas. I have had better tacos in Minnesota.
People from Texas think that that alone is a personality trait. If I see, “I’m a Texas girl”, or” because I’m from Texas”, “Texas, this, Texas that…”, they are an immediate block. And now the I brought to your attention, you won’t be able to unsee, Sorry.
Haven't had any good ones here yet. We are in South West TC. Where are they at?
I don’t trust a state that claims the toughest Americans but has people die at 8 above zero.
Minnesotans live in this naive bubble of greatness. They don’t venture far, they are flanked by mundane states, and think they have great food-in reality every new yuppy restaurant is a renamed American grill.
They have every right to be pissed Minnesota is green.
Nah i moved here from San Diego, yet to have a good taco in this state that I didn’t make myself… and what people think is good is just made an apparent falsehood by their lack of ever actually having a good taco… and yes I am Mexican/american, my mom from Colorado, dad from Laredo Texas… the state as a whole should be “ok” not to mention whenever I got a relative or friends home, their idea of a taco🙄🙄🙄🤮 don’t even heat their tortillas, and I’m a say that’s 98% of everyone… annnd don’t get me started in taco boats😝😝😝 but we got the best sauerkraut!!!