Despite their mobility, taco trucks generally have set locations unless they are heading out for catering or private events. They are the best way to get a tasty meal that is not filled with the processed items found at the drive-thru. Oklahoma Gazette has compiled a list of trusty neighborhood trucks that are open rain or shine at least five days per week.
This 10th Street institution remains the city’s best. With a permanent sign and near-perpetual line, it is hard to miss the blue truck.
Taco price: $1, cash only
Available meats: carne asada, al pastor, tongue, barbacoa, tripe, chicken
Other items: mulitas ($2); quesadillas, tortas and burritos are $5
Must-try: When going to the best taco truck in the city, stick with the tacos or mulitas (mini quesadillas made with corn tortillas), but its tender barbacoa (beef cheek) and marinated chicken are among the best available meats.
2) Speedy Tacos
2520 SW 29th St.This little truck in the parking lot of a car wash has a bench for eating from its surprisingly large menu.
Taco price: $1.25, cash only
Available meats: al pastor, carne asada, chicken, chorizo, chicharron, barbacoa, ham, tripe, carnitas, fish, shrimp, milanesa
Other items: regular and sauce-covered burritos, shrimp fajitas, guizado rojo or verde, hamburgers, gorditas and ceviche tostada; specials for birria, barbacoa, pozole, grilled chicken, menudo and salads
Must-try: The guisado verde plates include rice and beans for $8.50, but the surprise is its well-executed ceviche tostada ($3). It includes huge chunks of shrimp and fish in a marinade of tomato, lime, onion and cilantro topped with avocado.
3) Taqueria El Dolar
2900 SW 44thThis southside location at the southeast corner of SW 44th Street and May Avenue can be seen from yards away with its mural of the Virgin Mary near the order window.
Taco price: $1.25, cash only
Available meats: carne asada, chicken, al pastor, tongue, carnitas, tripe, barbacoa, buche (pork stomach) and cabeza (slow-cooked cow head)
Other items: Burritos, quesadillas, tortas and tostadas are $5. An order of two mulitas, sopes or tostadas with ceviche is $6.
Must-try: Tacos are your best bet, and sample the carnitas that get fried on the flattop before being added to tacos or get adventurous with slow-cooked tongue or buche.
4) Taco Loco
2117 39th St.This truck, open for breakfast daily and late on the weekends, is in the parking lot of Angles nightclub.
Taco price: $1, cash only
Available meats: carne asada, al pastor, tongue, barbacoa, tripe, chicken
Other items: chilaquiles, tortas, burritos ($5), mulitas ($2), quesadillas, tostadas, sopes and enchiladas
Must-try: The corn tortillas for tacos are on the small side, but they are generously filled with crispy carne asada or complex al pastor. The real winners of the truck are the burritos that envelope meat, rice, lettuce and a soft cheese in a layer of refried beans.
5) Pérez Truck
4400 S. Western Ave.This truck with a focus on unique marinades for tacos and tortas is set up in the Sears lot near Integris Southwest Medical Center. It has the widest variety of any truck in the metro. The owners recently opened a brick-and-mortar location at 2416 NW 23rd St.
Taco price: $1.35, takes cards
Available meats: carne asada, chicken, campechanos (layered meat mix), barbacoa, tongue, chicharron (crispy pork skin), carnitas, cochinita pibil and salchicha (sausage), al pastor
Other items: 14 types of regular tortas ($6.99), including ham, chorizo, milanesa (breaded steak) and 10 types of tortas specialties ($8.99). It also offers sincronizadas, queso with chorizo, flautas, mulitas and sopes.
Must-try: Order the cochintia pibil in either a taco or torta. The sweet and spicy citrus marinade is not as ubiquitous as al pastor, but it is very tasty. The house rojo sauce packs a punch.