Meat fillings at the ever-popular Taco Bus includes the ancient Mayan
recipe for Cochinita Pibil: shredded pork marinated in anchiote and
bitter orange, then wrapped in banana leaves and slow-roasted in a
smoker.
From the restaurant's website:
Taco Bus is an actual bus that traveled around serving food to the
masses. We settled down 20 years ago in Tampa, open 24/7, and recently
expanded to our second location in St. Petersburg, FL. We serve the
Mexican street kind of food that the owner, Rene Valenzuela, has been
cooking since he was kid in Mexico making some pesos at taco stands. We
have a northern Mexican approach to food but you will find tacos with
recipes that are typical for places such as Yucatan, Mexico City,
Sinaloa, and Puebla."
Beer and wine available. Serving breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Open 24 hours Thu–Sat.
"The
working-class crowd, tattooed and tired, rubs elbows with the
white-collar contingent from downtown. Anglos and Latinos in nearly
50-50 proportions; some sit and eat, most grab food to go. ... All this
for marinated pork, fresh tortillas and ceviche served from a
permanently parked white school bus that has been converted into one of
the most recognized and recognizable kitchens in Tampa Bay."
—Wayne Garcia, Creative Loafing
Meat fillings at the ever-popular Taco Bus includes the ancient Mayan
recipe for Cochinita Pibil: shredded pork marinated in anchiote and
bitter orange, then wrapped in banana leaves and slow-roasted in a
smoker.
From the restaurant's website:
Taco Bus is an actual bus that traveled around serving food to the
masses. We settled down 20 years ago in Tampa, open 24/7, and recently
expanded to our second location in St. Petersburg, FL. We serve the
Mexican street kind of food that the owner, Rene Valenzuela, has been
cooking since he was kid in Mexico making some pesos at taco stands. We
have a northern Mexican approach to food but you will find tacos with
recipes that are typical for places such as Yucatan, Mexico City,
Sinaloa, and Puebla."
Beer and wine available. Serving breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Open 24 hours Thu–Sat.
"The
working-class crowd, tattooed and tired, rubs elbows with the
white-collar contingent from downtown. Anglos and Latinos in nearly
50-50 proportions; some sit and eat, most grab food to go. ... All this
for marinated pork, fresh tortillas and ceviche served from a
permanently parked white school bus that has been converted into one of
the most recognized and recognizable kitchens in Tampa Bay."
—Wayne Garcia, Creative Loafing