Taco el Norte

Lets say you’ve been out in the dusty desert all week partying and wearing sparkly costumes. Lets say you have your heart set on your annual follow up trip to the Best of the West Rib-​Off at the Nugget in Sparks, NV, then lets say that they officially close all bbq vendors at 9pm and you arrive at 907pm, smoke still drifting around the bbq trophies, racks of ribs glistening with sauce.
You’re hungry and now you’ve got the cranky pants on b/​c your last chance for legit bbq has slipped through your fingers for another year. You drive over a few blocks to check out a well-​received taqueria to find someone getting arrested and the taco place closed… and then, behold. Bright lights being run off a generator, the Taco el Norte taco truck, truly a savior in the night. Buck 25 for tacos, al pastor, carne asada, lengua, or cabeza. They have burritos when they’re not out of tortillas, but they’re not on the menu. All the dudes in the truck are super polite and they speak English smoother than most kids from California. The salsa means business and the al pastor tacos! Just the right amount of grease drips from these small saucers of pork splendor. A minimum of weird gristle bits to please the gringos and enough fatty bits to please those more accustomed to the other cuts of meat in existence. Carne is good, but the al pastor, sweet al pastor. I rate these better than the Tonayense Taco trucks, which are pretty damn good. Found this oasis in the parking lot of the Mexico Lindo mercado at 1825 Prater, x-​street-​Cauble, for those in need in Sparks.