Have some crack and a smile.
Joe recently admitted to me that on his trips up to his hometown of Modesto he often pulls off 580 for some crack. Well, let me rephrase that: For some “crack tacos.” This has become how he refers to his guilty pleasure, otherwise known as Jack in the Box tacos. They’re two for 99 cents and although I have yet to try them (I’m snobbier than Joe), clearly Joe is not alone—even Chowhounders, who are normally found obsessing over the nuances of XLBs and such, have devoted long threads to them.
Joe came back from Modesto the other day, blissed out, practically still wiping the JITB salsa off his mouth and put in a call to our chef Telmo. He told him that we needed our own, housemade version of these tacos on the Tacolicious menu.
A few weeks, and some kitchen experiments, later, I present to you Telmo’s “Crack in the Box” tacos: thin, crunchy, deep-fried taco shells stuffed with spiced ground beef, melted American cheese, shredded lettuce and our special all (Mexican-) American salsa. I’m not saying these won’t provide a similar addiction, but made with our quality ingredients, you can rest assured that the guilty part of the pleasure has been alleviated. The only thing we’re not offering is drive-through service.
Our new “Crack-in-the-Box” tacos are only available during our Tacolicious Happy Hour (4:30-6:30 pm, daily). But since you’re reading, we’ll give you an insider tip: They’re available any time to the devoted readers of this blog. Say you read it here first, and crack tacos are yours to be had any time our doors are open.
You’re welcome.