Stanley first introduced us to La Michoacana (MEE-CHO-KANA), a taco, burrito and small Mexican grocery establishment several weeks ago. I had neglected to visit, but I got a chance to go last night. It’s located right up the street from Richmond Camera on East High Street. I didn’t know what to expect.
La Michoacana is open from 11AM until 9PM everyday except for Sunday when it closes a little earlier (need verification). You walk into what looks like a little house or small office. It doesn’t really seem like a restaurant with two small tables and grocery racks in the middle of the store. You can purchase standard mexican grocer items such as limes, tortillas and other sorts of things.
Don’t get me wrong; the place is clean and well lit, so it’s a little nicer and more inviting for us who may be turned off by the backroom of El Paso. The menu is in English and Spanish, so you don’t have to pretend to know what you are ordering. We tried a burrito and chicken, pork and beef tacos. La Michoacana had a selection of fresh salsas available to add to your meal. We tried them all.
The burrito was rather plain with just meat inside and beans and rice on the side.
The Tacos? Amazing. I love Chipotle, but damn these are extremely good and they set you back a mere $2 a pop. The beef was too dry, but I was very impressed with the chicken and pork, huge portions, abundant toppings and really good salsas. I highly recommend this place, but just be careful about the wait.
I don’t think this place warrants a full food review, because it’s essentailly take-out. The tables inside don’t seat very many. I will definently make this a lunch/dinner stop and I hope you do too. Any suggestions for anything else on the menu?
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I loved the Taco Loco- beef,chicken,chorizo with all the fixings. Also,the tamales are very tasty. Quick, inexpensive, filling,and yummy . What more can you ask for lunch?
you guys should also try the chicken gorditas, they are awesome and are pan fried to order. Also try the “agua de horchata” it is a sweet rice base drink.
By the way, the owners still own their taco truck, and they are more than happy to attend and cater your next party!
The limes are a good deal, and the $2 soft taco was perfectly snackable. Real food, not the re’al creations for the gringos up the street. Now they just need a patio and a sandwich board on the sidewalk. When you see Joy, look back and across the street.
The spaghetti side that came with my very good carnitas burrito was a bit of an enigma. (Couldn’t tell whether it was homemade — but I was disconcerted to see that the small collection of groceries for sale at Michoacana includes a stack of Chef Boyardee products.)
I’m hooked on the place. I probably eat there 3 or 4 times a week, and I’m certain that it’s probably healthier than the rest of my diet.
That being said….. I think that the ingredients have changed over the past month. Now it looks like they are using the neon orange liquid cheese that you might recognize from movie theater nachos. I’m going to make sure to ask about it next time I’m in there, but it won’t prevent me from going back. I have also noticed that some of the ingredients seem a little less fresh than they were earlier in the month. There are usually a few people in line when I go lately, so I suspect that they are cooking more prep-food at the start of the day to accommodate the increase in business.
/Micho for dinner sounds good.
@4 40 Ounce… Mexicans have as much right as the rest of us to feed their kids tins of utter crap. I personally keep several cans of Chef Boyardee and a can of Campbell’s ‘Spaghetti Os with Meatballs on hand, and brandish them at my kids if they bitch about whatever I slop up for dinner. No matter how bad it is, they know it’s better than that shite and I get the little piggies back troughing again.
/Did someone say ‘Mom of the Year’
and brandish them at my kids
If the cans get dented when you brain your kids with ‘em, you should just throw ‘em out. That’s a botulism risk and could harm your wee ones.
/oh! brandish.
@6: Feedin’ time at the Flooze family?
Linky brokey
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_IFlfMKN-w2Y/SBoW0ZJz4OI/AAAAAAAADyA/3kSgU5-TUa8/IMG_1991.JPG
/if that doesn’t work, I’ll pass you a hard copy at the drug stand in the Pavilion tonight
Drug stand it is then Baby.
Flooze, copy and paste the address. It’ll come up then, but you have to download it.
Nowhere close 40 Ounce….. kid doesn’t have a sippy cup full of beer and a ciggy in his gob.
Oh and thanks Echo… you are just my little helper elf these days. Smoooooches.
Oh, this kid?
Or maybethis one?
@16: That’s gotta be Floozy’s kid.
@15 And such a high quality beer fetcher as well!
@16…. hahaha NOW your talkin’!
This is the new venture of Jose and Elsa (The Taco Truck People).
Jose said they still have the truck for catering gigs. In fact, they have a standing gig every Thursday doing 200 lunchtime tacos for the employees of a company in Crozet.
Here are the particulars:
La Michaocana Deli
1138 E. High St.
Charlottesville, VA 22902
434-409-9941
Hours:
Mon-Thur. 10am to 9pm
Fri&Sat 11am to 11pm
Sun 11am to 9pm
Tacos - $2.00
Tamales - $2.00
Burritos - $6.00 (w/ rice & beans)
Quesadillas - $6.00 (w/ rice & beans)
Tortas - $7.00 (w/ rice & beans)
Enchiladas - $8.00 (w/ rice & beans)
tengo hambre!
New customer, just inhaled three of the tacos (chicken, pork and barbecue). The barbeque with the medium hot red salsa was 17 kinds of awesome, and the other two were almost as good. Double bonus, the parking allows me to scoot down High Street for lunch during the work week. This will be a regular spot in the rotation.
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