DINNER REVIEW

4 stars for food and patio, 2 stars for service

I had been to the Naco Taco food truck on Newbury street and was impressed with the portion sizes of the tacos and the amazing street corn so I had been wanting to try the restaurant because of the great patio (reminds me of Big Star Taco's patio in Chicago).

A friend and I arrive at 7:30 and wait 20 minutes to get seated on the patio (it's a beautiful, open patio with hanging lights above). Our first bout of poor service was when we were sitting next to the hostess stand and finally, she came up to us and said "are you X?" and we said yes and she said "I texted you 5 minutes ago. You need to come when we text you. Next time I am going to give up your table." My friend had assumed that since we were sitting right next to her, that she would just tell us the table was ready but that was a wrong assumption. It felt like she was scolding us. Didn't appreciate that but I tried to brush it off.

Unfortunately, our waiter wasn't any better. He didn't smile and awkwardly tried to rush us through our orders.

Fortunately, the food is great. We had the chips and salsa and Street corn off the cob to share. The salsa was definitely on the thinner side and had a unique flavor which was a nice change of pace from a chunky salsa (though I still think I prefer chunky). For myself, I ordered the Cabeza Ahogada torta and the fried shrimp taco. I would have been fine eating just the torta but I had to get a taco at a place called "Naco Taco".

The torta is not for the faint of heart. It comes soaking in this delicious broth and it's covered in pig's head, bacon, and avocado. It got to the point where I just ended up eating it with a fork and knife because the bread had soaked up so much broth. I should have paid more attention when ordering because I couldn't really eat it like a sandwich.

The fried shrimp taco was delicious as well with a spicy cole slaw.

I don't think I'll be back to the Naco Taco restaurant because of the service and there are other restaurants with great patios but I would definitely go back to the food truck if I was in the area.