El Jarrito — Restaurant in Columbia Township

I knew it was going to be good, when I saw that I was only one of the two non-latinos in the place. I ordered 3 tacos, tinga de Pollo, Pollo adobado and beef birria. I also ordered a side of chips and guacamole. The guacamole was good, but the chips seemed a little thick, tough and crunchy. I probably won't do those again. But, oh, those tacos! I started with the Pollo adobado and the flavors just seemed to dance across my tongue. I next ate the birria and you know how most of the carne is usually kind of tough? Well, this one wasn't. It was tender and flavorful. I finished with the tunga de Pollo. It was just plain chicken, so coming off of the two spiced meats, it didn't seem to have the flavor. I think that if I had changed the order and eaten this one first, I would have had a taste progression, because there was nothing wrong with the taco, it tasted very good, it was just that my taste buds had been spoiled by the spice of the other two. I will probably be back for those tacos again. Oh, and the tortillas were hand made. In my minds eye I saw a little abuelita in the back patting out and frying each taco individually. Only the meat comes with the tacos, I added Pico and avocado to each taco for a small upcharge. They give you three sauces and a lime wedge to squeeze over each taco....

I always look forward to trying a new restaurant for the first time and had some time off of work so I could eat whatever I wanted and take my time. There are at least 5 other Mexican restaurants within a few miles of here so I wanted to see what was going to set this place apart. Out of the gate, one thing that sets them apart was no chips and salsa. With the business lunch crowd, that's a tough sell. Whatever the reasoning, it seems like they would at least want to offer it as a buyable option. Number 2 observation, the menu is extremely limited. I observed a couple different customers walk in, look at the menu, and turn around. The other party I observed leaving before ordering anything wanted chips and salsa. The tacos were great, but four of them didn't fill me up and at 16 dollars, the chips would have made it reasonable enough to justify. Since I was still hungry, I ordered a steak Tortas (sandwich). I'm thankful I tried that sandwich. It was amazing. I love mine with fries though or chips. No matter the cost. I know I...

A variety of tacos ordered on our visit. Mushroom, Chorizo, Steak, Beef and chicken.

Steak, beef and chicken tacos were all kind of dry. I ordered a side of avocado (avocado was what it said on the menu board) for my wife and ended up with guacamole. In most cases this would be fine, but she said it was too spicy to eat.

The avocado sauce was good and had a good bite. I got the tomatillo sauce and forgot to try it. A generous amount of meat on the tacos and it was flavored well. It seemed a little odd that the tacos came with onions and cilantro only and you pay extra for Pico, sour cream, lettuce, avocado...