Zapata’s — Restaurant in Westerville

Have had Zapata's a few times now and it does not disappoint! I thought the truck was in Whitehall like it usually is during the week but it was in Westerville today which isn't very far about 12 minutes down the road from where I usually see it. The Tijuana style Birria Tacos are excellent! The Ramen is really good. They put it in this tall Styrofoam cup with a lid and I traveled an hour home before I opened it and it was still steaming hot and perfect. I will drive an hour to get this on Saturday and drive an hour home and eat it and it's still great it's not soggy. Now the street fries you do not want to wait that long to eat them they do get soggy but OMG they are the best loaded fries I have ever had an I am a fry person!! I get them with chicken and they are amazing if you only go for the fries you will not be disappointed!! For the price you get a lot!! I will say the sauce that they give me on the side and the little containers is so spicy it about burns my tongue off LOL but my husband absolutely loves it he could drink the stuff. I'm not a fan...

I was looking for a good Asian Ramen or Pho in the Uber Eats app, only to find nothing within 5 miles of my Eastside-Suburban neighborhood. Boo! I kept scrolling until I happened upon a fusion option and enthusiastically placed an order for a Birria Ramen Soup and Cheese Quesadilla. It was an interesting dish, like I think I liked it but felt like this probably wasn’t something that should be consumed in volume. At one point, I wondered if “soup” was code for oil. I understand the concept of Consomé but it was super oily, I had anticipated more beef broth, if that makes sense. I ended up preparing some thin pasta to help stretch out the oily mouth-feel. And added a beef bouillon to it to pull out the flavor. The spice in the soup was well balanced. Great idea… execution just wasn’t entirely...

This food truck is in the running for one of my top birria tacos. I can tell they made it extra fresh because I could barely hold the plate from how hot it was. The consome was super flavorful and the tacos were crispy and juicy and cheesy. The service was also very good. My only gripe with this place is that they had two menus, with one listing the tacos for $16, the other $16.50, and then I got charged $17. I believe in transparency so this was very frustrating. Hopefully, the owner sees this and adjusts the...