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Texas Taco
Rating Details »
- Price Range:
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$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- No
- Parking:
- Private Lot
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- No
- Good for Kids:
- No
- Takes Reservations:
- No
- Delivery:
- No
- Take-out:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- No
- Outdoor Seating:
- Yes
- Good for:
- Lunch, Dinner
- Alcohol:
- None
7 reviews for Texas Taco
If you want to see a NYC 1980's living punk artifact way upstate, this would be the place to be. The house is a treasure trove of kitsch, eccentric reworked dolls, giant shark bathroom and disturbed pets. (Look for the angry cat who looks like she is missing an eye patch and stayed up the past 6 nights trying to solve a murder ). Perhaps the baboon in the gilded cage out back will con you out of your jewelry or chewing gum.
It is definitely NOT about the food. However, you should buy a tasty taco or homemade lemonade just to watch Ms Rosemary serve it from her little hot dog cart. It is a small price to pay for admission into this kooky example of Roadside America.
If Rosemary had stayed in NYC, she would probably have gone on to be celebrated as an artistic icon a la Andy Warhol or Cyndi Lauper. 80's fashion diva, Diane Von Furstenburg is a fan, she brought the NY Times there for a dinner interview between her posh 5th ave studio and posh country home once.
Unfortunately, up here in the stix, her bold, violet hair stir up suspicion and upturned noses from those who do not appreciate a creative soul.
Rock on Rosemary!
If Texas Taco were a movie, it would be some bizarre amalgamation of Alice In Wonderland, What Ever Happened To Baby Jane?, and The Three Amigos.
The food is edible but ornery, and should be enhanced with liberal doses of hot sauce.
Oh, and try not to shit yourself when you bump into the giant fiberglass shark hanging from the bathroom ceiling.
Rude owner, food was awful!!!! Avoid eating here...the decor was cool and funky, but seriously, the food was really bad.
the food is nothing to write home about. its normal college style burritos, tacos, hotdog. BUT what makes this place is the decor, rosemary herself and the stories about her and how she got to where she is.
this place rocks. if it were decorated in a normal way, i would never go.
when you go remember no photos, go to the bathroom first ( its hilarious, straight out of a 50s b rated movie) and check out the car in the parking lot with all the coins glued to it.
its hers.
go here, trust me its an experience.
Is this place still open?
The lady who runs this show is a result of wayyyy to many magic mushroom tea partys to say the least. She has a huge purple mohawk and creepy dolls and 'things' all over the restaurant. Not sure if she still does, but in the summer when its nice out you can ask to sit in the back which is even scarier. The grass is spray painted psychadelic colors and she has a live babboon in a cage you can look at while you eat. My girlfriend and i gave the little guy a couple of starbursts and he knows how to get it out of the wrapper and everything. shhh dont tell..
oh yeah back to the food. ummm the food is good i guess. all i remember them serving is regular tacos and homemade lemonade/ice tea.
Oh boy - this place is wacked. The woman (owner) means well - but to be honest, I'm not comfortable eating in such a strange place. Food is nothing special. It's also a total fire-trap, I question the local fire dept/building inspectors: have you all been in this place? Yikes!
A place you have to see once. Taco;s served by woman with mohawk. Restaurant is filled with "stuff" Old car outside discourages customers. Don't go here for the food - just go here to take it all in.
