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Eat These Immediately: Honest Tom's Tacos
Brisket and shrimp go head to head in West Philly.
Eat These Immediately: Honest Tom’s Tacos
As temperatures continue to drop this week, things at Honest Tom’s Taco Shop (261 S. 44th Street) are nice and toasty.
Candid man and founder Tom McCusker tells us that his buds – chefs Matt Broeze and Aric “Ricky” Danz – want to know whose special is better. Mexiphiles of Philly, that’s your cue to taste and review their work, and stat.
Broeze sets the bar high with his brisket taco. He smokes the meat for six hours over apple wood chips and tucks it into a tortilla with pickled serrano peppers, Mexican sour cream, and iceberg lettuce.
Danz matches Broeze with a shrimp taco that's pumped up with cabbage, carrot, coconut milk, and scallions.
The specials make alternate appearances, so call ahead to learn which is on menu for the day (or live wildly and just wait to be surprised). Also not to be missed: the sweet potato taco (we've seen happy tears spilled over this dish) and Tom’s own breakfast creation (life doesn’t get much better than scrambled eggs, home fries, cheese, guacamole, salsa, and bacon).
Oh, and did we mention that any two tacos from Honest Tom's only sets you back six bucks? Spare yourself the fear of missing out and find your way to these bad boys.
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