World’s Most Expensive Tacos? ~ Brentwood
While the price of tacos at taco trucks has been roughly the same for the past 5-10 years ($1 is the standard, $1.25 at your pricier spots, and $.50 at your bargain wagons), the price of tacos in taquerias and in restaurants has steadily been creeping up and up. At themed mexican restaurants such as “Pink Taco”, two tacos will set you back close to $10. As the taco lifestyle spreads to all corners of the globe and all strata of society, savvy restaurateurs have figured out how to take a simple street foodstuff, add a fancy ingredient, and charge insane prices. Case in point: Brentwood’s cleverly named The Brentwood $38.50 filet mignon taco entree. We submit this to be the world’s most expensive taco. Like DB Bistro’s $100 hamburger compared with In-n-Out, we doubt very much that the Brentwood taco can hold a candle to our city’s best $1 taco truck tacos.
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(3 tacos)
Hadley wrote:
Great points, Erich. I generally find that the more expensive a taco is, the less inspired it tends to be.
Posted on 21-Aug-07 at 12:01 pm | Permalink
Militant Angeleno wrote:
The equation usually goes — the farther away the country of origin of the cuisine is, the more upscale the food. So an expensive taco, say in Uppsala, Sweden, is perfectly justified. But a $40 taco in Brentwood? They have no excuse.
Posted on 21-Aug-07 at 11:22 pm | Permalink
arturo wrote:
So, 2 tacos for $38.50 is one taco for $19.25, plus tax, let’s call it $20. For one of those tacos, you could get 20 of the best tacos in town in East LA!
Posted on 22-Aug-07 at 2:49 pm | Permalink
DH wrote:
Don’t know much bout the filet mignon taco but I do somethin’ bout Taco Cartel. They emerged in the mid 80’s in Highland Park area and eventually went “underground. They we’re known as the King Taco killers (not literally) since everything from the 2 sauces, and the meats…… we’re so scrumptous. They’ve been recently cited in Vegas on the corner of Sahara and Decatur……. food hasn’t changed. I also heard they will expand to Pheonix, then back to L.A. again to cover the “golden triangle”.
Posted on 12-Sep-07 at 11:50 pm | Permalink
Taquito wrote:
I must agree with everyone, these tacos have better be filled with crystals and diamond flakes before a price that high can be tagged. DH, I also agree with you on the Cartel of Tacos. It’s not only their sauces but the preperation and seasoning in the meats…… No there’s more than 1 King?
Posted on 17-Sep-07 at 10:43 pm | Permalink
Tina wrote:
I totally agree, the price for tacos is getting crazy, considering what goes into them. However, I did find a small place in East LA, near the court house and civic center called Taco Real. They say their beef is natural, the pollo al pastor is made fresh and the tortillas are hand made to order. Even if this all was not true, I’d still love the food there. I think they are the best in LA, period. Anyone care to try to prove me wrong?
Posted on 19-Sep-07 at 5:48 pm | Permalink
Marc Trainor wrote:
Has anyone ever EATEN, one of these expensive tacos, and if so, how was it? Was it worth 20 bucks a pop. I can think of some houses of ill repute in TJ, that cost…, well, never mind. What’s the verdict on these “Killer” tacos, here?????
Posted on 22-Dec-07 at 2:14 pm | Permalink
West Side wrote:
I tried the filet mingon tacos. They were really not that great. I’d much rather have either a real taco, or a real steak.
Posted on 29-Jan-08 at 1:33 pm | Permalink
Laura wrote:
Hi, I frequently make filet tacos and they are awesome – and it doesn’t take a lot of steak to make lots of tacos- so they shouldn’t be THAT expensive! Check it out…
http://laurasbestrecipes.com/2009/08/grilled-chile-marinated-filet-mignon-tacos.html
Posted on 02-Oct-09 at 8:35 pm | Permalink