I love tacos. Who doesnāt love tacos? And now I can officially say Iām a Carson City resident. While Iāve lived in Carson City for the most part for the past 17 years, Iāve never had the privilege of eating a Penguin taco, which was once a Carson City institution. Until now.
The Penguin, a popular Carson City hangout, closed before I moved here, but thanks to many good folks, the Westside Pour House has brought back the famous Penguin taco during Taco Tuesdays. Yesterday was the first Taco Tuesday so I eagerly awaited my chance to taste the Penguin taco for the first time.
Not that Iām a taco connoisseur, but Iāve had my fair share of tacos over my lifetime. Letās put it this way. If Las Vegas had placed a taco tax to fund its new stadium for the Raiders, I probably wouldāve been able to fund the new stadium single-handedly. The same could be said for cheeseburgers.
But back to tacos. Iāve obviously had my share of tacos in Carson City and thereās plenty of tasty tacos to choose from. As far as the Penguin tacos, I had one on Tuesday and forgive me for sounding like a Millennial, but it āWas The Bomb.ā All I can say is, it fit my personal taste for what a taco should taste like and it didnāt taste like an ordinary taco.
Thereās nothing fancy about the Penguin taco, but there really shouldnāt be anything fancy about a taco. The Penguin taco reminded me of the taco made by one of my best friends, Freddy Quijas, who owns Juicy Burger in Porterville, Calif. Like the Penguin taco, Freddy always keeps his tacos simple and when I ate them they were always delicious.
And Iām definitely suited for the Penguin taco.
ā Charles Whisnand