Taqueria Cuernavaca: The Joys of Al Pastor


Chicken taco and a coke at Taqueria Cuernavaca.; Credit: Anne FishbeinChicken taco and a coke at Taqueria Cuernavaca.; Credit: Anne Fishbein

If you didn't initially order the taco al pastor at Taqueria Cuernavaca, surely you will after the trip to the salsa bar. Because while loading the small plastic cups with salsa and a few dark, dark red chiles de árbol, you'll probably glance into the kitchen. And in said kitchen, you'll spot meat layered on a spit, carved into the shape of a fat exclamation mark and punctuated by a chunk of pineapple skewered at the very top. Read the story.

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