Spring Break
Food Review
Laura Katzer
Issue date: 9/17/07 Section: Culture
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4019 Pennsylvania Ave.
I found a favorite taco spot at Cancun Fiesta Fresh.
The diminutive restaurant is on Pennsylvania Avenue on the edge of Westport's business and nightlife nucleus.
The restaurant is able to serve a large lunch crowd of business people, students and local residents, as well as the late night masses that come hungry out of shows and clubs.
Cancun Fiesta Fresh is open the same hours of the day as a bar, from 11 a.m. to 12 a.m. Sundays through Thursdays and 11 a.m. to 3:30 a.m. Fridays and Saturdays.
On a recent taco-munching spree, all in the name of research, Cancun Fiesta Fresh satisfied my cravings admirably.
The restaurant offers good food that is inexpensive and appropriately filling. The four trips I made to Cancun Fiesta Fresh were low-priced and flavorful.
The menu is a mix of standard Mexican snacks. It listed burritos, quesadillas, nachos, tortas, chimichangas and, not surprisingly, tacos.
Tacos were my main focus. The tacos I had were authentic and made-to-order. They lacked false, over-elaborate flavors and were made from quality materials.
The portions were small but effective at relieving my hunger. I tasted as many as possible and enjoyed some preferred repeats.
Since most of the menu is à la carte, a meal can be as large or small as desired.
Cancun Fiesta Fresh serves tacos that are priced moderately at $1.75 per regular taco and $2.25 for soft flour, fish or shrimp tacos. Tuesdays the deal gets even better: all tacos cost a $1.00 apiece.
The street tacos were terrific. They were served each time with a few sliced radishes, one pickled carrot and quartered limes. The street tacos were available in seven fillings and served two ways.
They were either in warm corn tortillas, stuffed with a filling of choice and sprinkled with chopped cilantro and jalapeno, or they were in hard corn shells filled to please and topped with shredded lettuce.
Both taco styles were good. The soft corn tacos had the most heat (from the jalapenos) and the hard shells had a nice crunch.
The adovada (barbequed beef) filled taco was delicious and consistently good. It was morsels of exciting chili-spiced beef that had a tender texture and divine taste.
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