Despite their mobility, taco trucks generally have set locations unless they are heading out for catering or private events. They are the best way to get a tasty meal that is not filled with the processed items found at the drive-thru. Oklahoma Gazette has compiled a list of trusty neighborhood trucks that are open rain or shine at least five days per week.
1) Taqueria Sanchez
4011 NW 10th St.
405-520-3553
This 10th Street institution remains the city’s best. With a permanent sign and near-perpetual line, it is hard to miss the blue truck.
Taco price: $1, cash only
Available meats: carne asada, al pastor, tongue, barbacoa, tripe, chicken
Other items: mulitas ($2); quesadillas, tortas and burritos are $5
Must-try: When going to the best taco truck in the city, stick with the tacos or mulitas (mini quesadillas made with corn tortillas), but its tender barbacoa (beef cheek) and marinated chicken are among the best available meats.
2) Speedy Tacos
2520 SW 29th St.
405-885-6305
This little truck in the parking lot of a car wash has a bench for eating from its surprisingly large menu.
Taco price: $1.25, cash only
Available meats: al pastor, carne asada, chicken, chorizo, chicharron, barbacoa, ham, tripe, carnitas, fish, shrimp, milanesa
Other items: regular and sauce-covered burritos, shrimp fajitas, guizado rojo or verde, hamburgers, gorditas and ceviche tostada; specials for birria, barbacoa, pozole, grilled chicken, menudo and salads
Must-try: The guisado verde plates include rice and beans for $8.50, but the surprise is its well-executed ceviche tostada ($3). It includes huge chunks of shrimp and fish in a marinade of tomato, lime, onion and cilantro topped with avocado.
3) Taqueria El Dolar
2900 SW 44th
2040 NW 10th St.
405-628-5926
This southside location at the southeast corner of SW 44th Street and May Avenue can be seen from yards away with its mural of the Virgin Mary near the order window.
Taco price: $1.25, cash only
Available meats: carne asada, chicken, al pastor, tongue, carnitas, tripe, barbacoa, buche (pork stomach) and cabeza (slow-cooked cow head)
Other items: Burritos, quesadillas, tortas and tostadas are $5. An order of two mulitas, sopes or tostadas with ceviche is $6.
Must-try: Tacos are your best bet, and sample the carnitas that get fried on the flattop before being added to tacos or get adventurous with slow-cooked tongue or buche.
4) Taco Loco
2117 39th St.
405-595-1582
This truck, open for breakfast daily and late on the weekends, is in the parking lot of Angles nightclub.
Taco price: $1, cash only
Available meats: carne asada, al pastor, tongue, barbacoa, tripe, chicken
Other items: chilaquiles, tortas, burritos ($5), mulitas ($2), quesadillas, tostadas, sopes and enchiladas
Must-try: The corn tortillas for tacos are on the small side, but they are generously filled with crispy carne asada or complex al pastor. The real winners of the truck are the burritos that envelope meat, rice, lettuce and a soft cheese in a layer of refried beans.
5) Pérez Truck
4400 S. Western Ave.
405-830-3880
facebook.com/pereztruckokc
This truck with a focus on unique marinades for tacos and tortas is set up in the Sears lot near Integris Southwest Medical Center. It has the widest variety of any truck in the metro. The owners recently opened a brick-and-mortar location at 2416 NW 23rd St.
Taco price: $1.35, takes cards
Available meats: carne asada, chicken, campechanos (layered meat mix), barbacoa, tongue, chicharron (crispy pork skin), carnitas, cochinita pibil and salchicha (sausage), al pastor
Other items: 14 types of regular tortas ($6.99), including ham, chorizo, milanesa (breaded steak) and 10 types of tortas specialties ($8.99). It also offers sincronizadas, queso with chorizo, flautas, mulitas and sopes.
Must-try: Order the cochintia pibil in either a taco or torta. The sweet and spicy citrus marinade is not as ubiquitous as al pastor, but it is very tasty. The house rojo sauce packs a punch.
Oklahoma City
6) Taqueria Express No. 3
2301 S. Air Depot Blvd.
Midwest City
7) Taqueria La Placita
1098 SE 44th St.
405-551-1607
8) Taco Nation
1120 S. Western Ave. Weekends
1012 NW First St. Tuesdays
taconationokc.com
405-456-9090
9) La Piñata
154 S. MacArthur Blvd.
405-885-3514
10) Mister Dolar Taco Truck
5700 S. Shields Blvd.
405-549-5497
11) El Taco Express
4912 NW 10th St.
405-889-7117
12) Taqueria El Jiro
1437 SW 29th St.
405-476-8963
13) Taqueria La Fondita
4900 NW 23rd St.
405-400-4948
14) Tacos La Vecindad
4843 NW 23rd St.
405-210-5401
15) Taqueria Mr. Dollar
740 SW 29th St.
taqueriamrdollar.com
405-889-7796
16) El Pariente
2109 SW 29th St.
elparienteco.com
405-601-0447
17) Tacos Emmanuel
5125 S. Western Ave.
405-802-1888
18) Taqueria El Rincon
400 W. Britton Road
405-549-8168
19) Taqueria Marielita's
Corner of Portland Avenue and NW Liberty Street in Reed Park
405-300-3933
Norman
20) La Sombra Taco Truck
329 N. Porter Ave.
405-977-8459
21) Taqueria San Tadeo
401 S. Porter Ave.
405-365-5125
22) El Taco Loco
1728 24th Ave. SW
405-600-8658
Edmond
23) Little Knight's Taco Truck
6805 N. Broadway
facebook.com/littleknightstruck
405-657-6537
Tulsa
24) El Samborsito
8700 S. Lewis Ave.
918-884-4845
25) Taqueria Express
1738 S. Garnett Road
918-313-5585
26) El Ranchero
10822 E. 41st St.
918-951-7859
6388 E. 31st St.
981-955-8584
rancherofoodtrucks.com
27) El Refugio Azteca
9705 E. 61st St.
918-625-7662
28) Pollos Asados Al Carbon
2405 E. Admiral Place
facebook.com/pollosmty
918-951-8691
29) Tacos Los Arellano
10401 E. 31st St.
facebook.com/tacoslosarellano
918-607-8755
