Tacos El Guero, Lone Pine

On the 395 and Gateway to Mt. Whitney, Tacos El Guero has set up shop on an unpaved corner in Lone Pine. A make-shift tent, patio furniture, a couple fold-up tables and a hand spray painted sign make up this pop-up taqueria. All Hail Capitalism and the mobile food truck!

I ordered at the window of the food truck and received my al pastor tacos ungarnished. On one of the fold-up tables behind me, all the condiments and sides for my tacos awaited my adornment. As you can see, I went with one green and one red salsa style taco complete with habanero marinated onions; a bit more of a kick than the regular jalapeno onion and carrot mixture.

My tacos were good, the al pastor was tender and well seasoned. The corn tortillas were the larger grocery variety, rather than palm sized. Fully garnishing my own tacos was a first for me. I suppose I like being in the skilled hands of the cook as to how they like to season things. So completely garnishing my own tacos was only a minor letdown.

There aren’t many places to eat in Lone Pine and this is the only taco truck I’ve seen in many a year traveling to this town. I’m looking forward to coming down from Mt. Whitney or Tyndall again and grubbing on about 6 of these tacos. Maybe in the summer of 2011?