Taco Street

 

Located at 275 North Elm Street inside of the Stock + Grain food hall in Downtown High Point, Taco Street offers Mexican cuisine from 11-9 Monday-Saturday and 12-8 on Sunday. Catering and sangrias are available.

 

“Overpaying at Stock + Grain” is getting ready to join death and taxes among life’s certainties. Thus, the operative question shouldn’t be “Is the food overpriced?” but rather “Is the food good enough for me to not mind?” In the case of Taco Street, the food hall’s newest tenant, the answer, so far, seems to be “Maybe.”

Positives first: the menu here is commendably huge, and it boasts a few things not easily found elsewhere. As befits the name, you can get tacos with a variety of toppings: everything from pastor/fish/steak/chicken/birria to chicharrons, squash, or Hawaiian BBQ. If tacos don’t scratch your itch, there are also pastelitos, “drowned” taquitos, and pambazo sandwiches. On variety alone, Taco Street is winning.

I ordered a pair of tacos – one pastor and one mango fish – to go. At $4.50 each, they were (surprise) no value, but they were prepared quickly and delivered in the flavor department. The pastor especially was spicier than expected and very tasty. The mango fish was more subdued. Though not a disappointment, I don’t know that I’d get it again.

While High Point has an abundance of Mexican eateries, few have the street food emphasis that Taco Street does. That makes it worth investigating. Your taste buds will likely be happy even if your wallet will not.