Mexicue

Mexicue started out as a food truck, but now it has expanded to several food trucks plus two brick & mortar locations, one near Penn Station and one in the LES. I unfortunately do not work in Midtown, land where the food trucks roam, so I've never experienced the Mexicue truck. But now having eaten at a b&m Mexicue, I'm lamenting not choosing my place of employment based on food truck locations.

I bought a Gilt City coupon for Mexicue - $24 for 1 hour of unlimited food (dinner only) + 2 drinks at the 345 7th Ave. (between 29th and 30th) restaurant. I figured that my husband and I could each eat at least $12 worth of Mexicue (the tacos and sliders are ~$3-$4 each, so that's 3-4 tacos/sliders each), so the coupon was worth it.

When we got to Mexicue, the guy standing at the cash register didn't know what to do with my coupon. This has happened to me several times with various Groupons, Living Socials, Gilt Cities, Google Offers, etc. but it's a risk I'm willing to take. Fortunately, there was another (super friendly and approachable) guy behind him who knew what to do. He looked at the curent time (7:20pm), gave us some buffer, and wrote down 8:30pm as the time our unlimited food deal would expire. He explained the deal to us, including the fact that it excluded the short ribs taco. Sad. We decided to order two of everything. See below.

BBQ Brisket Slider w/ bbq sauce, habanero aioli slaw & avocado:

Berkshire Pulled Pork Slider (left) w/ pickled red onions & avocado and
Burnt Ends Chili Slider (right) w/ brisket & ground beef, cilantro lime crema, pickled jalapenos [sorry so blurry; need new iPhone 4s]:

Smokey BBQ Beans Taco w/ cotija, habanero aioli slaw, cilantro:

Alabama BBQ Chicken Taco w/ bbq sauce, romaine, roasted poblanos, cotija

My husband's favorite: Burnt Ends Chili Slider
My favorite: Getting to eat one of everything. They were all delicious. But if I had to choose, it would also be the Chili Slider. Or the Short Ribs taco that I never got to eat.

So we ended up eating 10 tacos / sliders plus 2 yummy iced teas, which would have totaled something like $35. So Gilt saved me $11. Not bad! The friendly guy at the cash register exclaimed, "You're done?? Oh come on!!" after we announced we were finished after only 1 round of eating 10 tacos. The husband and I have gotten too old for the stuff-your-face-til-you-explode-so-you-can-get-your-money's-worth mentality. I'm proud to say we exercised some self control and kept ourselves just shy of explosion. May you manage to do the same.