Pub/Grub Crawl - Tavares: Bru and BTW *NM Travel Notes

I tried these two places, a street off the lake (Main St), around eleven days ago at dusk. I was there to try a place called Puddle Jumpers. But, those dipshits didn't think there was anything wrong with setting the stage for a deafening rock band four feet (not exaggerating) from the tables. Plus the upstairs smelled like pee and it just looked like the sort of place with shitty food.

Bru - I mentioned them in a post about a year ago. It's a good craft beer bar. Decent selection, prices, decor, etc. I guess that's all I have to say about that.

BTW - It is two doors down from Bru. They own it. They sell burgers, tacos and waffles. And more. I had Bar Ba Coma Tots for $8 and a KBQ (Korean Barbeque) Taco for $4. The tots were well fried (crunchy) and plentiful. They topped them liberally with barbacoa pork, cotija cheese, avocado lime crema and raw onion. There was so much food that I had half for lunch. The pork was better in this than in the taco. The taco also used pork. It was supposed to be bulgogi pork. Either they ran out or it didn't taste like it was cooked with the same ingredients as bulgogi beef. It was heaping though. The charred tomatillo tasted like a snuffed out cigarette. It also had sesame seed sauce and mango jalapeno slaw. They offer soft corn or flour tortillas. They also do Brussels sprouts, street corn, fried cheese curds, waffle fries and pretzels. You can bring it to Bru. I'll let you see the waffle, burger and the rest of the taco combos for yourself. It's set up like a fast food place. Counter ordering. They give you a number. It is decorated more nicely than a fast food place. It should be franchised.

*Travel Notes - New Mexico: Here are some taco combos I saw in a smallish taco place in Sante Fe. Taco Fundacion. Kind of like some of our hipster taco places. Our taco peeps could learn a thing or two. Bison with Creamed Corn. Goat. Lamb. Fried Oyster. Beef Cheek. Lengua. Roasted Pig. Sweet Potato and Kale and Pine Nuts, Avocado Fingerlings with Baby Artichokes and Fried Egg. I won't even go into the sauces and other add ins. The meats also had the usual suspects as well as the above. They cost about $3 and were huge. The oyster was awesome. So easy.