{"id":990,"date":"2011-01-19T09:19:56","date_gmt":"2011-01-19T15:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodiecuisine.com\/wordpress\/?p=990"},"modified":"2011-01-19T09:37:10","modified_gmt":"2011-01-19T15:37:10","slug":"taqueria-karina-cafe-authentic-mexican-in-little-rock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/foodiecuisine.com\/wordpress\/reviews\/taqueria-karina-cafe-authentic-mexican-in-little-rock\/","title":{"rendered":"Taqueria Karina Cafe – Authentic Mexican"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Todd Barron @ FoodieCuisine.com<\/h4>\n
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Taqueria Karina Cafe - Asada Tacos<\/p><\/div>\n

I\u2019ve been eating at Taqueria Karina Cafe for close to a decade now but not often enough.\u00a0 The reason for my absence is that they are located on West 65th street that is far outside of my normal area.\u00a0 The other issue is that they don\u2019t have many low-calorie options and I don\u2019t eat fattening foods during the week.<\/p>\n

I used to go scuba diving with my father in Cozumel many years ago before it was a tourist trap.\u00a0 Back then, the town ended about two blocks outside of the \u201ccity\u201d square and the best place to get food was at a thatched hut.\u00a0 Two guys would drive up on a scooter with an ice-chest on the back, unload, and cook lunch at the hut.\u00a0 It cost around 50 cents for two asada (beef) tacos and they were amazing.\u00a0 Nothing beat drinking a Corona , sitting on the beach under a hut, and eating authentic homemade tacos.<\/p>\n

Teleport across the Ocean to the United States and then into Arkansas and the best alternative to Mexico can be found at Taqueria Karina Cafe.\u00a0 It\u2019s not under a hut and it\u2019s not located on a beach, but the food is spot on.\u00a0 It costs more than 50 cents for two tacos but given inflation it\u2019s not much more.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Every lunch\u00a0or dinner starts with free homemade salsa\u00a0served warm with homemade tortilla chips.\u00a0 The salsa tastes different every time I eat\u00a0there\u00a0but\u00a0is very good.\u00a0 It\u00a0has a bit of a kick to it so be forewarned if you don\u2019t like spicy hot food.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Taqueria Karina Cafe - Beef Red Chili<\/p><\/div>\n

You can order tacos for $1.25<\/strong> each and they come on a corn tortilla, with onions, cilantro, and lime.\u00a0 Typically you can pick carnitas<\/strong> (pork) or asada<\/strong> (beef) for your protein along with other options such as tongue and tripe if you so choose.\u00a0 I like to order three or four asada ones\u00a0for my lunch and call it a day when not hungry but opt for a lunch special if I\u2019m particularly famished.\u00a0 They have many lunch specials for under $5<\/strong> and my favorite is the Red Beef Chili<\/strong>.\u00a0 It has chunks of beef simmered in a red chili sauce and is served with corn tortillas, rice, beans, and guacamole.<\/p>\n

For my trip I ordered three Asada Tacos with the Red Beef Chili special.\u00a0 It was way too much food but I ordered extra in case my son wanted some.\u00a0 As usual the tacos had a lot of flavor and the tortillas were perfectly made.\u00a0 I really liked a squeeze of lime on each one and the onions were cooked well.\u00a0 The Red Beef Chili had tender chunks of meat in it and the red sauce was spicy enough but not overwhelming.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Meals also come with red and green salsa to put on your food and I really like the red one.\u00a0 The salsas almost have the consistency of a chutney and add an extra layer of flavor.\u00a0 I recommend trying them both when you go.<\/p>\n

My entire lunch was under $10 and could have been much less had I not ordered too much food.\u00a0 It\u2019s not atypical for me to spend $5 for lunch there and it\u2019s worth it.<\/p>\n

(501) 562-3951
\nLittle Rock
\n5309 W 65th St
\nLittle Rock, AR 72209
\nLunch and Dinner\u00a0<\/p>\n

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By Todd Barron @ FoodieCuisine.com I\u2019ve been eating at Taqueria Karina Cafe for close to a decade now but not often enough.\u00a0 The reason for my absence is that they are located on West 65th street that is far outside of my normal area.\u00a0 The other issue is that they don\u2019t have many low-calorie options […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[339,205],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mexican-cuisine","category-reviews"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/foodiecuisine.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/foodiecuisine.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/foodiecuisine.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foodiecuisine.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foodiecuisine.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=990"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/foodiecuisine.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":997,"href":"http:\/\/foodiecuisine.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/990\/revisions\/997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/foodiecuisine.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foodiecuisine.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foodiecuisine.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}