Taco Standoff

Things got real at San Antonio's Rigsby Road Taco Bell drive-thru on Monday. With the price of gasoline at the pump skyrocketing, it seems that at least one motorist cannot stomach the 50% increase in the price of Taco Hell's Beefy Crunch Burrito, which can typically be purchased adjacent to the gas station.

This is how it went down. 37 year old Ricardo Jones ordered 7 units of the delectable Mexican Heat (TCD code for fast food) and was so disgruntled by the price hike he shot an air gun at the manager, displayed an assault rifle and pistol while in the restaurant's parking lot, fled as police were called, and pointed one of his weapons at three officers who pulled him over. Fleeing when they opened fire, he barricaded himself in his hotel room. His final bill from The Bell? $3.50 plus tax. Reports that the motel room cost less are unconfirmed.

Ultimately, Jones was charged with two felony counts of aggravated assault against a public servant. Crazy times in San Antonio. Read more about it here, and reference below for places to avoid when visiting the home of the Alamo.

Album Tacos

Chalk this up as one of those blogs you cruise when you're bored (unlike this one). I heard about this from TheHoodInternet guys (the dudes that made the epic Labor Day Weekend "Dougie" remix) hyping it on their twitter and finally decided to check it out....Actually, after further inspection, I think this may be a side project from some of the hood dudes. It's pretty self explanatory: they take well known album covers and insert a taco somewhere on the it - sometimes subtle, sometimes not subtle. Many of them very funny. TCD staff members love tunes and tacos so this is right in el wheelhouse.
Check out the blog here.

Best Tacos by State, NYC North

After extensive personal research, I present to you the best tacos in each state of the New York-New England region. Yes, that region. The results and data supporting them are infallible.

New York - The state's best taco is made in the world's greatest city (and will be even when NYC and LI secede from the rest of the debacle). Cabrito's fish taco (Carmine Street in the West Village) is the ciudad's numero uno.

Connecticut - Thousands of people drive past Connecticut's best taco everyday and hardly notice it, so I don't have a problem keeping the name of this tasty joint in my current hometown a secret. What you need to know to get there is simple, though: get off I95 by the Ikea in the Have, go to the black truck on the South side of the highway near the harbor, and order the El Pasero. Boom goes the dynamite.

Rhode Island - Um. They make good pizza at Al Fiorno's?

Massachusetts - Although few good things come from Mass, Anna's Taqueria gets it done. According to one source: "Anna's Taqueria is the best and everyone will agree. If they don't, then they are wrong." Truth.

Vermont - Not only is Tacos Tacos the best taco locale of that name (the T-squared on Nantucket, of different ownership, couldn't even win the battle for last in Mass), but this spot on Route 100 in Ludlow also features the best tacos in Vermont. And the best nachos. And the best burrito. This is pretty much a mandatory stop for me when in state.

New Hampshire - I discovered this place entirely by accident on a long, cold and dark February night in 2002 on an even longer, colder and darker drive back to Maine from a trip that included stops in Jay Peak, Middlebury and Montreal with TCD fans "Vinny" and "Dwayne." J O B S. Margarita Grille. NH Route 302. Smack dab in the middle of the Whites.

Maine - Trick question. Maine's taco is technically the lobster roll. Perhaps the most significant psychological question of any lifetime is: what would you choose if faced with the tragedy of only being able to eat either a fresh pesque taco or a Maine lobster roll for the rest of your life? Deep thoughts. Anyway, the location of the best lobster roll in Maine is a highly, highly contentious subject. Personally, I think I make a damn good one when in state. Although this constitutes as cheating, the best lobster rolls in Maine can be found at Town Landing Market in Falmouth and Fat Boys in Brunswick.

All COMMENTS to the contrary will be considered by the author to be completely erroneous.