A Two-Foot Quesadilla and Lamb Birria at this Hidden Gem
El Machete: Ruthless warlord or delicious street food?
Who doesn’t love a food that says it’ll kill you? Death wings. Disembowelment sauce. Decapitation nachos. So you can imagine my excitement when I was driving down SW 27th Ave. and saw a sign advertising “Casa del Machete.” Assuming this wasn’t a weapons outpost for ruthless, albeit creative, drug dealers, I knew I was going to love it.
Casa del Machete is actually Taqueria Los Nopales, a way less badass name, but probably more family friendly. It’s a little taqueria owned by a guy named Oscar who made tacos in Mexico City for over 20 years, and wanted to bring authentic Mexico City street food to Miami. That includes the ominous “El Machete.” Oscar didn’t speak much English, so in addition to feeding us some spectacular Mexico City street food, he also gave me a chance to conduct my first hidden gem video en Espanol. Check out our Instagram and see how I did.
