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It’s Taco Tuesday (and Wednesday, and Thursday) These restaurants deliver inventive takes on the classic food Is the simple taco the world’s perfect meal? Or is just our collective favorite food? Offering infinite flavors and textures in every bite—not to mention multiple layers of spiciness, depending on your hot sauce or salsa of choice—tacos are universally appreciated, and these Las Vegas restaurants will enhance your admiration. Locals and Vegas visitors alike agree that the experience at the famous Tacos El Gordo
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(702.331.1160), a Tijuana-style spot with locations in California and Nevada, is second to none. Here, you can visit El Gordo stores on the Strip across from Resorts World, in North Las Vegas, downtown on East Charleston Boulevard, and at a brand-new restaurant on Sunset Road near Town Square. The spicy pork adobada is the specialty of the house, packed into fresh-griddled corn tortillas with your
choice of toppings, but the carne asada, chorizo and lengua (beef tongue) tacos are also wildly popular. This is the prime spot to start your taco tour of the city. Palace Station is home to a new version of a Mexican restaurant that was successful for a long time at a Strip casino location, and now Tacos & Tequila (702.253.2916) has been born again in a very convenient, centrally
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