This place popped up on Nachojawn’s radar – off the beaten path in a neighborhood between Point Breeze and Newbold.

After a school party down in the Navy Yard the family stopped by for dinner.

Nachojawn Jr went with his standard pastor tacos, and even ordered in Spanish. 

Mrs. Nachojawn and I split some pastor slopes and nachos ala bistec.

The food took a while to come out but when it did it was awesome. The creamy beans and fresh pico de Gallo made for some above average nachos. It’s worth a trip – take a little detour and enjoy some comida sabrosa.

4.28/5 pickled jalapeños – eat these on your way down to the stadiums or when you’re looking to explore.

Los Cuatro Soles

1801 S. Chadwick St

Nachojawn is back!

After a brief hiatus to recharge the nacho batteries, we’re back with these nachos eaten in Orlando, Florida.

Is this just a delayed review from the Nachojawn family trip a few months ago? No! Brand new trip, brand new nachos.

The Barbecue Brisket Nachos at Frostbite Freddie’s are allegedly served with chili (no), cheese, lettuce, tomato, guacamole, sour cream and jalapeño. They had a lot of brisket of middling quality, but I ate them all. Gotta fuel up for Summit Plummet!

CT Now takes a look at Guy Fieri’s Trashcan Nachos

El Compadre is not just your run of the mill taqueria. It opened late last year with Isaias Berriozabal-Martinez at the helm, the son of Philly Barbacoa’s owner and chef Cristina Martínez.

Isaias passed away unexpectedly in January, but his restaurant remains, and it is serving up some great food.

The menu is short and sweet.

Nachos al pastor – the cheese was a little funkier than your classic Mexican blend. Otherwise these were a nice take on the dish but the best was yet to come.

The salsa dish was great, with a spicy verde and the pickled jalapeños brightening up the tacos.

Tacos al pastor.

Chicken tinga taco – the consensus favorite 

Taco campechano (steak and chorizo)

The homemade tortillas are awesome, and my cucumber agua fresca was refreshing after a day on the baseball field.

Al pastor nachos – 3.35/5 pickled jalapeños – eat these with family and come back for the tortas for lunch.

I thought I had written this one up before, but when I wrote my Goldie review and tried to link to it, nothing came up.

So here’s a few-months late quick write-up on Rooster Soup Company, Cook & Solo’s venture where all profits go to charity.

The chicken soup is made from the leftover Federal Donuts chicken parts. The matzo ball soup is smoked and a nice Southern version of the best soup varietal.

Does Nachojawn enjoy patty melts? Yes. This one comes on challah with an “everything spice sauce”, which is modeled off the everything bagel. You’ll be picking poppy seeds out of your teeth. It’s amazing.

Don’t worry, I didn’t eat all of this food in one day. It’s the Yemenite Pot Pie. AND ALSO DELICIOUS.

Rooster Soup Company
1625 Sansom Street

Good: The world’s largest nachos are being built

Bad: It’s out in San Francisco

???: The chips are made from crickets.

FON El Gato worked her last day at Meltkraft, and was honored with this special.

Pretty good likeness

Good, although hot avocado is controversial

Verdict: eaten

Sometimes you need to lighten up your caloric intake. Breakfast is a great opportunity to try something fresh and easy.

I went straight to the hashes and looked for something with a Mexican slant.

And hit up the make-you-own Bloody Mary bar, with cilantro-lime infused tequila.

Man, I love onion strings and biscuits. This was a great breakfast, even if you can’t see it under all the onion. Hashed potatoes, black beans, carne asada, fried eggs, tortilla.

Good stuff!

If you live in Philly and you like food, the opening of Goldie on April Fool’s Day seemed too good to be true. It’s not a joke though, Goldie is open just above Rooster Soup Co., another Cook & Solo joint. 

Goldie works a little differently than another Nachojawn favorite, Mama’s Vegetarian. Here you pick your sauce, and the whole insides of the sandwich get tossed in a bowl before being stuffed in a Dizengoff pita.

The line was out the door on opening week. I got the next to last pita. Those behind me got salads. If you weren’t in the door at this point, you got nothing.

Super crispy fries might be a little divisive, but I liked the shwarma spiced version, with a sour cherry iced tea.

I ate it all – it’s a little bit bigger sandwich than Mama’s as well.

Goldie
1526 Sansom St.

Is Butterfield’s the best breakfast in America? It feels it. And the lines every morning are evidence that it’s not your everyday pancake joint.

This year we stopped on our first morning bright and early. We still had a little wait before we could sit.

I went with the New Mexico skillet, chorizo, avocado, peppers and onions with over medium eggs and a side of pancakes.

Mrs. Nachojawn loves the Swedish pancakes. Better than Ikea.

Someone needs to bring La Colombe to Arizona though. Weak coffee is Butterfield’s one drawback, and it’s a big one.