Good Eats For The Trip – #1

As I mentioned yesterday, Our Trip To The West – Day #1, we had a lot of good, fun picnics during our travels. Most of our hotels provided breakfasts, and then we had picnics for most of our lunches, while we ate most of our dinners out. I rarely eat 3 meals a day, so I ate mostly fruit for our lunches. In fact, I rarely even eat two meals a day, so needless to say, I ate way more than usual. 🙂

The first of our restaurant meals was in Grand Junction at a trendy, new taco restaurant called TacoParty. We did this on our first night in town. TacoParty was a hip and trendy place and it was packed. We all love Mexican food and tacos in general, but these tacos all had a tasty new twist to them.

TacoParty, was featured on the hit cooking show, Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives, hosted by Guy Fieri. In Guy’s words, “This spot is the true definition of HIP! TacoParty (yes, spelled one word) is an incredible hangout that dishes out some of the most creative and delicious Tacos we’ve ever had the pleasure to come across. Their mission or statement stands true, unconventional culinary experience unlike anything else in the Colorado area. While they do dip in the traditional, they often take it leaps and bounds above where you’d never even consider a Taco could go. Quality here is above and beyond and the difference flavors they have are always evolving so you’ll never get bored when you come to the TacoParty. Easily accessible in downtown Grand Junction, it’s often the most talked about and visited spot for foodie lovers.”. Little did we know, that two of the three places we dined at in Grand Junction were featured on the show Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives. I am going out on a limb to say Guy Fieri likes the eats in Grand Junction. 🙂

The walls were lined with different skateboards and modern items representing today’s pop culture.

The bathrooms even had chalk provided so you could leave your message to the world on the walls.

Like many new restaurants, you ordered your food at the counter and when it was ready, they brought it to your table. Strangely though, silverware was optional and only given to you if requested. Um, most of us still use silverware, at least we old people still do.

We all thought the food was very tasty, but a bit on the pricey side. Or maybe I am just out of touch with restaurant prices though, since we rarely eat out any more. As usual when a group of people dine out together, we had a wide variety of menu items on the table.

We started off with a few appetizers for the table, including some shishito peppers in a creamy sauce, chips and fire roasted salsa and new twist on guacamole, made with apples and cracked black pepper and topped with edible flowers. I have to admit, it was the prettiest and most colorful guacamole I’ve ever seen.

Then it was time for the main course – a variety of different tacos and tostadas.

The night was still young, and we had some exploring to do, so we all decided to walk around Grand Junction after dinner, to take in the sights of the City. We were also had very full tummies and needed to walk off some of our dinner.

TacoParty is located at 126 S 5th St, Grand Junction, CO 81501. All that’s needed to do is to show up, stand in line, and order what you like, then join in on the taco party at TacoParty and enjoy. Easy-peasy.