Pedaling eats: A taste for taco trucks, or Cyrus Farivar likes to ride

El Ojo de Agua's menu  by ggratto

El Ojo de Agua's menu by ggratto

One of the events the OL team contemplated and decided to miss this weekend was Cyrus Farivar's bike tour of Fruitvale Taco Trucks.

But that didn't mean we weren't interested. In fact, as Cyrus & 35-odd intrepid souls pedalled along from truck to truck, we followed virtually, with the resolve we could revisit the route on our own, probably not on a bike.

Where did they go?

  • 
Tacos Sinaloa at 22nd Ave./International Blvd. (via 10th St., International Boulevard)

  • Tacos El Grullo at 26th Ave./International Blvd.
 Mi Grullense at 30th Ave./International Blvd.

  • Mi Grullense at 30th Ave./International Blvd.
  • El Ojo de Agua at E. 12th St./Fruitvale Ave.
Nieves
  • Cinco de Mayo (ice cream) at 3340 E 12th St.


Cyrus posted on Monday on the Taco Trucks blog about the tour and said" "Dudes, I can’t express to you adequately how fun this was. I really thought that only three people were going to show up, which would have been fine. I didn’t anticipate being the “taco boss,” as someone called me. I’m just a guy who likes to eat tacos. And ride bikes."


Next time, we're going.

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About Susan Mernit

Susan Mernit is the founder of Oakland Local. She is also a circuit rider for The Community Information Challenge, a program of The John S and James L Knight Foundation, and a consultant to non-profit and community organizations. Susan lives in North Oakland, near the Santa Fe school, with her partner, her housemate, a rescue dog named Cazzie, and a yard full of ants. She is an aspiring gardener, a long-time blogger & entrepreneur, and a recovering journalist who's found home in Oakland.