Calexico Cart

This place is nothing short of super efficient and wonderfully delicious. I work at a food tech startup nearby (proof further that I know good food) and we always go to this truck for a quick lunch that will hit the spot.
The line can get super long but the wait is never bad because the process is power-​housed by the coolest bouncer-​like bro you ever did see. He gets your order, types it in, and sends you off in the corner to wait for your scrumptious meal. Honestly, you can’t go wrong with anything here but my personal faves are the pollo asado quesadilla or bowl. Make sure to ask for their legendary crack sauce and if you’re a spice addict like me, go ahead and let em know you’d like it extra spicy. They’ll douse it with some green sauce that will give you a nice flavah kick.
The only con? Cash only. For card people like me, I find myself having to venmo my generous, cash-​happy coworkers on the reg.

Raised their rates. Now less meat. Wheres the beef?!! If i wanted to pay resturaunt prices i would go to a resturaunt.

I would give an extra star but I can’t because the hostess – the guy who takes your order is always rude. I go there all the time thinking maybe I will get my food on time and won’t be cut in line but the hostess allows people to cut you AND if your not cut he gives your order to someone else who was behind you who happened to order the same thing. HOWEVER the cooks prep and grill some delicious burritos and quesadillas.

We go out of our way to order from here several times a week from our office down in FiDi. The portions are generous, the flavors are on point and the food is out of this world (esp. for a food cart with the kind of line this one gets!)
A MUST-​eat.

I get lunch here every weekday I can. Simply delicious. If you hit «rush hour» there will be thirty people waiting, but they are miraculously quick. For a couple of weeks, the cart was out of action, and I tried many other places & carts, but nothing compared. All I wish for is two Calexico carts! The three who work the cart work very hard and are very nice. Tip them!

Pretty good, always fresh Tex Mex food. Francisco, who takes your order, is always friendly and consistently quick.

Pollo Asado burrito is solid – albeit non-​traditional and probably not worth all the hype around it.
The chicken is grilled fresh with a nice char and the avocado sauce it’s tossed in is flavorful, but not plentiful enough. The rice and beans also don’t have much flavor. Tortilla is perfect.
If you go, get a side of the Crack Sauce, which is essentially a chipotle mayo. It rounds out the flavor and makes it really nice. Granted, Mexican shouldn’t need anything mayo based, but this is New York City. And NYC is allergic to authentic Mexican.

Calexico is the best! They are across the street from my office, so I go there on a weekly basis. If there is a wait, just walk around Soho or go shopping for a bit and then pick up your order when it’s ready. They are always friendly, and organized, and the wait is really not that long. Calexico, please come to Astoria, we are really lacking in good, inexpensive Mexican food here!

Food cart that operates like a restaurant. Always fresh, always on point. You come here and you know what your getting, never on and off days. Really cool staff as well.

3 words — CHIPOTLE CRACK SAUCE. That stuff is AMAAAZINNGGG. I am a burrito snob and I love their bean burrito I just wish guac wasn’t extra. Get here early before they sell out.

The food was SO good! But the wait really, really sucked. Like I think we waited almost 45 mins. Ordering isn’t difficult, walk right up and place your order. But you will wait, and wait, and wait. I only got the black bean bowl which blew Chipotle out of the water. Everything tastes so fresh. Not sure how they do they out of a cart! I didn’t try any of the meats, will have to do that next time. Good thing I can see this from my office. I will be back!

Read some great reviews about the calexico cart so i decided to try it out last week. I got the black bean burrito and it was good, but it wasn’t GOOD. as in, i wouldn’t be thinking about that burrito right now (or ever) if it weren’t for this review, you know what i’m sayin? (also a review down below said this burrito was «huge»… chill.)
anyway. it was a «solid» burrito but it didn’t give me strong feelings either way. the crack sauce is good, but i’m sorry, you’re setting high standards for yourself by calling it crack. i think i’m going to go back and try one of their options with meat, because my coworkers thought the lamb and chicken were perfectly seasoned and cooked.
overall, if you’re around, you might as well hit up calexico cart (our wait wasn’t too bad — around 20 minutes. i probably wouldn’t wait much longer than that). but i think i was just a little sad because i expected to be blown away. alas.

Average Mexican food from a street cart. There is a super long wait around lunch.
I got a chicken burrito and it cost me $ 8. Not much flavor and it was small, so it wasn’t worth it. The little cup of orange sauce was nice but it had way too much mayo in it. There is better Mexican food in Soho.
Cash only.

You won’t be disappointed.. .. that is if you don’t mind the 30 min wait during the lunch crowd.
Very simple, fresh meats/​burrito/​quesadilla with of course the CRACK SAUCE!!! It’s hard to knock these guys but I do have to make one suggestion to the owners, PLEASE GET A CREDIT CARD SCANNER FOR PAYMENTS! not everyone carries cash around anymore.
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I love crack… the sauce not the drug. I’ve always thoroughly enjoyed my carne asada quesadilla’s and the service is quick and efficient.

Very solid chipotle pork taco for only $ 3! The meat was tender and flavorful with a nice kick and a dollop of sour cream; it was also decently sized, too. The gringo with ground, seasoned beef, jack cheese, and salsa in a crispy shell is also pretty good. The quesadillas are fantastic with a freshly grilled tortilla shell, plenty of cheese, delicious «crack» sauce and seasoned meat; I love the chipotle pork with pinto beans added. It’s very filling and only $ 7.50. The line can be long during lunch hours but I just take a later lunch break so I can get my Mexican food cart fix.

I swore I Unilocaled this place… me loves the crack sauce.
I haven’t ate here in awhile, but I was craving their food after H got their Quesadilla.
I never got their plain version, but for some reason I wanted to try it today — OMG too much.
I should have stuck with some sort of protein. I am not a huge cheese eater.
*sigh*

Pulled pork burrito with a side of crack sauce and guacamole… and THEN I fell asleep on my desk.
Cash only, there’s an ATM two blocks further down Prince in a small bodega. Would be cool if they accepted credit but hey beggars can’t be choosers — after all this is by the far some of the best street food in New York.
Skip the guacamole, it was over-​limed.

I liked it a lot, but I don’t think I loved it.
I would walk 8 blocks to get another pollo verde taco, which was flavorful and well paired with a kickin sauce, but I would only walk 4 blocks to have another chipotle pork taco.
I would dedicate a line in a review to how much I enjoyed the soft corn tortillas, but I wouldn’t write them a love song.
If there was a line forming, and it was 38 degrees out with 85% humidity, I would probably stand and wait if there were four people ahead of me, but not if there were five.

I was outside, enjoy a beautiful day in November, and taking a nice long walk during lunch when I came upon this corner of the village and as I got closer, I was mesmerized by the wonderful scents that were wafting my way. Smelled like steak, so I followed my nose to this busy but otherwise unassuming cart.
I get to the cart and it seems like they are making classic Mexican street fare that would made a southern Cali native proud. I ordered the carne asada taco and took it back to the office. The flavors were spot on and the steak was tender.
When the weather warms up again, I look forward to taking a walk back over here again for more wonderful treats.