El Huarache Veloz 2

El Huarache Veloz 2 (EHV2) is located in the former location of House of Enchiladas, which replaced Carambas. Such is the every-​changing landscape of Mexican restaurants on Clearwater’s Drew St. Hopefully, EHV2 will last much longer than its predecessors, as they’ve brought an excellent presence of flavorful food to this neighborhood.
EHV2 is an offspring of El Huarache Veloz, which is located at 7100 49^th Street N,
Pinellas Park, FL. That experience shows in the solid efforts EHV2 has done to upgrade the space with new carpet, tables and chairs. For a small space, there are about 25 seats and 3 booths. That experience extends to their food offerings as well, as from day one they’re offering the same expansive menu as their first location. A wide variety of dishes are available, from 14 huevos (egg) meals, 18 appetizers, 3 soups, 10 mariscos (seafood), 13 different tortas, and 12 different taco fillings. The menu also features 15 entrees, including tampiquena (quick-​seared beef steak), chorizo sausage, smoked pork chops, and beef ribs.
I hope to get back soon to check out the menu more fully, but for this visit there was only time for tacos. Order taking was prompt, and my selection of carnitas (pork) and chorizo were delivered to my table quickly. Freshly handmade, hot, thin and translucent corn tortillas provided a great foundation for both the carnitas (which was awesome, moist, flavorful and seasoned well), and the chorizo (which had good flavor and texture). The standard cilantro and onions accented the tacos when hit with a squeeze of lime and EHV2’s great salsa verde. Value was good at $ 1.87 per taco.
I’ll definitely be returning to check out more menu choices, but it will always be hard not to order a few carnitas tacos, no matter what else I get.
My score on a Pinellas taqueria scale:
Atmosphere: 4
Service: 4
Food: 4
Value: 4