If you come into town from West Tulsa or downtown Tulsa, you’ve likely seen it—the almost nondescript white food truck that is parked at the corner of Lincoln and Mission streets in the parking lot of Family Video.
But it’s not exactly nondescript, is it? Because for now, it’s Sapulpa’s only food truck. Hard to miss.
I get there before the lunch crowd hits and cars are already beginning to pull in the parking lot on a regular basis, and these folks aren’t here to rent a movie; they’re here for tacos.
Andy’s Tacos serves up authentic Mexican food that is a far sight better than the Tex-Mex flavors you get from most of Sapulpa’s Mexican Restaurants.
Pedro and Bianca Bojorquez (the business is named after their daughter Andrea) have only been doing the food truck think for a month. They didn’t move here from somewhere else to escape the competition. They didn’t come here because they know how we Sapulpans love our Mexican food. They started in our town and plan to stay.
“We made our menu for this truck ten years ago,” Bianca says. “We knew we wanted to bring an authentic Mexican flavor (what she calls “Sonoran” flavor) to the town we served.”
The first time I was there, I was disappointed because they only took cash. I complained about it on Facebook.
“Go get your cash,” people said. “Go back, it’s worth it.”
And indeed it was. I didn’t go back that night, but I did make it a point to try them just a few days later, and it absolutely lived up to the hype.
I had the nachos, which consisted of homemade chips piled high with beef, beans, and sliced avacado—not smashed. There was no queso or cheese sauce on these nachos. Pedro waved his hand over the food and crumbles of cheese fell from his experienced fingers to the meal below. You could tell the man enjoyed what he did, and he was good at it.
Pedro and Bianca hail from Santa Fe, New Mexico, where Pedro got his start in a couple of popular restaurants. At some point he knew he wanted to be not just in the kitchen, but running it.
The kitchen he’s now running is small, but immaculate. If you’re wandering through east Tulsa and come across a Taco Truck, they may very well speed off if you tell them you’re from the health department. You’ll have no such worries with Andy’s. Every surface pristine and sanitary. It made me much more confident in the food I was eating.
Everything they make is fresh, every day. When you order the nachos ($7.99) or a Taco Plate ($5.50) you’re not getting yesterday’s beef and beans; you’re fresh, cooked-to-order Carne Asada or Tacos de Pastor. I was hard pressed to find anything that didn’t make my mouth water.
If you’re feeling adventurous, Bianca suggested the Carne Adovada, which is a specially marinated pork that can go on a plate, a taco, or as I had it, a Mexican sandwich. She assured me “there’s nothing like it Oklahoma, that we’ve found.”
She was correct. A melting pork texture, with a southern bean taste mixed in with a chile seasoning that was nothing, if not unique. It was also pleasantly delicious. My only regret was that I’d gotten it as a sandwich. In hindsight, I should’ve sprung for a taco.
One thing I’ll have to try next time is Fajitas. Bianca swears that the are as good the ones you’ll pay $12.99 a plate for at a restaurant in Tulsa. But come to Sapulpa and get them for only $9.99
They don’t post prices outside the truck, but you shouldn’t expect to see much variation when you visit. “The pricing is stable, but we usually put things on special, depending on the price of the products at the time,” Bianca told me.
Future products include things they can’t yet make—like tamales. “We’ve been asked about it,” Bianca says, “but we’d have to change some of our kitchen to make it work. We’ll do it eventually.”
Also on the board for the future are specialty desserts and flavored waters coming in the warmer days.
As I talked and watched and wrote and talked some more, customers continued to come. Most were new, all were eager. Bianca met each one with a pleasant smile and Pedro handed out the meals with the vigor of someone who knows you’re only here for lunch hour. They are happy and clearly enjoying it. But will it always be a food truck?
“We’d eventually like a restaurant,” Bianca says. “but we’re here for now, and that’s good enough.”
Andy’s Tacos can be found parked in the Family Video parking lot at the corner of Mission and Lincoln streets from 11:30am to 10pm on Monday through Thursday, and from 11:30am to 12am midnight on Friday and Saturday.
