The Mexico Diaries: The chicken taco lady

The chicken taco lady in Sayulita. Photo by David Lansing.

Another one of my favorite places for street food is this little stand on the back side of the plaza where a short, squat little woman grills up chicken all day long. You can smell her bbq going from a block away. It’s the simplest of affairs. She’s rigged up a split 50-gallon metal barrel as a barbecue and has set up a couple of plastic chairs and tables right in the middle of the cobblestone street and that’s her restaurant.

For five or six bucks you can get a whole chicken grilled over a wood fire or, for about $1.50, get a couple of chicken tacos made on homemade corn tortillas. Order up a Fanta, find a spot in the shade, and enjoy the finest, most inexpensive lunch you’ll have in Sayulita.