Taco Tour 2016

Rating System Explained

There are 5 factors to consider in the taco rating game:

  • The actual taco rating

  • The restaurant rating

  • The Taco Tuesday bonus

  • The fish taco extra credit

  • Ride or Die Penalty

This is how each of these factors comes into play:

Taco Rating

This is the base rating. The rating for each restaurant cannot dip below this threshold. Basically, you can suck at everything else, but if you're taco is ON POINT, you will still have a high score.

Restaurant Rating

This encompasses everything from vibe to service to decor. It's basically our bias and we know it. This will only be averaged in if it HELPS the overall score. (aka, higher than the taco score). If the place really, really sucks, we may issue a penalty. But it has yet to happen. So we shall see.

Taco Tuesday Bonus

Restaurants with a Taco Tuesday special will receive a .25 bonus to their score as we appreciate anyone who has the Taco Tuesday spirit like us. Some taco places are hella cheap already and whose regular prices are comparable to other Taco Tuesday prices without actually having any Taco Tuesday specials themselves. We appreciate them being nice on our wallets, so these places will get a .125 bonus. (Cheap tacos are $3 and under PER taco)


Fish Taco Extra Credit

We understand that fish tacos are not everyone's jam, so this extra credit will only be averaged in if it will help with the overall score, similar to the restaurant rating factor.


Ride or Die Penalty (Added April 4, 2016)

I would argue that fellow connoisseur and ride or die babe, Sara Seibt, and I are fairly lenient when it comes to the tacos - I mean they're tacos, they're more than likely going to be delicious. However, we decided the one thing we have in our court is our recommendation. We can appreciate a good taco, but still not want to recommend the place. This will never help the score, but it can hurt. If we decide to Recommend (Ride) the score will stay the same. If we decide to Not Recommend (Die) the score will drop a full point. If we're unsure (Meh), the score will drop half a point. This score will help mediate the fact that every time we bite into a new taco our eyes pop out of our heads as we have a food-gasm.


I reserve the right to change this at any time, but as of 05/04/2016 at 9:40 AM, I feel pretty good about this