Parts of my city subconsciously disappear this way, a map quietly marked with red Xs. Jalisco does not make the most inspired Mexican food, but it has brought south-of-the-border joy to the American masses since , when Guadalajara immigrant Guillermo Coronado opened the restaurant with his family. They continue to run it today. They are perfect, like the Emoji taco. Aromatic ground beef, tender pulled chicken, or a comforting mud of refried beans softens shards of crackling tortilla, freshly fried each day and topped with iceberg lettuce and shredded white cheese.
As our lives—routines, families, Amazon Prime accounts—merge like a slow-motion car crash, the stakes of breaking up rise, too. Historically, I have found long-term relationships dubious: That two people will continue to enjoy hanging out with each other forever, surviving decades of moves, neuroses over the right way to load the dishwasher, boredom, and change, seems like a fantasy. Upon our eventual uncoupling, there are arguments on both sides for who should retain guardianship of Jalisco.
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But the unfortunate reality is that Jalisco is our place; it would never feel right to go without him. Jalisco is particularly valuable because hard-shell tacos are a rarity intown, outside of chains. But hard tacos were some of the first types to enter the U. They are silly and sweet dedications to love and loss, a carved heart in a tree, frozen in time even as the surrounding neighborhood and city have transformed.
They remind me that some things do last. Despite my misgivings about long-term relationships, I try my best to make peace with their fragility, the inevitable accumulation of invisible Xs on my emotional map. Who knows? Sign in. Log into your account. Privacy and Cookies Policy. Sign up. Password recovery. Forgot your password? Get help.
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