Condado offers diners tons of taco combinations
Dining at Condado Tacos comes with a bit of a learning curve.
A few math wizards calculated that the number of build-your-own taco combinations is in the area of 2.4 million, said Joe Kahn, founder and CEO of the locally based company.
The Clintonville store — the sixth in central Ohio — is located in a former casualmexican joint south of East North Broadway.
“I had Clintonville for my No. 2 store, but I just couldn’t find the property,” Kahn said.
For the uninitiated, just choosing the right taco shell might seem to be a challenge. Tacos start at $3.50 for a flour shell and are $4.50 for a double-decker, one that’s built with a flour tortilla and a hard shell held together with sauce.
Condado offers signature selections, such as the “bubba kush” ($4) — a double-decker taco with bacon-black bean sauce in The bubba kush taco at Condado Tacos
the middle that holds pulled pork, jicama cabbage slaw, smoked cheddar cheese, onions, pineapple salsa and jackfruit barbecue sauce.
“There’s a lot of flavor going on,” Kahn said. “It’s got that spice from the jicama cabbage slaw.”
Another of the pre-built tacos is “Lucy’s fire” ($4), a two-tiered item that includes a flour tortilla and spicy “firecracker” hard shell glued together by queso sauce. The fillings are The traditional guacamole at Condado Tacos roasted chicken, lettuce, cilantro, onion, smoked Where: Condado Tacos
Address: 2977 N. High St.; also at 4077 Fenlon St.; 132 S. High St.; 1227 N. High St.; 8958 Lyra Drive; and 102 N. High St., Dublin
Hours: 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. daily; Dublin store open 11 a.m. to midnight Sundays through Thursdays and 11 a.m. to 1 a.m. Fridays and Saturdays
Contact: 614-230-2786 (Clintonville), www.condado tacos.com educate people a little bit.”
Guests can choose from among 11 proteins — some being vegetable or bean based, such as Thai chili tofu and roasted portobello mushrooms. Highlights include braised beef brisket, a recently introduced marinated tequila-lime steak (both carry a 50-cent upcharge) and house-made chorizo, Kahn said.
Condado features four styles of guacamole ($5 for half order, $8 for full) — traditional, pineapplechipotle honey, Tuscan (artichokes, basil, queso fresco and a balsamic drizzle) and a monthly feature, which for August is green goddess guacamole with jicama.
Making its debut in the next month will be spicedup mac and cheese, which began as a limited-time offer but its popularity has earned it a place on the menu, Kahn said.
“When I first started,” he said, “it was about giving people as many options as we could.”