The Joys of a Hard Shell Taco

There is a cute Mexican joint right on Ashland (just south of Belmont) called Torta's USA that I love.  I always forget how delicious all of their tacos and tortas are.  Walking around last week, I happened to wander by again and literally something took over my tastebuds and demanded that I have steak tacos--nothing else would do at all.  My mom used to make the best tacos known to man when I was a kid (never with steak, though---only with fantastically greasy ground beef, which is still my favorite)-but now I usually go for the super lean steak version.  There is nothing better than hard shell tacos that have soaked up the grease and become slightly soft/crunchy and then are covered with sour cream y queso (though when I am in Mexico, I just go for the steak, chopped onion, fresh cilantro type on grilled baby corn tortillas).  Tortas USA also has totally gigantic tortas that draw in all the locals and a wildly flavorful horchata that I cannot seem to get enough of.  Good stuff all the way around and cheap to boot.