Tacos el Muchacho Alegre is a food truck parked at Universal Auto on Jackson Street in Napa, run by the Pelayo Gómez family, who trace their cooking back to Autlán, Jalisco. The truck opened in 2015 after decades of the family cooking for friends and relatives, and the menu still leans on those roots: tacos de birria, alegre-style asada fries, mamá Isabel's hand-made sopes, a torta ahogada made in the Autlán style, tacos de asada, and a vegetarian burrito.
Regulars point to the crispy tortillas and the attention to detail on dishes that could easily be an afterthought elsewhere, and the truck has built a following largely through word of mouth in a region not typically associated with Mexican cooking.
Regulars point to the crispy tortillas and the attention to detail on dishes that could easily be an afterthought elsewhere, and the truck has built a following largely through word of mouth in a region not typically associated with Mexican cooking.