The Road, No. 11: Tacos y Mariscos El Amigo [Eating Our Way Down Nolensville Pike]

Welcome to The Road, my column in which I'm going to attempt — key word: attempt — to eat at every non-chain restaurant on Nolensville Pike between I-440 and the county line. I'll readily admit that even though I live right off Nolensville — Paragon Mills represent! — and revel in the diversity and quantity of its eateries, I have barely scratched the surface of what the strip has to offer. But now I'm going to rectify that, and hopefully you'll join for what's likely to be a wild ride.

Episode 11: Tacos y Mariscos El Amigo

Address: 3901 Nolensville Pike

Phone: 833-6434

OK, so maybe I'm just mailing it in by reviewing El Amigo — it's literally the closest taco shop to my house — but I've been busy as hell lately, almost too busy to even think about food. Which makes it the perfect time for my buddies at El Amigo — they are consistently quick as hell, and the food is tasty as all get out. El Amigo is my go-to place for takeout, and outside of one particularly hungover afternoon I have never been disappointed. (Let's just say that ordering their chicharrones, which are done in a style closer to chitlins than corton, while in that delicate condition was my own damn fault. I should know better. I should have gone with the tripe.) El Amigo hooks it up every single time, without fail. Which ain't too shabby for an unassuming spot in a former gas station.