La Sirena Gorda

Amazing food all around!
Octopus Tacos are amazing and certainly the shining star. The Acapulco Clam Chowder is also special (this coming from a Guy from Boston).

Unexpedtedly good food and good fish for an indoor stall in an indoor market.
The crab cakes are MEATY and flavorful — fancier places trick you with a lot more filling in theirs.
The grilled fish tacos are very tasty. The taco and tortillas are fresh.
If you ask for their extra hot sauce you will first be asked if you are sure you want it for it is very hot. I can handle hot you will say. You will get a not very generous portion of hot sauce with complex flavors that will leave you pining for more.
One time I had the daily special that consisted of a whole fried fish — served with the head on. The owner/​chef reminded me definitely have the head since that’s where the flavors hide. My skills are deficient in that area so I left it alone. The fried fish was served with a side of rice and fries. The fries were soooperb… I think I know how the sirena got gorda.
The tres leches, when they have it — made from the chef’ grand-mother’s recipe — is the best I’ve ever tasted.

Sigh… yet another place that makes me wish I wasn’t living in the burbs. If only they had lofts above the global midtown market… omg they do! Gah, stupid buyers market… (thanks for listening, /​rant)
I absolutely cannot wait to go back to this place. Most 5 star places for me are fairly obvious, they jump out at me, this is no different. I had the calamari tacos and tried some of the octopus tacos. The calamari tacos were amazing, fried to perfection. What really sets the dish apart are the amazing sauces to go along with the tacos. They really bring out the best flavors and complement better than my mom. Oh, and the rice and the beans were actually more than worth eating. You could tell everything on my dish was perfectly constructed and thought about. That’s what really makes a 5 star place for me.
Don’t let me forget the octopus tacos. This was only the second time me and octopus have hooked up but I was expecting chewy little bastards without much flavor. My eyes went wide eyed when I popped one of those bad boys. They were so tender and delicious I couldn’t believe what I was experiencing. Apparently total bliss.