Honest Tom’s

This has go to be the best breakfast taco I’ve ever tasted.
Eggs, potatoes, bacon and amazing guacamole. 2 for $ 6. If it wasn’t so far from South Philly, I’d be here all the time.

Hands down, THE BEST burrito around Penn’s campus. Their breakfast stuff is amazing too. Also, I really want to buy the hot sauce they use for my home. I’m very happy with this place.
I would avoid the beef burrito because they used ground beef instead of chunks of meat. I personally haven’t tried it but people have said it’s not the best. Order a chicken burrito with everything and be amazed.

$ 8 dollars for a burrito is seriously silly.
It was a delicious burrito, but come on.

Honest Tom’s tacos are honestly delicious.
So fresh and tasty — practically nutritious!
Chicken, sweet potato, steak or fish,
Corn or flour — what’s your wish?
Add some hot sauce for some kick,
Tom’s a.m. tacos are a perfect taco/​breakfasty mix!
Honest Tom’s tacos are honestly the best,
It’s becoming a problem — I’m totally obsessed!
Alright, obnoxious poem aside, these tacos are delicious. Don’t listen to the haters and give them a try, you won’t regret it!

The sweet potato tacos out of the truck are wonderful. Two small tacos for $ 6 seems pricey to me, but they’re unlike anything I have had elsewhere and give them a big olé two-​thumbs-​up. They also have interesting teas and the outside of their truck is super fun.
Their truck has disappeared for the winter, but I hear they have a new storefront to which I will drag my husband at our first chance.

*muted trumpet*
I hate to say it, but this is way overrated. Totally hyped up to me, and did not live up to it. I made the trek over from Penn to Drexel to try out the truck, excited for my taco feast. I should have known it was all wrong when I let myself break my $ 5 lunch rule to get 2 tacos. Let’s be real, I can get 2 tacos with waiter service plus tax and a 20% tip (I think, I forget how much meal tax is here) that are damn tasty, come with a mini side salad, and I can have a beer while eating it too, elsewhere (Sidecar), so that should have been a red flag too. But alas, I ordered 2 chicken tacos from the blank-​faced semi-​surley guy sitting there. Maybe that’s why they’re pricey, since they have a guy to just sit there and take orders while other people cook.
I appreciated the guac and pico, which were both good, but the chicken? Holy crap, it was completely flavorless. Like those first few times in college cooking on your own when you just threw chicken in a pan and expected it to have flavor. Nope. These are tacos! I want FLAVORRRRR! Such a disappointment. I’ll be sticking with cheaper trucks closer to home base in the future.

I’ve only had Honest Tom’s once, but once was enough to know that I need more of Tom and his honest ways in my life. Breakfast tacos are just perfect. Eggs, bacon, guacamole, breakfast potatoes — what more do you need in life? Maybe a little hot sauce. Get it, in several different varieties, on the ledge of the truck.
I’m sure the regular tacos are great too, but I’ll likely look for Honest Tom’s during breakfast hours for my next visit.

10 AM + Monday @ 33^rd and Arch = no line.
One breakfast taco fills me up, but luckily, I had a buddy so we got the 2/​$ 6 deal.
I was thrilled that bacon, gauc, scrambled eggs, crispy potatoes (are those fat fries?!) were packed into my soft, warm tortilla. Like Annabelle D. said, the culinary concept isn’t mind-​blowing, but it’s simply good and satisfying.

Hmm. After reading some of the previous reviews, I’m thinking my experience with Tom was a bit out of the ordinary. Mainly because I waited approximately 45 seconds for my delectable tacos.
I found this bright tie-​dye truck amidst the haven of vendors at Night Market Philly and, after hearing all the buzz surrounding these scrumptious tacos, I just had to sample them myself.
One chicken and one sweet potato taco, please. Add hot sauce. Squeeze onto a sidewalk edge between other street foodies. First bite. Love.
You can criticize the flour tortilla/​size all you want but c’mon these tacos are freaking good!
Needless to say, I am now a believer.

You can certainly get cheaper, more authentic tacos almost anywhere in south philly, but i really liked the Chicken Tacos i had at the Honest Tom’s truck.
Honestly, i know corn totrillas are more authentic, but i simply prefer the texture of the flour tortillas that HTs serve. Also, the chicken was so flavorful and moist. I usually shy away from chicken for meatier options, but i was not disappointed. Sometimes they are at Broad and Lombard, which is still quite a walk from my job, but i plan on making the trek again soon.

I’ve only tried the breakfast tacos at the Clark Park weekend market. The tacos are pretty good, but my biggest complaint is that there’s no meat in the tacos. From the other reviews it looks like they have meat in the lunch tacos. If they had meat in the breakfast tacos and charged $ 5 for 3 tacos I’d give them 4 stars.
Don’t understand why people get so angry that they are called wrapped in a flour tortilla and are called ‘tacos’ and not burritos or wraps. I usually don’t like corn tortillas so I’m glad they use flour tortillas. Also, if you go by the folding method (folded in half), they ARE more similar to tacos than burritos.

I had begun stalking Honest Tom’s one week before the planets aligned and my schedule allowed a schlep to their chosen lunchtime locale. I placed my order ahead of time via telephone (because efficiency is the most important human emotion) and headed down.
I was greeted to a colorful food truck in a relatively sparse area of Center City (18^th and Vine) where a crowd of about 18 people waited for their tacos. We received our orders quickly because waiting in line is for fools and calling ahead is great.
If you’re going to spend the effort stalking a food truck on Twitter and facebook, you might as well just put their number into your cell.
I respect Honest Tom’s a lot — they restrict themselves to two menu items per lunch and, by limiting the variety, they are able to focus all of their energies on making what they do have extremely good.
I had a chicken taco and a sweet potato taco and an Arnold Palmer to drink. It was all excellent. The sweet potato taco is great and the chicken taco was tender and bursting with excellence.
These are some serious freaking tacos and the guacamole is the reason why. If you don’t like guacamole, then eat one of these tacos. If you still don’t like guacamole, then there is no hope for you. You have caused a rift between yourself and the avocado and nothing will heal it.
Oh yeah, their hot sauce is really, really, really great.
Props to Anna Marie C. for joining me on this trek for tacos.
Protip: If you are a big guy, order 3 tacos for maximum satiety.

Haha, luck is on my side. While walking, minding my own business to work I happened to see Honest Tom’s setting up a couple of block from my job. I have been meaning to catch Tom’s for awhile but it was never meant to be. Today however, it’s my day.
Even though my lunch break was not until after 2PM (when the food typically runs out), fortune was still with me. When I got to the colorful food truck, I just barely made it before all of the food ran out. The chicken taco was mouthwatering, finger licking delicious. The fresh guac really enhanced the flavor. It’s just like what you would typically find in SoCal. I can’t wait for when fate allows us to cross path again.
FYI You can follow Honest Tom’s on Twitter or Facebook. Just Google Honest Tom’s and you are good to go.

«You go on, like, missions for your lunches.»
That’s right, co-​worker, I do. Because I don’t eat garbage. «Sorry that I only like good shit.»
Today’s mission: walk from 16^th & Walnut to Broad & Pine for tacos from Honest Tom’s. In 95-​degree heat and 37% humidity. So I did it. And it was worth it. To the tune or $ 5, I got two sweet potato tacos. They were heavenly. Lots of fresh guacomole and perfectly charred sweet potatoes. It was a satisfying yet light lunch. I ate them while walking back to my office and found them to be quite portable, as well.
I overheard that they’ll be at this location near UArts every Thursday and I plan on returning on Thursdays to come and perhaps stalking them on the weekends. Yay.

Luckily there were no lines around 12:30pm on a weekday, despite the heavily trafficked area by Drexel students. My guess is the $ 3/​taco was too expensive for students looking for something more substantive.
Since they were out of breakfast tacos, I got 2 chicken tacos. The tacos were more California style — fresh grilled chicken (though a tad too salty), fresh guacamole and salsa. Delicious, but not sufficient to fill a hungry student — or this eater.
Note — you will probably see a line at the truck diagonally across the street and in the interest of research, I decided to investigate — after a long 20 minute wait, it was really not worth it. Stick with Toms — order 3 – 4 tacos.

An update for the new year about why this truck is totally freakin’ awesome.
The guys had a vinyl coating adhered to the sides of the truck in a sick psychedelic motif.
Also, for being a loyal customer, they gave me a cool coffee mug. See pic.
For your information, they are not selling fish tacos right now. Still producing sweet potato tacos. Still got the breakfast till about noon (he used blue potatoes when I got one last week, which was pretty rad.) Still with the chicken in the afternoon. Still serving Stumptown from a French press, currently sourced from a grower in La Libertad, Guatemala. If you haven’t come to Tom’s yet, you haven’t had the best damn truck food, period.

It seems I’m one of the few and proud to have made it to Honest Tom’s before the famous taco sell-​out. I rode my bike up to Clark Park this morning to check out two markets (the Farmer’s and the Uhuru Flea Market) and stumbled upon Honest Tom’s food truck. The sign read «Breakfast Taco» (something about giving your taste buds a treat) and «Iced Coffee.» I paid my $ 2.50 and waited for 30 minutes to receive my taco. I sat in the grass; I talked to an anarchist; I ate a peach; I read the City Paper; I ran into someone I met on a dance floor… finally, my taco.
It came with the freshest guac, little potatoes, chopped tomato, white onion, and an egg. Next time, I’ll order 4. You’ve got to get here early and try one for yourself, they’re right, your taste buds will be pleased.

after many years I’ve come to the conclusion that there just aren’t to many honest Toms. Edison comes close but since Tesla was better it’s open to debate. Tom Hanks pulls it off so well on film that he can’t be in real life, and we all know Cruise is too much of a basket case to be honest. Tommy Lee might have proven to be honest about some things that I’d rather not visualize (we all at least heard about that video), but he’s also too much of a rock star douche to be honest. Fact of the matter is, aside from my cousin, and Unilocal’s own Tom C., I’ve never met an honest Tom. At least that was until Honest Tom rolled into Clark Park with all of his wonderful tacos and coffee.
Tom and his Tomettes are honest enough to let you know when they stop serving breakfast tacos (one day I might wake up early enough to try one!), and when they only have coffee available after a long day. But they’re also honest enough to let you know what hot sauce is hotter and what coffee blend they have for the day. And it’s things like that that have given them an honest following for a food truck.
And honest to god do they know how to cook a taco! whether it’s chicken, steak, my favorite sweet potato, or the ever elusive breakfast taco, it’s always tasty and filled with fresh ingredients. and you can load them up with plenty of extras including cheese, veggie cheese, sour cream, fresh guacamole, and the abundance of hot sauces that they offer. toss in the fair trade and inexpensive coffee that it hooks up and it makes for one pretty amazing food truck!

«Welcome to Honest Tom’s. We have one thing on the menu. And it’s so good that it keeps us in business.»
That’s not what Honest Tom said to me when I ordered a taco on Saturday, but he easily could have. Honest Tom runs a lunch truck off of Clark Park that serves up tacos and iced coffee. I didn’t have the coffee, but it is supposed to be excellent.
Tacos come in two varieties, breakfast and chicken. In order to get the best experience, I simply asked for «Two regular tacos with everything,» which meant I would be getting them just as they’re meant to be eaten.
The wait was longer than expected, but that’s okay. It’s really a testament to the quality of food. I received two delicious looking tacos. Scrambled eggs were topped with potatoes, homemade salsa, guacamole, and cheese. They were delicious. The proportions of everything and ratios were great. My only complaint is that was when my plate was empty.
Bottom Line: As far as lunch trucks go, these are excellent. Even just as far as «fast food» goes,
these are great. Even just thinking about them now makes me wish I could have one for lunch.
Definitely check these out when you’re around. Lunch trucks are easily one of the hidden gems
of Philly food.

After Viva Las Vegans left, I didn’t think it would be possible to fall in love with another food truck ever again.
Enter: Honest Tom’s. Like a khaki-​colored beacon in the stormy April weather, their delicious breakfast tacos have saved my stomach from suffering through six hours of class. Home made guacamole, home fries, and two cool homies, there’s nothing not to love about this new joint. For two dollars and fifty cents, I implore you to meet me in taco heaven.
And what food truck do YOU know that brews their coffee with a french press? Honestly. Give it a try.