It’s officially Taco Week, and Northern Kentucky has five restaurants participating in the event.
Beginning Monday and running through Sunday, Oct. 23, some of Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky’s most popular taco joints will be offering their own unique tacos for $2.
If you check into five restaurants during the week, you’ll be entered into a drawing to win the Cincinnati Taco Week grand prize of $250 in gift cards.
In NKY, there are five participating locations:
- Agave & Rye, Covington. They are offering three tacos this week: The Becky, The Latin Lover and The Hot Brown. The Becky is Mac & Cheese, fried chicken, A&R House BBQ sauce, sweet & spicy bacon, peppercorn crema and tobacco onions. The Latin Lover consists of Mexican rice, queso, roasted butternut squash, sliced avocado and crispy carrots. The Hot Brown is a puffy flour shell, salt and pepper fried, roasted turkey, Mornay sauce, sweet and spicy bacon and roasted tomatoes. (635 Madison Ave. in Covington)
- Four Mile Pig. They are offering a Hickory Smoke Pork Taco, a 15 hour smoked pork topped with their jalapeno corn slaw and a Pulled Chicken Taco, which consists of pulled chicken topped with pickled red onions and our Alabama BBQ sauce. (7962 Alexandria Pike in Alexandria)
- Frida 602. They have a Carnalized Brussel Sprout Taco, a vegan taco with peanut salsa and peanuts. (602 Main St. in Covington)
- Braxton Barrel House’s Taco Fuerte. They have a Cinci Chili Taco, which is a Cincinnati staple in taco form. Flour or corn tortilla, Cincinnati Chili seasoned ground beef crumbles, atop a bed of shredded cheddar, with a sliced beef frank topped with diced onions and mustard. Their second is a Pumpkin Cheesecake Taco. This dessert taco is pumpkin pie and cheesecake chunks on a cinnamon sugar coated flour tortilla topped with whipped cream, cinnamon dusting and a caramel drizzle. (5 Orphanage Road, Fort Mitchell)
- The Standard Covington. They are offering a Smoked Brisket Birria Taco. (434 Main St., Covington)
For a full list of participating restaurants, and to download the Taco Week app, click here.
