Taco Time: The pigs go wild at Jabalería Taquería Salvaje

Unique amongst our city’s porcine offerings is Jabalería, a small locale with outdoor seating that does tacos – and other antojitos such as sopes and huaraches – of wild boar. Sides of pig are grilled over coals on an in-house rotisserie and sliced to order. Owner Roberto explains that in fact the “wild” moniker is figurative, as these swine are farm-raised: “Real wild boar is tough and strong tasting”, he explains. This meat is tender and juicy and swathed in a crunchy casing of chicharrón; it tastes intensely porky but in a good way, like old-world varieties such as Hungary’s Mangalitza or Spain’s Pata Negra. While a few other meats are on the menu, arrachera, roast beef, chorizo amongst them and they are good—it’s that pigmeat we go for, accompanied by a Jabalí brand beer. It doesn’t get better.

Two locations:
Pachuca 82, Condesa (see map)
Open Monday – Friday 1 -10 pm, Saturday, Sunday 10 am – 10 pm

Bosque de Duraznos 61, Bosque de las Lomas (see map)
Open Monday – Wednesday 12 – 8:30 pm, Thursday, Friday 12 - 9, Saturday 1 – 7:30, Sunday, 1 – 5:30