Rocco's is a hometown favorite. Why? Who knows? The Guacamole and chips are great. They even season the chips, the seasoning of which they should bottle and market. But that's as good as it gets. We've tried Rocco's more than once, always hoping that it would be better. One time I had the chile rellenos which were too bready and seemed to die on the stove, or in the oven but died somewhere. My wife sent back her fish tacos --- more chopped lettuce and tacos that hadn't even been warmed but cold out of a packet and the fish --- where's the fish. On our recent visit, I had pork carnitos --- aargh. Okay, it was probably pork but it was dry, leathery and had very little taste, a far distant cousin to any really good pork carnitos I've had elsewhere. Oh, well, the guac and chips are good, but you might want to leave it at that.

We had read and heard a lot of positive comments about Rocco's Tacos so looked forward to eating there. It didn't disappoint! The guacamole was unbelievable. A half-order is probably enough for two. We were first served warm taco chips that were unusual -- had barbecue seasoning on them. That really added terrific taste to the guacamole which was freshly made and brought to our table. My wife ordered queso which is a meal in itself, as she learned. Very different from what she usually eats at Chili's (and good!). I ordered the plate of two chicken tacos with rice and a wonderful small salad. Excellent! The atmosphere is fun the moment you walk in, with a bicycle overhead and masks on the walls. Our server, Johnny, was outstanding.

Clematis Street, otherwise, was disappointing. Beware of the meters and have change ready -- 12 min/quarter (not a factor in this review).

Three of us for lunch sitting outdoors people watching. Ordered the guacamole and chips and they were outstanding. Tortilla soup was OK, the jalapenos relenos were mostly batter and tasted fairly bland. We ordered a variety of tacos which we all agreed were unremarkable. For all we had heard of this restaurant we wondered what all the fuss was about. Too many other choices so we won't be back.

Get the table side guacamole. It's pretty good. Order Apps. servings are not massive. Skip the margarita special on the menu it was pretty anemic. Get some hot sauce or even better get some chopped jalapenos from the guacamole cart to spice up your food.