Mi Tierra Caliente

A small legit taqueria in the middle of nowhere Tennessee.If you're passing through and want a quick bite of something that's not fast food or BBQ, stop here: Areal, legit taco joint that feel straight from Northern Mexico.I'm unsure how something this good ended up here, but I'm happy it has.The tongue gorditas were little pockets of flavor; the lengua being done just right.$1 tacos (Tuesday's only) were a treat: the asada, pollo, and pastor being good and filling.Stop on by, the only real Mexican joint in Union City.

After hearing about this elusive grocery store/hole in the wall restaurant from several people, my friends and I decided to give it a shot and it definitely didn't disappoint! The front of the store is jammed with fresh produce in a small fridge and a wall of assorted baked Mexican pastries. The rest of the storefront was squeezed full of different hot sauces and other snacks and drinks. The back of the place was where the food magic happens. The menu is stupid simple (and I mean this in a good way) I opted for the torta cubana that I've heard so much about and IT WAS THE BEST DECISION. I've never had bread like it---super pillowy and soft. The sandwich was stuffed and overflowing with Al pastor and asada and a questionable hotdog/ham love child. The sandwich was huge and I definitely left with a happy full belly. My friends ordered tacos and apparently there was nothing super special about those...it's probably still worth coming back for $1 taco Tuesday! All in all, give this place a shot if you're into those hole-in-the-wall experiences. You won't he disappointed!

The food is great and I gave it three star rating because many times me and my family go it takes them for ever to serve us our food after ordering. They seem to make the food food by first come first serve which is okay but really they need to try to serve the people waiting in dining area much quicker instead of filling these very large to go orders that are usually called ahead. or hire a few more people to help out one for filling the to go orders and one to fill the dine in orders. I don't know why it takes so long we waited today for almost an hour to get our order (8-11-2008) I was starting to get angry too when people go to eat they are paying for the food and the services and are hungry. Come on people at Mi Tierra Caliente move a lot quicker and serve the customers. You probably could earn much more money if you do. Things should be prepped ahead of time this way all you have to do is assemble the food and it makes it much easier to fulfill much orders in a quick and timely manner.

It's a tiny little hole in the wall, which you know means the food is amazing. My burrito was massive, my waitress barely spoke English. It was perfect Mexican.