On the Town in The Palm Beaches with Frank Licari
A Diverse Menu & Crowd: Rocco’s Tacos
Clip: Season 6 | 3m 10sVideo has Closed Captions
People watching and tableside guacamole are some of the crowd favorites at Rocco’s Tacos.
People watching and tableside guacamole are some of the crowd favorites at Rocco’s Tacos in the Palm Beaches. Frank sits down with the head chef and beverage director to learn just what goes into making the popular food and cocktails so unique.
On the Town in The Palm Beaches with Frank Licari is a local public television program presented by WPBT
Palm Beach County Tourist Development Council
On the Town in The Palm Beaches with Frank Licari
A Diverse Menu & Crowd: Rocco’s Tacos
Clip: Season 6 | 3m 10sVideo has Closed Captions
People watching and tableside guacamole are some of the crowd favorites at Rocco’s Tacos in the Palm Beaches. Frank sits down with the head chef and beverage director to learn just what goes into making the popular food and cocktails so unique.
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A place where you can people watch and get fresh guacamole made right at your table.
You guessed it, we're talking about Rocco's Tacos.
Let's get a taste of what it's all about.
Oh, oh, wow.
Yeah.
Okay, okay, okay, let's see what you're doing here.
Let's see what we're doing.
Yeah, this is setting the mood.
This concept started about 15 years ago, it's coming up on 15 years.
This is the original Rocco's Tacos and tequila bar.
What's the secret here that you think makes it a magic sauce?
We're a big happy family man, we're food driven, we're cocktail driven.
We use the best products available, everything is fresh.
We build it one taco at a time, one margarita at a time.
You know, if you're into tequilas, we have over 400 tequilas on our tequila list.
If you're into mescal, wanna learn about mescals, we have over 50 mescals available.
So, you obviously have a variation on what we would normally say is a Mexican style type restaurant?
Sure, absolutely.
We came across something like this in Guadalajara, Mexico.
I mean, this is a molcajete, this is our molcajete de carne.
This is 100% pure lava rock, molcajete that we purchased from Mexico.
And then this one is made with marinated skirt steak, marinated chicken, chorizo, grilled peppers and onion rajas and our salsa roja sauce.
We serve it with a side of fresh corn tortillas or flour, whichever you choose.
We actually cook the corn, grind it in house and make, can't have a good taco without good tortilla, my man.
Our signature is our world famous tableside guacamole.
Heard a lot about it.
You can't get any pressure than that.
These are Hass avocados that we get directly from Mexico.
The perfect guacamole starts with two Hass avocados, and then we add half of a lime and then we mash.
So, what are we making here?
What do we got?
So, our second best selling cocktail off the menu is a Cadillac margarita.
Cadillac, what is this?
House sour mix.
How much am I putting in?
You're gonna put in three ounces.
Three ounces.
Now we're gonna use the orange cognac liqueur.
How much do I use it?
One ounce.
One ounce.
You're gonna go one ounce straight to the top.
Now we're gonna use a beautiful Anejo tequila that we use for our Cadillac, that's the fun part, right?
A cocktail's not a cocktails till it's been shaken.
Got it.
Come on, baby, that's it.
That's it.
Brother.
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