Nacho Mama’s Food Truck

Nacho Mama’s is still amazing, what can I say? My nonprofit asked Nacho Mama’s to come out for an event and she did without fail! She was awesome and friendly to our 80 volunteers and pumped out the delicious food without any drag time. I was super impressed and we’ll definitely ask her back!

I had the ultimate rice bowl. Wow this was super good and vegetarian! So good you don’t even notice the lack of meat! If all vegetarian food was this good more people would be vegetarians! Yes it’s that good.

I am happy to report that Mama now makes her own sauces to go with the nachos! The green serrano sauce is fantastic. This just edged the truck from 4 to 5 stars.
My vegetarian friend tried the soft tacos and was very pleased with the textured «meat.»

Vegetarians! Nacho Mama’s is a food truck for you! During the Friday Food Truck Festival I was having trouble finding something both vegetarian and new (I had just had Spice Box the other day). Upon closer examination of the Nacho Mama’s menu, I was pleasantly surprised to see they used «fake» beef! So, that sold me.
I tried the daily special which featured blue chips, beer cheese, fake beef, and some veggies on top. Overall, it was pretty delicious! Got a little messy and I needed a fork, but I ate every last bite. I wish the serving sizes were a bit larger for the price, but overall I would definitely try Nacho Mama again.

What a great food truck!
Based on the name, I thought this was going to be typical State Fair nachos (chips, cheese sauce, ground beef, canned jalapenos). Boy was I wrong. They definitely go for a health food take on nachos and it works great. The sauces are all homemade and you don’t miss the meat at all (they use faux meat).

Food Tried:
— Mama’s Ultimate Nachos ($ 6): blue chips & queso, topped with a mix of brown rice, black beans, bell peppers, onions, corn, tomatoes, and chipotle sour cream. Served with salsa fresca.
One of the only foods I can successfully cook is chili. This is because chili is my favorite food. But when I go to eat chili, wherever I am, I usually don’t crumble my crackers on top (unless I face a limited supply of crackers); I like to scoop the chili onto the crackers. Which is to say, I like to eat my chili, nacho-​style. So really, what I love is nachos with chili on them, because this is the best combination of chili and eatability. Now, Nacho Mama’s Food Truck does not serve chili, but I’m guessing you can guess what they do serve…
NACHOS.
And some other Mexican foods. But mostly NACHOS.
Actually, Nacho Mama’s is the refurbished Indy Cheez Steak, this time manned by ladies doling out the nachoey goodness. It was no question that at the First Friday Food Truck Festival (May edition), I would be all about the NACHOS.
The Ultimate nachos were just that. Crunchy blue corn tortilla chips (always great for adding color and flavor to a dish o’ nachos). Smooth and creamy cheese and sour cream. Black beans, which I always order on my nachos, and brown rice, which I never order, together forming the heartiness of the nachos, and leaving every chip piled high with toppins’. Fresh tomato and onion salsa that cooled the whole flavor in my mouth. Can you see where I’m going here? (I very much enjoyed my meal.) Basically, a well crafted, flavorful, interesting and colorful plate of nachos. Thumbs up.
The price was very reasonable on their whole menu, ranging around the $ 6 – 7 range. Their portion for the nachos was certainly generous, as I only meant to eat half but it was so good I ate it all and then I felt kind of unwell because I was full of nacho average nachos. See what I did with that?
Because every reviewer is really a critic trying to avoid feeling bad about criticizing, I will give you my feedback as nicely as possible!
1. Styrofoam makes me want to cry. I know it’s cheaper, but it’s also spawn of the demon responsible for Ford Explorers and mercury in batteries. Recyclable, por favor?
2. It was a little bit disorganized with the giving of the orders and the giving of the monies and the getting of the food and the getting of the change for the monies I gave… I’m sure that’s a kink you will work out as the business moves along though. Or, was something different happening because it was Food Truck Fest?
3. I will admit, this could totally be me off in my memory, or it could be that the Old National doesn’t allow you to sell drinks. Either way, I don’t remember what you do sell, but it would be great to have a Mexican Coke with your meals. Just a thought on food-​drink pairings!
But really, thank you for an amazing nacho experience. It’s my favorite food for a reason, and though it’s not great walk-​and-​eat food, it was a great meal.