Address: Rotates — regularly at Beverly Food Truck Park, 6731 Beverly Blvd, Everett, WA 98203 (Mon–Sat, afternoons) | Check current schedule at mexicuban.com
Price range: $$
Parking: Free lot at Beverly Food Truck Park
What to order: Fluffy Tacos with Cuban Roast Pork, Custom Bowl, any of the sauce-glazed specials
Somewhere between Mexico and Cuba — geographically, culturally, and culinarily — there is a dish that does not exist in any restaurant we know of in the Puget Sound. It is a taco, but not quite. The shell is fried corn tortilla, puffed and golden. The filling is Chicken Pibil (Yucatán-style, achiote-marinated, slow-cooked) or Cuban Roast Pork (lechon, the kind that runs on time and patience, not shortcuts). The toppings are pickled red onions and cheese. The whole thing lands in your hand and immediately explains itself.
This is the Fluffy Taco. Octavio Ortega invented it — or at least invented it for the Pacific Northwest — when he launched Mexicuban, Puget Sound’s first Cuban-Mexican fusion food truck, as a way to represent both sides of his heritage at once. He describes the truck as the first of its kind in the region, and we have no counter-argument to offer. We have looked, and there is nothing else doing what Mexicuban does.
Two Cuisines, One Truck, One Owner’s Heritage
Ortega’s concept is not a novelty fusion grab — it is a genuine expression of a bicultural background brought to food. Mexican cooking and Cuban cooking share roots: Spanish colonial influence, indigenous ingredients, a deep relationship with pork, and an understanding of rice as a staple, not a side thought. But they diverge sharply in technique and spice philosophy. Mexican cooking is often sharper and hotter, Cuban cooking longer and slower, more aromatic than incendiary.
Ortega’s menu navigates that overlap without papering over the differences. The Fluffy Taco is genuinely bi-national — the shell is Mexican street food logic, the filling is Cuban kitchen logic, and the combination is his own invention. Custom bowls let you build your own version of the same hybrid. Vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free options are available across the menu, which matters because the food truck crowd in Everett is genuinely diverse in its dietary requirements.
Where to Find Mexicuban in Everett
Mexicuban is a truck, which means its schedule moves. In Everett, you are most likely to find it at the Beverly Food Truck Park at 6731 Beverly Blvd — the rotating lot that runs Monday through Saturday during afternoon hours with two to four trucks on any given day. Mexicuban is one of the regulars there, alongside Tabassum and other park anchors.
The truck has also participated in the Everett Food Truck Festival and shows up at events across the broader Puget Sound. For the current week’s schedule, mexicuban.com maintains a live calendar — check there before driving. If you miss Mexicuban at Beverly, the brand now has a brick-and-mortar restaurant in Renton at 15279 Maple Valley Hwy, but the truck’s appearance in Everett is regular enough that you should not need to commute.
We checked Yelp in April 2026 and found 103 reviews with photos actively uploading — this truck has an audience that shows up repeatedly, takes pictures, and comes back. That is not a fluke. That is a menu doing something right.
What to Order
Start with the Fluffy Tacos. Order the Cuban Roast Pork version if you want to understand what Ortega is actually building here — the lechon filling is the heart of the concept, and the fried shell carries it without competing. The Chicken Pibil version is excellent for anyone who wants the same architecture with a different protein, and the achiote marinade is genuine enough to make the switch worthwhile.
If you are feeding more than one, the Custom Bowls let you build across both sides of the menu simultaneously. The vegan and gluten-free options mean you can bring a mixed-diet group without drama. On a good afternoon at Beverly Food Truck Park, you are probably ordering two or three items and comparing them, which is the correct way to approach a new truck.
Why It Belongs in Your Food Truck Rotation
Everett’s food truck scene has grown quietly into something genuinely interesting. Das Bratmobile is doing German street food from Rheinland-Pfalz. Tabassum is the only Uzbek food truck in the Pacific Northwest. Port of Everett Food Truck Fridays brings a rotating cast every week to the marina. And in the middle of all of it, Mexicuban has been quietly building the only Cuban-Mexican fusion truck in the region for long enough that they have more than a hundred Yelp reviews and a brick-and-mortar expansion.
This is what an original concept looks like when it actually works. If you have been to Beverly Food Truck Park and skipped Mexicuban in favor of something more familiar, correct that error. The Fluffy Taco is the move. It is not like anything else on the lot.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where does Mexicuban park in Everett?
Mexicuban regularly rotates through Beverly Food Truck Park at 6731 Beverly Blvd in central Everett. Check mexicuban.com for the current week’s schedule.
What is a Fluffy Taco?
A Fluffy Taco uses a fried, puffed corn tortilla shell filled with either Cuban Roast Pork (lechon) or Chicken Pibil, topped with pickled red onions and cheese. It is Mexicuban’s signature dish and the item to order on a first visit.
Does Mexicuban have vegan options?
Yes. Mexicuban offers vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free options across its menu.
Who owns Mexicuban?
Mexicuban was founded by Octavio Ortega, who created the concept to honor both his Mexican and Cuban heritage. He describes it as Puget Sound’s first Cuban-Mexican fusion food truck of its kind.
Does Mexicuban have a restaurant location?
Yes. Mexicuban has expanded to a brick-and-mortar restaurant in Renton at 15279 Maple Valley Hwy, but the Everett food truck presence remains active.
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