Bite club: Paprika's tacos

😋 Asher here, always on the hunt for great tacos.

I had been hearing a lot lately about the recently opened brick-and-mortar incarnation of Paprika on North Lamar Boulevard, a few blocks south of Airport Boulevard.

• Paprika was anointed purveyor of the "It" taco shortly after its food truck opened in 2019.

Yes, but: Its significance goes beyond food. Husband-and-wife owners Margarito and Hayden Pérez were arrested during an anti-ICE protest at the Capitol in June — Margarito was charged with interference with public duties and resisting arrest and Hayden with failure to obey a lawful order and harassment of a public servant.

• In an interview posted in December, Margarito Pérez, who made his way through high school selling his own tortas, told taco podcaster Mando Rayo that "what has kept me from running away from Austin and the United States . . . is knowing that there are other folks that maybe can't make that decision and . . . letting them know . . . they are represented."

Zoom in: My wife and I had food on the brain during a recent visit, trying every type of taco on the menu — suadero (brisket); carnitas; tinga de pollo (chipotle-braised chicken); nopalitos; champiñones.

• The tacos are $4 each; add a dollar if you want melted cheese.
• They're filling — but so yummy and juicy we soon went for seconds.

The vibe: Laid-back, brisk, friendly, bare-bones with a rotating cast of specials and aguas frescas.

Six-word review: So good, you'll double your order.