Someburros food is downright greasy. But, that’s not necessarily a bad thing.

If you’re like me, sometimes you just get a craving for something completely and utterly bad for you. A Krispy Kreme won’t do; neither will anything from the McDonald’s drive-thru. But somehow, Someburros is just right.

The family owned and operated Mexican eatery has been serving up homemade tacos, tostadas and tamales since 1986. The Tempe location — on the southeast corner of Mill Avenue and Baseline Road — is always bustling with students, business folks, UPS couriers, police officers and other assorted people in uniform. (Apparently I’m not the only one who gets a hankering for a greasy chicken taco every now and again.)

If you order in you’ll receive an order of warm chips and Someburros hot sauce. I highly recommend doing this, if only because the chips will prove instrumental in soaking up the grease. Also, they’re handy for scraping every last tasty bit of refried beans off your Styrofoam plate.

On this afternoon, I settled in with my chips and waited for my order, a No. 3 combo with a chicken taco, green corn tamale, rice and beans. With a dozen different combo meals on the menu — available all day, not just at lunchtime — it was difficult settling on just one. Taquitos, chile relleno, burritos, enchiladas — mmm, they all sounded good. (Especially considering all 12 are priced under $6.) But on this day, a tamale just sounds better.

My piping hot plate of food is whisked out less than five minutes later. The beans are delicious (especially when mixed with the lettuce and tomato that always comes on the side of any Mexican combo plate; this is another thing I recommend trying). The tamale, stuffed with green chile and corn, is delicious; slightly sweet and 100 percent spicy, it’s a hearty and filling lunch.

And then there’s that chicken taco. As I bite into it, grease drips out the back end — the sure sign of a quality taco. Topped with cheese and enough lettuce for two tacos, the Mexican specialty is just what the doctor ordered — a doctor, that is, who’s completely uninterested in fat grams, calories, cholesterol ...

The verdict: Who are you to argue with the men in blue (Tempe’s finest) and the men in brown (the UPS crew)? When it comes to a greasy and delicious Mexican meal on the go, Someburros is tops.

The value meal deal
Where: Someburros, 101 E. Baseline Road, Tempe,
What: Combo No. 3 with a taco, tamale, rice and beans ($5.65)