El Charro San Francisco

Came here for lunch with a couple of coworkers. The place was pretty empty when we arrived. I ordered 2 steak tacos and one chicarron taco. Though not the best tacos I've had, the ingredients were fresh and later 2 pigs, oops I mean, police offiicers showed up. Usually that means the food is good, at least to none foodies.

El Charro simply has THE best tacos al pastor I know!  Everyone I know loves this place because of their al pastor tacos. Everything in here is pretty good, but the main atraction for me is the pastor tacos.  The only off and odd beef I have with El Charro is in regards to their "milanesa" torta, which tastes ok, but its a pretty big turn off that its not even a real piece of steak, but rather a finely ground up beef concoction spread thinly to look like a breaded slice of steak. I dont understand whats the need is for that, when it would be easier to bread a nice thin slice of steak. This place is always busy, wether for take out or dine in and open late, and its been open and in business for a while now, so that says a lot.

My favorite taco place ever!  The pastor, steak, and chile relleno tacos are the best I've ever had and they're SO CHEAP.  The standard red sauce for the tacos is phenomenal.

Speaking of dining in, this place can easily seat 60 people, but if you want to place an order, just go to the register in back.  The restaurant is often full of Chicago cops during lunch.  So for those of you who think the neighborhood is unsafe, get over it.  Back to the red sauce. If you dine-in, it gets brought to you in an open dish with a spoon.  The dishes are usually very full, so I'm guessing once you're done, the sauce goes to the next table.  Which makes the germophobe in me want to zip myself in a hazmat suit, but you can always ask for sauce on the side. If you dine in, they do have menus and take your order at your table. You get free tortilla chips, too.

Parking is tricky - street parking in front is often full, but you can park around the corner.

ANYWAY, BEST TACOS EVER.