I grew up in Mexico City and I can tell you, the only thing that resembles DF in this establishment is the music. The food is horrible, first of all, one shall never put lettuce or "unmelted" cheese in tacos al pastor. The tacos al pastor tasted like chorizo, the place was dirty (tables, floor, salad bar). The salad bar was not well kept, the cilantro was gone by the time I was there and I stopped before lunch time, salsas were insipid. The rice was god awful and the refried beans tasted like canned food.
I think this is the second worse Mexican food restaurant I've eaten in my life
First time visitor. Though it took longer than I expected to get my 3 soft carne tacos, I was not disappointed. Â Rich and savory! Â I added some lettuce, a little cheese, some onions and the red hot sauce. Â I probably didn't need to add any of it, the meat was so flavorful. Â And man, that red sauce was hot! Â Yes, I am about as white as you can get. Â Ha ha. Â I will definitely be back to try their other menu items. Â Word of advice: don't go on Friday afternoons. Â The traffic is loony tunes due to the mosque across the street. Â It is my understanding that Friday prayers are like Sunday church for Christians... if you're going to go, that's when you go (Friday afternoon). Â They have traffic cops and everything out on Parker and people checking to see who you are and why you're parking in the Tacos DF parking lot (patron parking only).
Review Source:I wanted to like this place, but, enh. Â The person taking the order had no clue what was on the menu, ok, I can get past that. Â But then once I got home to tear into some delicious street tacos I discover they covered two of the tacos in cheese and lettuce (not what I ordered and its a street taco, not tex-mex), but, hey, maybe it'll be delicious anyway...
The carne asada was pretty good, not too fatty, great seasoning, overall pretty good. Â The green salsa from the taco bar was WAY too week to have on these tacos though. Â Two bites into the second taco I come to bone, not a little silver, but a 1 inch by 1/2 inch chunk... Â Ok, I figure maybe it was just a fluke, bite three delivers a smaller sliver. Â Ok I figure, bad butchering on that one, but same deal in the barbacoa which is supposedly made from lamb instead of pork. Â Lets just say I decided to take a night off from eating and am still in the search for a legit street taco venue.
I don't know what some folks expect when they are wanting tacos, but I like when they are made the way street vendors make 'em. You can see the kitchen of this place and they build to order. They have a salsa and condiment bar and very reasonably priced. They've got it spot on over here.
Review Source:I absolutely love the cabeza (which I call "cow face" as a term of endearment) and lengua tacos from DF. These are the best I have been able to find so far in the area and I keep coming back.
Also, their service is great. As an example, we ordered some food once right before the power mysteriously went out in the strip mall. Rather than turning us away, they put everything together the best they could without power (the grill was still hot, after all) and then gave us directions on how to microwave our smoothered dishes to melt the cheese as the final touch.
I hate to have to do this to them with all these great reviews but honesty is the best policy.
My first taco was great. My second taco had a LOOOONG hair in it. I probably should have just stopped there but I let them make me another taco in exchange for the hairy one.
The second taco's meat was super fatty! WTHeck! I barely ate any of that one and left totally disappointed. I thought with all the reviews and being a Los Angeles native...where you can get yummy tacos 24/7...that I had finally found me a true Mexican spot. BUT NO, NO, NO!
I don't like that they use 'Mission Taco Shells' either. I wan't real carne asada with authentic taco shells.
I will say that the cold bar with all the fresh cut cilantro, onions, etc...was the BOMB dot com. But they only get one star because of the hairy & fatty taco. Darn!!!
My search continues...
about the only thing that could make having to get your emissions checked on a snowy-a$$ day where you have an exam in your Spanish class is TACOS!
ñam ñam ñammmmi ñam!
I always crave mexican food on cold days and so using my handy little yelp app for my phone it quickly located Tacos DF, 1 minute away. I think I was there in half that time.
They didn't have any of the 1$ tacos :( so I got two asadas and 1 al pastor. WITH CHEESE. YES. CHEESE. I don't care what all you purists who spout out weird needs to be "authentic" when you're zero percent latino say....A life without cheese is a sad life indeed. You KNOW you want that cheese, you do, so just indulge, ok? There is cheese on the menu. There can be cheese in your belly. If you like your tacos straight up, cool. If you like them with cheese, cool. If you like them with lettuce...also cool. This is Amurika y'all....cultures blend, foods blend, languages blend, it's inevitable, so embrace it and roll with it.
They have a great salsa bar that was salsa lime and cilantro and other things that I don't care about because I only like salsa, lime and cilantro on my tacos. But I'm sure their other stuff is good too
The place is jankity, in a non-descript strip mall, but hey, a big step up for them from a food truck!
Huyyyy que más puedo decir! The tacos were delish I got them to go with the intention of eating them at home, but by the time I got home, somehow I had eaten all three of them already. Don't know how that happened....guess I'll have to go back and get more, OH DARN!
QUE RICOS!
Sometimes I hesitate to give out five stars because I'm afraid that my favorite hole-in-the-wall restaurants will become way too popular. But Tacos DF is fully deserving of five stars, and, yes, you should definitely check it out.
I've been here a few times for lunch recently. Each weekday features a different kind of taco on sale for a dollar and a tortada on sale for three dollars. Otherwise, I think tacos and tortadas are $1.75 and $5.99 respectively. Four tacos is plenty lunch for me. With a big cup of water, lunch is less than five bucks. It's hard to beat that anywhere.
You can watch your food being prepared on the surface grill behind the counter. The meat sizzles on the grill and then its chopped up and slid into warm tortillas. (Don't you dare ask for lettuce or cheese... this is a Mexican restaurant, not an American restaurant.) Once you get your tacos, head to the topping bar and check out the awesome salsas. I like the least chunky salsa--it's really spicy!
Tacos DF offers excellent Mexican food at a very reasonable price. Go here! (But only go once because I don't want it to become too popular!)
Oh, the chef, the atmosphere, the fine sauces, the sheer excellence of fine Central American cuisine ..... Wait, wrong restaurant.
This will be a quick, painless and quite positive review: Â Here is my recommendation lengua and asada tacos are the way to go. Joints like this have a following, either you are of the Latino background or you simply like a "divey" joint that serves decent food that resembles the background of the cook in the kitchen - note either usually suggests a good place with a decent product.
Tacos are good, Menudo - not so much.
Still a solid and decent place for lunch if you work in this part of town
Enjoy amigos!
It would be filthy, over-the-air, news released lie to say that Tacos DF has changed my life, but, they do however put together a meal that is worth stabbing a Leprechaun over. Â This place does something that not every restaurant is truly brave enough to do. Â They keep their menu painstakingly simple and use recipes that let your taste buds know that this was a recipe passed on from previous generations who got it right, and it deserves no modification. Â Their salsas, are five miles past ridiculous with flavor, and I can say with 100% sincerity, I've never had anything here that I didn't really like.
Review Source:Cow brain. Â I don't eat it but every great Mexican joint needs it. Â This place isn't much in the way of atmosphere, but what Mexican joint is?
Sorry, but this place needs some help. Â I purchased the Panbazos and it was not worthy of my hands smelling bad. Â Too much SC and the bread was stale and loaded heavily w/ butter. Â
My 11 year old son got the quesadilla and he even found it to be lack-luster. Â
I'd eat it again if someone bought it for me and I was promised by the owners that it would not make me sick.
Mmmm, freaking awesome! Got the pastor burrito for only $6 plus $1 for smothering in green sauce, (but you don't really need to since the green sauce is really the same as the green salsa in the sauce bar.) This was really the best Mexican food I've ever had. It ticks me off that where I live in FL they charge you $10 for an authentic mexican burrito that is only half the size of this one at Tacos DF!
Review Source:First off, there were a bunch of Latinos in there as I walked in, which is always a good sign. Â I decided to try the lengua, asada, al pastor tacos. Â Unfortunately, they don't have horchata. Â :(
The tacos took a while as mentioned, but were fantastic. Â The lengua and asada being my favorite. Â I didn't really like the pork in the al pastor as much due to what felt to me to be a bit of over-fattiness. Â Overall, some of my favorite tacos I've had in town though at a reasonable price.
If you want atmosphere, this place is 1 star. If you don't care about the setting and just want authentic home cooked delicious Mexican fare, consider this strip mall bare bones operation, reminding me a bit of a humbler Little Anita's or similar to Tacos e Salsas on Federal. We shared a pot roast taco and the Taquitos with a variety of home made salsas, both very good. "No hot chips" was my wife's only complaint. Prices very reasonable. Counter service only.
Review Source:This gets 5 stars because the food is really just that good. Â
The stars have nothing to do with atmosphere.
I live just down Parker Rd from Tacos DF and had been meaning to stop by. Â Finally I did it a few months ago and since then I find myself getting taco cravings that only Tacos DF can suffice.
I love that they have the little bar with fresh cilantro, onions, and salsas. Â These make an already delicious taco become what I might expect to eat in heaven. Â
If you want a real taco I suggest you come here, but only if you're ok with the Tacos DF addiction that is guaranteed to follow.
I love these tacos, but that's not saying much.
Yes, I am a taco neophyte, unless you count the numerous Taco Bell's I've stuffed down my gullet. Today, I wanted to find a way to combine both a healthy activity with eating. Living near the Tech Center makes it easy to hop on a bike path for a nice ride. Combining Yelp with Google maps found a nice target: Tacos DF is only 4+ miles from my place. Of course, I went too far on the Highline Canal path extending the ride to about 6 1/2 miles.
Tacos DF is in a non-descript strip mall along Parker Road. It is a small shop, with a open window separating the kitchen from the small dining room. Looking at the other patrons, today must have been Menudo day... Looking over the menu I found two choices: Lengua (cow tongue) and Asado. Having grown up eating tongue, I thought I'd try it Mexican style.
The tongue had its requisite sweetness, plus a little salsa from the bar had me thinking of my mom in a whole new light... Not on rye with Pastrami, but grilled, with cheese, lettuce and a little green. The asado was a nice accompaniment. Be aware they cook to order, so it will take 5-10 minutes for your order.
Tacos DF is a winner!
OMG. Â Best Tacos & Taquitos I've ever had.....
This place is weird at first. Â Don't be afraid of the cabeza tacos on the menu, the green and orange walls, or the gangster mexi-graffiti.
Get the Asada tacos, and an order of the taquitos plate. Â So godly. Â Kind of expensive (taquitos) but trust me...its WORTH it. Â Kind of a wait on the food, just chill out and watch some mexican circus shows on TV.
Nice salsa bar. Â I get the green salsa, some pico, and definently some chopped onions. Â I used to go here once-a-week and spend like $12 each time. Â
Expect about a 10-12 minute wait on your grub. Â Go home and ENJOY!
Oh look! There's Tacos DF!   R-r-r-r-r  I veer across two lanes ( I looked before I lept, and there wasn't anyone there) of Parker Road and into the lot. We were headed for H-Mart before the taqueria sighting but I remembered Sasha S. had told me I needed to check this place out.
Let's see... Â three tables with mexicano customers at them, cool. Tacos and... Â alright! a bowl of menudo being devoured. My wife ordered two tacos, an al carbon and an al pastor. I got a small bowl of menudo and a al pastor taco. Looking into the kitchen I see a big stack of... packaged corn tortillas. Bummer. Not freshly made.They have a salsa bar with four different salsas; two reds, a green chile type and an avocado. There's also limes, onions, cilantro and some pickled jalapenos. Pretty standard stuff, the salsas were not very hot but had decent flavor.
I pick up the menudo at the window and then the tacos a bit after. The menudo is okay, a little bit too dirty smelling but seasoned and cooked okay (rubbery isn't my favorite texture for menudo but neither is wet toilet paper overcooked either. this was cooked just right) and nothing that tons of onions, cilantro, oregano, a squirt of lime, and some powdered chile (no chili pequin?) won't correct. I forgot to ask if I could get grilled "pan" bread instead of torts and I wasn't given a choice of flour or corn but it came with my preferred corn torts anyway so I was okay with it.
The tacos came with lettuce? on the aforementioned packaged tortillas and the meats were pretty good, not as spicy as I prefer and without any of my beloved carmelization. Overall, I think I would make the drive to Colfax where you have more choices and slightly better and cheaper food. But if you're near here and time is a factor. Here is good enough.
4 stars from me, but my wife would only give it 3.
Went there because Jason Sheehan of Westword wrote about it twice.
Saturday lunch and the place is busy with many Mexicans and their offspring enjoying the delicious food.
I enjoyed the torta jamon. Exactly what i wanted and met all my expectations.
The recorded music is great! But, then, I love all northern-Mexican music.
Beer would be good.
Ho-hum. Your typical-mexican-food-fare, as in what-you-would-find-in-mexico-street-food-fare. Â Had some pastor tacos and a torta de milanesa to go. Â The day I went the ventilation was bad and the place had an odor to it, a bit like a sewer. Â It might take a lot to get me back there again. Maybe they had not gotten to cleaning out the grease trap. tsk, tsk.
I stood by the order window which allows you to peer into the kitchen, the cook seemed to be very bored as he was assembling the goods.
If you like Authentic Mexican food, get thee to Tacos DF pronto. Â As the name indicates, it is a taco joint, and that is where I suggest you start your gastro-adventure. Â After several visits, my favorites are the asada tacos and the tacos al pastor. Â I can't stop thinking about them. Â Went there for dinner a couple of weeks ago and had to for back for lunch the next day to quiet the voices inside my head telling me to go there and eat tacos until I couldn't make a fist. Â
Not a swanky joint, no liquor license, and a bit of a hike from my central Denver local, but the food they serve makes all that noise disappear. Â
btw- I tried this place after reading Sheehan's Westword column a couple of months ago.  Whether you love him or hate his style, I thank him for calling this place out for me.  Here's the link if you want more details b4 making the trip.  <a href="/redir?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.westword.com%2F2007-04-12%2Fdining%2Ftacos-d-f%2F&s=5e83ea00dc568c9643c05e691d34d53eca1cfe8829d21eebe6d0face50811801" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.westword.com/…</a>
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