Taqueria El Pueblo

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  Taqueria El Pueblo is a pretty outstanding hole in the wall taqueria.
  The venue is very low key, wooden tables, no frills and cafe style inside. A place for great food as opposed to a romantic dinner.
  The crowd on a Thursday night pretty much local and Hispanic (a good sign). Single dudes and a table or two of couples.
  For the food we started off with the complimentary tortilla chips served with three dips, one of these a habanero dip that was pretty damn hot. Followed with a taco combination (3 choices) with rice and beans. The pork taco and chorizo taco were absolutely awesome, real tasty, good toppings and a generous wedge of lime. The chicken taco just OK. I am not a rice and bean guy, but these were also really good and fresh. Probably some of the best tacos I have had and for three with a plate of beans and rice for around $8 - amazing.
  Service patient with us gringos and very efficient and cordial.
  I would give this place 5 stars if it had BYOB or even a license - I do love me some beers with my tacos and was disappointed to miss out.

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  Posted on 06.21.12 Duncan S.

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  The food was fantastic. I ordered the three taco dinner, with one carne asada, one carnitas, and one pollo. Five stars for the carnitas (seriously fantastic), four stars for the asada, and three for the pollo.
  
  This is a great little out of the way place with a variety of options and very good food. Highly recommended.

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  Posted on 08.03.11 Terry S.

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  GREAT tacos!  I'm a huge fan.  There is a huge variety (steak, lengua, chicken, cochinita pibil, chorizo, etc...)  We often get tacos for take out, or chorizo and eggs for breakfast on the weekend.  The portions are huge and the staff is nice. I always phone in my order and it's ready when I walk over.

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  Posted on 03.28.11 Lindsey C.

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  This is a very solid taqueria.
  
  **Tortas: built just right, with plenty of fresh avacado and sour cream.
  **Tacos: spot on.
  **Carne Asada: pretty good.
  **Chorizo: cooked just right, with just the right amount of burnt pieces.
  **Habanero sauce: really addictive.
  
  And while no one would call this a hep cat lounge, the lighting is low and the space is cool for a cheap taqueria.

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  Posted on 02.08.11 Andrew D.

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  Great food for the price, large portions, and interesting menu. We often get the chicken burrito and tacos el pastor for carry out. The chiles rellenos are also good. I see people getting large seafood dinners with crab legs sticking out, but haven't tried those yet...

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  Posted on 12.10.10 Wendy L.

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  This is the closest taqueria to my house...but I only come here for one thing....la cochinita pibil.
  I wasn't familiar with this meat until I walked in this place (my Mexican born dad wasn't familiar with it either)
  
  Pibil means buried in Mayan and refers to a mayan way to cook pork (under the ground in a banana leaf)
  it's slow roasted stewed pork cooked with habaneros and some other goodies so its got quite a bit of spice to it.  I'll order gorditas or tacos and sometimes burritos with this meat and be happy as I possibly can be :)
  
  The tacos here are pricier than many other taquerias I've been to in the city, but the cochinita pibil which I haven't seen elsewhere is well worth it.
  
  The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars is because some of the other items I got here weren't very good.  (Tortas)
  Stick with the Cochinita Pibil and u will be happy!

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  Posted on 04.06.10 Angelo P.

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