Tacos Juanita — Restaurant in Austin

Tried this place out today. Ordered the gorditas. One chicken one al pastor. Severely disappointed. Why is it nearly impossible to find authentic gorditas in Austin? Nearly every place takes the lazy approach and just gives you essentialy two very thick fried corn tortillas and serves you essential a torta(sandwich) instead of a gordita. An authentic gordita is cooked on a comal then deep fried. You let it cool down then cut a slit in the top and with a spoon carve out all the excess maza(dough). You then stuff the pocket with meat, lettuce, tomato, shredded cheese and salsa. And if your shredded cheese is melting, they are serving it too hot. This place just serves a steaming hot pile of goo. Not sure about the tacos, but stay away from their "gorditas"...

The tacos and burrito at this place were decent, but really didn't have much flavor without the salsa getting added to them. I'm used to Al Pastor being packed with flavor from the marinade. It really improved from the orange salsa. The good part was the regular sized tacos were $3.50 and had a decent amount of meat. The regular burrito was only $11 and was quite large. There wasn't much meat, and she was filled mostly with beans, rice, and lettuce. The steak was all at one end and kept all the flavor there. The green salsa certainly made an improvement for...

We we’re in Austin for the weekend and we came across this little taco trailer, were very satisfied!! We are a a bit of taco lovers, for we have tried tacos from all over and learned that the little hole-in-the-wall locations are the best; and this one adds to the list. Tacos are well made, not too leaky/greasy, and very good salsa! (Get the green). Take more: the gorditas are open ended, not closed off at the bottom like usual, so they are a bit messy. But other than that,...