Mr. Compadre Taqueria — Restaurant in Fairview

Mr Compadre (aka Señor Buddy) is part of an impressive parque de carritos in Fairview called the Fairview Fork. The facility includes ample indoor and outdoor seating, a full bar, and even a stage for karaoke et al.

To the tacos, though. The carnitas tacos were delicious, everything sparkling fresh and the meat itself a mix of crisped edges and unctuous tender bits. I appreciated the radishes and plentiful lime wedges.

The unexpected highlight here was the chile toreado. In my experience this is usually a deep fried whole chile. At Mr Compadre they split a large jalapeño and sear it on the plancha with some onion petals and plenty of salt. The chile and onions soak up the glaze left by the carnitas. It was easily the best tasting chile toreado I’ve had, and now I am curious how widely their preparation differs. I guess I am fixing to find out. #tacos #chiletoreado #carritos...

I’ve been coming here since the fork first opened. I love their taco plate that comes with a drink. The food is always really good. But within the last couple months they’ve hired a new female worker who is extremely unfriendly. It’s gotten to the point where I will not get food from Mr. compadres if she is working. Which is a shame.

6/29/25 update. I hate to change my review but after coming here for a while it’s gotten worse. We came down for dinner tonight and we ordered food grabbed a couple beers. We waited about 30 minutes and was wondering why our beeper wasn’t going off. We were given a dead beeper. When we went back up to the window. We were told our food had been done for a long time and just sitting there. But not once did anyone try and deliver our food to us. When they realized we weren’t coming after being buzzed. So we ended up leaving...

They no longer make their own soft and hard tortillas. It always took alittle longer to get the food, but it was worth it when they made their own tortillas. I ordered 6 hard and 1 soft tacos last week and the tortillas were definitely store bought. They were cold, gross, stale and way too perfectly circular to be fresh made. Definitely came from a store. The reason I loved the place was for the fresh homemade hard and soft tortillas, but they...