Taqueria y tienda "El Patron" — Restaurant in Florida

I've been driving by this restaurant for over a year meaning to stop in. I finally made the time to do so yesterday and was quite pleased.

It's the type of restaurant you'd expect to find in small local town with the owner greeting you and asking what he can get for you.

Not much to look at, but like I said it's a local place like you might find in a Mexican village. Good food!

I told him I needed to get something to eat and drink. The menu was hand written and without my glasses hard to read so he went through the menu until I stopped him at burritos.

Make this short, I think his mother was cooking and she made me a wonderful beef, bean, rice burrito that you only get from a traditional Mexican mother that's doing...

The tripas tacos and pollo tacos are the best. The buche is also good. The carnitas and barbacoa were OK. It is more expensive for tacos de tripas than other tacos here, though, so keep that in mind and ask them to make them bien doradas, " extra crispy" the only way to eat tripas as well as Buche. It is an authentic Mexican taco spot. Also, need to ask for extra salsa Verde or roja. The green is good but the Red is spiciest. The agua de Limon and horchata were also good the both tasted homemade. Thankfully, they weren't too sweet, which most places make too sweet nowadays. Overall, it is worth a visit if in the area and wanting...

If you’re looking for “authentic” home cooked Mexican , this is it. It doesn’t get fresher or down home. The beef soup , soft tacos , sopes, and Gorditas is what we had. You can tell by quality of food and friendly service , it’s like being invited to family dinner,,,except it’s in Mexico , and 10x more incredible than you’d imagined. We drove from Tampa and would recommend the trip. Support family owned , minority...