El Taquero — Restaurant in Fort Wayne

Small Mexican restaurant with partial bar service (beer and a few cocktails) and a good menu. Cash & credit card payments accepted.

Unassuming Mexican restaurant in a small strip mall. I was resigned to giving it a 3 star rating as a whole, especially since they charge for chips & salsa - a criminal act in my opinion. Seriously, raise the prices of your menu items if necessary to cover the cost of the chips!

However, I was too hasty in my judgment. The Paloma is very respectable and refreshing, rimmed with salt/chili for extra flavor. Their house salsa is bland and tasteless but they provide both red and green sauces that pack more flavor (green is more sour and the red is more spicy). They also benefit from being the only place I've been here in town so far that offers tortas, and I have been craving me a torta for a LONG time.

Their carnitas torta did NOT disappoint. Toasted bread - as in the whole sandwich is a little squished from a panini-type grill. Inside is plenty of lettuce, some tomato, onion, even a wedge of avocado or two, in addition to the carnitas itself. They do the carnitas right - a slight crisp to the outside but tender when you bite into it. Really good flavor.

I went ahead and ordered chips and they were fine and complimented the two speciality sauces very well, in addition to being helpful mopping up the droppings from the sandwich.

Two big screen TVs so you can watch the game. Mexican music playing. Unassuming but they deliver on the food. Definitely recommended especially if you're...

A small and nice building. 🍲Tortilla Soup: Tasted not bad. But it is watery, not sour enough, or not at all. 🌮Chicken Quesadilla: Not bad. Served warm and crispy. But it is the most boring Quesadilla I ever had so far. Just chicken and Cheese. Nothing else.(Chicken Quesadilla is one of my favorite Mexican foods. But if I had this one for my first try. I will never order Quesadilla.) 🥙Tostadas de ceviche: Shell is crunchy. I like the amount of the avocado. Not much flavor of Salsa Fresca. The texture of the shrimp on it was not that good. 🍤🥘Fajita Mix: Flavoring is good. A lot of vegetables. Chicken and shrimp tasted good. Beef was hardly chewy texture. 🍚🥗Side dishes with Fajita: this is the best one that I had here. The rice, beans, guacamole, tomato and lettuce, everything on it, prepared freshly and tasted correctly. 🫙Service: Manner was good. Didn’t got the chips for the table (not sure if they serve chips , no opinion for this.) Got the silverware after asking. Be checked once. So, it’s okay. 🥣In short: The price to taste is reasonable. Nothing tasted bad. But it is just a JUST...

We went for dinner last night. It was a terrible experience. The first time we went the service and food was great. The second time was iffy and this last time was awful. We waited 10 mins for drinks, 15 mins for queso that came out lukewarm. We waited 30 mins for our waitress who never came back, asked the other waitress for more chips and she never brought any back. 20 mins later I asked the other waitress for our check. Our waitress came out with it and had an attitude with us and demanded we pay for all the food and she would box it up, but if our food was ready why didn’t she bring it out? Ultimately, they deserve zero stars and we will not be going back. Not to mention our 4 year was upset and hungry. 10/10 recommend Dos Margaritas. We went there after and had delicious food, amazing service and it was quick while our server had a...