If you're unsure about what to get, ask for the crispy (shredded chicken) tacos. They are amazing! Truly a 10/10 food once you drench them in your favorite salsa. My friend and I keep coming back over and over because we can't stop thinking about them! They taste just like my grandma's cooking straight from her kitchen in Guadalajara.
What makes the crispy tacos here so good is that every ingredient, flavor and texture comes together beautifully to form such a perfect, wonderful gestalt.
The meats here are never gristly and are perfectly seasoned with just the right amount of salt. The tortilla is fried in such a way that the shell never falls apart or breaks! The shell holds its structural integrity every single time, down to the last bite.
The vegetables like shredded lettuce and diced tomatoes are always bright and fresh. I've never gotten old tomatoes here. The cheese and sour cream are always a cold and perfect and they bring everything together by providing a cool and tart counterbalance to the salty meats and fried oily shell.
Every flavor is balanced just right once you bring salsa into the mix. My only complaint is that the salsas here are all mild, and I wish the salsa was a little spicier like they do in my home town of Jalisco.
Anyway, once your'e done with the taco, you're left with a wonderful "salad" comprised of everything that fell out of your taco as you were eating it. I will always eat the remaininng "salad" of ingredients with a spoon, followed by a thorough licking of the bottom of my plate until it's clean.
There are very few places where I will want to clean my whole plate down to the last drop- this place is one of them, as is El Roys. Only difference is that the crispy tacos at El Roy's aren't as good as...
Read moreTaqueria, The authentic Mexican cuisine that is bestowed upon me is such a delicious and beautiful aspects of this scene. The quality of the food is just so astounding, The quality, the aspects, the large variety of cuisine, and most importantly the staff are all key factors in making this place such a good experience and such prosperous amounts of quality put into this food, the amount of thought in every single detail to make this food at such high quality at our expense is phenomenal. This unique, inquiring, insightful place has opened up new beginnings, new openings in my life, I would willingly suppose i would put all my dignity into this restaurant. This place should be proud of there inspiring cuisines of food with a perfect meat to cheese ratio, the precision, the placement, the timing, all comedown to make Taqueria El Tapatio one of the most insightful, inspiring, this place has helped me throughout all of my years. 5 stars imediatly Amazing service with all due request, and the success is a key aspect to this brilliant atmosphere they have built. this should be a sanctuary easily...
Read moreI've lived in RP for a few years now and always saw this place but never went to it. My son was begging for a burrito and all the places around are not that good and I saw this place got great reviews.so went grocery shopping and as I was finishing up I called to place a pickup order. The really sweet girl on the phone was so nice and told me 10 to 15 min. Perfect. Finished my shopping checked out and then went right in and yes had to wait a min there was a line. I wish they had more salsa the bar was pretty empty at that time.. but amazing green and red salsa! Burritos were great size. Great price and bothe the chicken and carnitas were so good. Good service when I picked up and was looking at the menu while I waited and I wish I would have got the crispy tacos...I will be back soon I wanna try a few things. This place his a hidden gem of the city. I'll...
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