Super Taco — Restaurant in Salem

This hole in the wall is a gem that serves some of the best street tacos I've had in MA. My wife agrees, and she got hispanic blood, grew up in SoCal, and has been to Mexico. This place is legit. My two favorites here are the al pastor tacos on corn tortillas and the beef tacos on hard shell.

Let me start with the one that might sound more alarming to some —I know what you're thinking, "beef tacos on hard shell!? What in the white-ified taco hell are you talking about!?" I understand. I said the same thing when someone else raved to me about it, but in the words of Yo Gabba Gabba, "try it, you'll like it!" True words of wisdom, because like it you will —love even. I myself am a hard shell hater, but their hard shell must be some homemade magic. It is impossibly light and crispy, doesn't cut you while you eat it, breaks perfectly in your mouth, and tastes like a finely yet delicately made tortilla chip. The insides are packed to the brim and even more packed with flavor —so much so that it makes you want to slap the nearest table and exclaim in approval.

The al pastor is my personal favorite from here because that's just my favorite taco meat aside from adobada. It is also a parade of flavor that also makes you want to slap something and yell in victory. It has pieces of pineapple appropriately mixed in to enhance the flavor and hit that perfect ratio of sweet/savory. I love it.

If you live in MA, you must know there aren't very many good choices for Mexican food, but I assure you that this is one of the few saving graces you'll find that will satisfy your craving for...

Another update --

Sadly, this summer, 2025, things have changed.

We ordered almost identical burritos tonight - one was double the size of the other one. "Side of rice" with 3 tacos consisted of a container with less than a third full (unlike the previous season they were open) and the rice was too undercooked to eat.

The fish tacos were horrible -- no cabbage with the fish, and the corn tortillas were soaked with grease.

(I did include a large tip with the order, so that cannot explain the bad food.)

This place used to be better than 5 stars. We won't be going back. Update: still good, but not as good. The soft corn tortillas are not as good, and no longer grilled. The taste of everything is still very good, so I do enjoy their food, but those little special touches are gone.

I am from LA and so have been able to eat at great taquerias. Super Taco's tacos are better. Pretty unbelievable, as most of the tacos I have eaten in Massachusetts have not been good, and the Willows is a strange place to find the best tacos ever. But it's true. Chicken tinga, carnitas, fish, even ground beef -- they are all delicious. And as good as the proteins are, the corn tortillas they use, which I think they grill for bit, are amazing and may be what puts their tacos over the top. I can't speak about anything besides their tacos, because I won't get anything else there. Thank you Super Taco!!! You will be greatly missed over the winter.

They did not close for the winter. Wonderful! And the burritos are pretty much just as good as the tacos -- a tough choice...

1 for food and a 5 for service Maybe it was a one time thing but I’m not sure I’ll ever go back I got 2 ground beef tacos and one hard shell one soft the flavor of the beef was alittle off now I’ve tried several tacos and never once in my life have a I had the amount of oil that there was now I get it ground beef has oil but it was overwhelming and dripping everywhere the takeout container was pooling with oil it was so gross I just threw it all away after one bite honestly inedible, flavor could have been much better maybe I’ll give the chicken a try but they definitely need a better way of serving the ground beef with...