El Solecito Taqueria & Groceries — Restaurant in Town of Babylon

Review on Birria Tacos only. As it's all I tried so far.

Place: was a small but clean set up with a few small 2 top tables for people to sit and eat if they would like. Lady behind counter was pleasant and helpful.

Food: this place has had the best Biria tacos I've had in the area local to my job. The tacos were filled generously with a really tasty, moist and well seasoned beef. It had the typical raw white onion, although many restaurants go a bit heavy handed with onion, especially since it's also in the consume. I was easily able to pick a few off and it didn't overwhelm the flavors like at a nearby competitor. The addition of sweet red pickled onions gave it a nice mix of flavors to offset the salty rich meats and they use a wet Oaxaca cheese melted onto the tortilla to add the creamy cheese chew. The tortillas was crisp, even after driving back to my job and did not fall apart even when dipping into consume. Now the consume... the consume was nicely rich and flavorful. It was darkly colored and they give you a nice large portion of it for my 3 tacos. I picked some of the raw onion out, but that may be a more personal preference. I will definitely be eating here again soon and would like to try out other menu items as well. I will update my review as needed. FINAL NOTE: It seems at one time this was a bakery with cakes and cookies on display but I don't think they do that anymore as I hadn't seen any baked goods at all. So just be aware that you won't be picking out baked goods from a case. But go...

Wow !! Dropped off a shirt at the cleaners on the corner today 5/14/25 and went side for some lunch. Spoke to girl behind the counter, very nice, wanted the NZ - grei burger but the girl convinced me to get the Mexican burger instead because the other burger involved making hash browns etc...

Got the Mexican burger 15 minutes later, paid $10 total. Thought I was just getting a burger, nope I got a platter. Burger and seasoned fries. I added ketchup from one of the tables to my platter and left. Sat in the car and ate it at the nearby park.

Pico de gallo, guacolmole, very fresh, plenty of, and delish. Didn't see the pepper jack, hey it happens. The small container of Chipotle mayo - dip a fry into that and tell me that's not heaven. For real, not kidding.

If they used a fresh angus ground beef instead of a frozen burger this platter would be easily $16 and heaven. Though you need good turn over for the fresh burger part, hopefully in the future.

In the interim....highly recommend and enjoy !!

The edit is that I forgot to add photos....weird not seeing how to add photos. Ok np I will revisit

2nd edit. Forgot to mention, if they could add a plastic fork with the napkins that would be great for all the extra guac that falls out of the sandwich...

It’s unbelievable that I would be threatened by a unhoused person while waiting for my food to be prepared- but it happened. He asked for money and I politely said no. He yelled and circled me and threatened me and called me racial slurs. I called the workers who did nothing. They say he begs for money all the time. The guy was stealing food all the while he was attaching me. He took bags of chips from the racks and cold drinks from the refrigerators. I actually called the police because I felt in danger and they didn’t bother to show up. Atmosphere sucks to...