Tacocino Gourmet Tacos — Restaurant in Upland

Delicious, flavorful food! We were up Mt. Baldy playing in the snow with our dog and was hungry coming down the hill afterward. A quick Yelp pulled up this place that had an outdoor patio (so dog friendly as long as someone in your party can go inside to order and pay), vegetarian options mentioned in reviews, and somewhat unique dishes.

The poblano taco was awesome, potato tacos really flavorful, rice is addictive, and they had a few elote options. I'd recommend either the savory elote (but add the creme with it) or order the off the menu street food style elote.

Note for vegetarians, the beans have lard in them but they said the rice is vegetarian friendly (the staff had answers right away so that was great). There's a few taco options that are super tasty and unique in the area. Vegans may struggle here but they're pretty flexible so they can likely make the potato tacos without cheese if you ask.

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Yum! The burritos are huge (think the largest tortilla possible). We ordered the 7 and 5 year olds a bean and cheese burrito to split and they could barely finish it! The 2 year old enjoyed the Mexican rice. My husband and I had some tacos and a chicken burrito, and we also ordered the lime elote and chicken flautas. We wanted to sit outside, so they had us order delivery/take out, and then they brought it out. No alcoholic beverages outside though, in case you were wondering. Service was a bit slow also, but we didn't mind too much until the kids started whining a little. All was forgiven when the delicious food arrived! Go check it out. Skip the flautas unless you want something on the bland side: they LOOK great (see photos), and there was plenty of shredded chicken but not a...

I just got told they were closed two hours before their posted closing time. It's currently 6:11pm, on a Thursday, and posted closing time is 9:00pm. Shame, because I'll probably not come back to try it if I won't know when they're open. And not even a "so sorry, were closing early due to blank". Just a cold "we're closed" yelled from behind the bar as soon as I walked in.

Small edit, while I ate my pho from next door after being turned away, they kept the doors unlocked with no sign. So customer after customer got turned away, a few looking pretty upset. Makes no sense why you wouldn't post a "sorry for the inconvenience" sign if on every platform and on your door you shouldn't be closed for...