Taco Stand

I wish I still lived in Athens and could go all the time again. Their tofu mexi Cali burrito is amazing. Great vegetarian options in an area that doesn’t always have a ton of those… I mean it is the south and bbq and fried chicken are big. Always a stop every time I go home with good friends and good memories attached.

We have seen this place lots of times whole driving through Athens. Sometimes it is busy others not at all. We decided to give it a try ! yesterday with the kids. They loved their quesadilla and it was huge. Hubs got a need taco combo which was a pretty big as well. I got a black bean and rice burrito which would have been good if I hadn’t found a hair in it. When looking at the cook at the grill he had shaggy hair ans a hat on, no hair net. The walls were really gross looking as dirt and mold were all over them in our corner booth. The cheese dip was phenomenal, but we won’t be going back. I don’t know how they passed with so many health code violations. The food was decent but with all the other things we won’t recommend them or return.

This place was recommended by a local so the wife and I gave it shot. In retrospect I found that the recommendation was for the other Taco Stand in Athens.
My experience was not good at all. While the staff were nice they were not attentive at all. They seemed to enjoy standing by the grill and carrying on a conversation as I waited for a refill at the counter. The food was not good either. I know it is a college town but a decent Taco is not that hard to me. I ordered chicken but received beef. the beef was quit grease as was the shell.
My biggest complaint was the leaking roof and mold on the walls. Bad food is one thing but not maintaining the building is another. Who wants to eat where the water is dripping down the walls and you can see black mold. This is not healthy and should be addressed. Makes me wonder how they passed food inspection with mold on the walls.
Take my advice and look elsewhere for tacos.

I actually like the quesadillas here; burritos too. This is an Athens staple to me (like The Grit). Usually good and always cheap.

Stay away from the quesadillas, the are microwaved, the tacos are good.

A few locals recommended me this place, and I stopped by for lunch. I got the 2 taco combo, 1 chicken and 1 fish. It came w/​chips salsa and a drink. Had to settle for soft tacos since they said they didn’t offer hardshell (not sure if they just ran out or what)
I was impressed with the size of the tacos when I first got them. I would say that I enjoyed the fish taco more so than the chicken. The chicken was just like chicken tenders chopped up in a taco w/​some sauce, wasn’t too impressed, but all the locals there have told me they loved it. Fried fish taco was pretty good! It was a little saucey for me but id def get it again. They charge hot sauce and seeing as I didn’t have any change (20 cents), the server was nice enough to let me have it.
I’d say overall it was ok, portions of the taco were big and the place itself was pretty old school looking.

Can anyone explain to me why the downtown Taco Stand is so good and this one is so bad? It is the same food… but it isn’t. Frustrates me to no end, since this one is so much easier to get to. Since it is often such a pain in the ass to park downtown, I go to this one more often to satisfy my urges, but I never feel very good about my life afterwards.

Tacos at their finest. cheap and good.

Cheap, greasy and delicious.

This place is the Worst!!! The employees are always rude the food comes straight from a can of he fryer. I never want to give a bad review but this food is MESSY and never good

This place just tastes like college to me, and my regular order still rolls off the tongue: «#9 (taco salad), with beef, hot sauce, and a diet pepsi.» For $ 4.99 including the drink, this place is a college student (or reminiscing broke graduate student’s) dream. And the food is actually quite good, and, if you order correctly, fairly healthy as well (at least compared to what else you could get at that price).
Though the downtown location was my go-​to spot while I was in school here, this location has since earned my love because of its still close proximity to downtown and plentiful parking. It also has an enclosed patio that is very group friendly. Because this location is bigger, I don’t feel guilty for hanging around and chatting for an hour after I’ve finished my $ 5 meal.