El Taco Veloz

It should be called taco veloz which stands for fast tacos. Every time I go it takes about 15 to 20 minutes to get my food which is longer than most places. Food isn’t all that great either!

A rock solid taqueria. It’s been around for years, as evidenced by the «cozy» interior. I personally prefer eating my food here as opposed to taking it to go, because you get complimentary chips with their delicious salsas and pickled vegetables. The prices are dirt cheap, the portions are large, and the food is tasty. Not necessarily my first choice for Mexican, but a good changeup when I want to go in a different direction. I particularly enjoy the al pastor here, because it is cooked and marinated with stewed onions and pineapples, giving it a particularly unique taste that I haven’t found elsewhere.

Only gotten takeout from this place, but can’t say many negative things about it. Whether it’s a quick lunch break or a 2:30am craving, this place is reliable and speedy.
Roommates and I frequent this spot for taco tuesdays ($ 1 for any taco!), but also stop by once in a while for a random meal at cheap prices. Great, fresh salsa with all orders adds to any meal.
Just based on walking in for pick up orders, seems like they also have karaōke once in a while if that’s the scene you’re looking for.

Getting off the bus at the wrong stop has the occasional benefit: forcing you to search for new places in new areas. Taco Veloz was about the only place in the neighborhood that seemed to have a liquor license, a must have in my book for any Mexican food place. And with that, it made the cut.
Chips seem home-​made: thicker and crunchier than most places, and served unsalted (I think). Big container of brined veggies was not appealing.
We went with the enchilada dishes and were not disappointed. Bigger than most people could eat, but up to the task for those who skipped a meal earlier in the day.
Drinks became progressively stronger with each round.
Live music ably supported by a karaōke machine seemed to be a hit and pulled in some late-​night diners.
Recommend to passers-​by.

Delicious green salsa ‚!!! Must try !!! Tacos 99 cents every tue !!!

Two words: taco Tuesdays! That means $ 1 tasty tacos!!!

OMG I always have a blast in this place and I mean always!!!
The karaōke is so much fun it’s always the same people.
Big Woman who looks like Paquita La Del Barrio” sings just like her also. Older man who always wearing a tejana and botas who sing very good also.
On occasions I got drunk enough to get up and sing. I had so much in this place and the food is really good.

The hot peppers are the most amazing in the city you can get a large container of hot peppers to go for $ 10. the burritos, tacos, chips and salsa, hot sauce is so delicious they really should bottle the stuff. red is delicious with a bite and the green is delicious. I have tasted nothing else like it anywhere I’ve been .I wish this place would deliver… oh why won’t you deliver DELIVER ME YOUR DELICIOUSNESS!!!

I almost didn’t write a review about this place because I’m pretty sure the restaurant doesn’t give a crap if privileged foodies look on Unilocal to find «authentic» Mexican food and like this place or not. They’re pretty bustling with people from the nearby areas looking to enjoy a bite with their families.
But anyway. Good margaritas (get frozen strawberry with modelo), really cheap delicious no frills food. Friendly service. Pickles!
I had carne in su hugo, which is a really light thin broth with a lot of flavor! A little greasy on the top but it adds to the heartiness. I loved it. Coworker and her family loves the tortas. They’re pretty ordinary, but pretty yummy, and very filling for ~$ 5.
Really cool experience. Apparently you can come sing karaōke here at night.
I’d totally come back here!

Great authentic Mexican food and drinks. Great neighborhood restaurant for Mexican food

Ordered to-​go: carne asada taco, al pastor taco, frijoles. It was ready fast!
Overall it was good but the meat needed some salting and maybe some marinating to soften it up a bit. I like the meat more tender and juicy!
Casual spot to fulfill a taco craving at a good price.
FYI they have $ 1 taco Tuesday’s for some of the tacos.

Although the restaurant could use a face-​lift with its poor lighting and very used seating, the food was very good.
The chips were warm and fresh when they came out on the table. The green salsa that was given was not too spicy but good. I ordered a barbacoa taco. I like that they put it in two tacos because sometimes you run out of tortilla/​taco before you run out of contents. I also ordered the chicken gordita, which was my favorite of the two.
It was very cheap and that is awesome.

Love the Tuesday taco special I go there once in a while but it’s worth it for $ 1 tacos.
The restaurant is a little outdated but overall great customer service

Ordered the barbacoa tacos came within minutes. Obviously t’was premade. Meat probably was cooked months ago cuz the meat was dry as the Devils thick crusty thighs. Had to drown my tacos in red salsa.
I ended up with barbacoa taco salsa soup.
Damn that shit was dry.

Another old haunt of mine, El Taco Veloz — an «A-​OK» place to get your fix for tacos, and other Mexican fare. I’m not sure their tacos are totally worth it except on Taco Tuesdays though — a little on the skimpy side.
All in all this place is pretty straightforward and boring. It’s cheap, for sure, which is definitely a point in its favor, and I really love the pickled vegetables they put out with chips and salsa on your table. I also love their salsa delivery method, via bottle with nozzle.
Everything here is fine, even verging on good, but I haven’t had anything great. If you’re in the neighborhood, it’s a good place to try out, maybe have a margarita or two — otherwise, don’t bother making a special visit. Very charming atmosphere, nice people, solid.

Per the name, service was very quick! The people there were very nice and made me feel like I was at home getting some tacos from mom. I ordered 2 cecina and 1 al pastor. Alpastor was one of the dollar tacos and here is what my taste buds say: aloastor was lacking a lot of flavor and I had to compensate with their salsa, which was also lacking flavor but did the job. Their cecina tacos are ok, the meat was soft though so that was a plus. Ive had better tacos with more flavor for the same price.

This place gets a solid 3 stars. It’s close to where I live and they’re open late. I’ve definitely stopped by around 3am on a weekend and had a piña colada while there was karaōke going on.
Reasons I took off stars include:
— A certain waiter with resting B face who I hope to avoid
— There are no prices on the menu and sometimes I have no idea what I’m paying for
— They charge you for a refill on chips… pretty much the most ridiculous thing I can think of from a Mexican restaurant
But you know, if you’re hungry and its late, it’s not a bad place to end up.

Great spot for authentic Mexican tacos. It has a great atmosphere and friendly servers. It is usually pretty easy to get street parking too.
We’ve been there enough that they know what we get almost every single time. I love their pastor — it is juicy and well seasoned. I get some form of pastor every time I am in. I have had a sampling of their other tacos and my next favorite is the steak tacos and I have also had chorizo. Their salsas are great too — I love the smoky red one. It’s tasty, authentic and cheap.

What other bar in the city has Mexican karaōke, potent-​azz El Zombies, and offers the best views of elder gentleman casually wearing all white tuxedos, studded cowboy hats with matching boots, crooning while haggard grandmothers breast-​feed infants in a sticky booth at 4am?
I, personally, love this place, but out of pure weirdness alone I’d be compelled to give Taco Veloz 5 stars… despite there being oh-​so-​many reasons that it could easily be a 2… of which I will outline below even though I threw all those reasons to the wind when deciding on my rating… because again, I love this place.
1. I don’t want to play the race card or anything, but I’m definitely pretty white and if you come with a bunch of white people, you will likely be ripped off. That’s just how it is. Everyone knows it so just accept it and move on. It’s not right, but their prices are already so cheap and chances are that at least one member of your group is embarrassingly drunk and you probably should pay extra to make up for their likely lewd behavior, so just let it slide. And good luck disputing it because it will all be lost in translation and you will be the crazy one, FYI.
2. If you or members of your group are drunk, you will be ripped off exponentially more. And good luck trying to decipher that bill because it would take a miracle of god to get separate checks and most of their drinks have no prices on the menu and the receipts are all made up by hand and list no menu items, just a long list of random prices (that may or may not actually add up) and likely 2 – 3 extra drinks/​tacos added on by the staff per person in your group. Consider it a drunk tax because theres no point in arguing unless everyone in your group kept a personal tally sheet of everything they ordered as they ordered it and someone in your group speaks really convincing Spanish.
3. Sober: The tacos are just ok. Drunk: Still just kind of ok.
Luckily, their chips and salsa are where it’s at and that ish is free**
4. You know that pickled stuff in bins on the tables? You probably shouldn’t eat it. You will, because it’s there and you’re hungry and the booze probably doesn’t have you thinking clearly, but you will eat it despite my warnings. It’s all congealed, people put their freshly licked fingers right into the tub, and I’ve seen little kids sneeze into it with my own eyes and then have another table sit down and start eating out of the same unchanged tub of pickled ish. Do I still eat it? Hell yes. It’s so good.
5. DO NOT TRY TO SING A SELENA SONG IN SPANISH IF YOU DO NOT KNOW THE SONG OR SPANISH. And if you don’t believe me, just ask Danny W, whose special lady friend basically got him banned from ever showing his face there ever again.
Even with all that, this place is the tops for a late-​late night Friday or Saturday karaōke session. Bring a good group of friends who’ve got some real stage presence and the crowd will not only accept you, but start requesting songs to sing on your behalf. Definitely come with a good attitude, know that there will probably be numerous service hiccups but that the people who work here put up with A LOT of sh*t and even when they’re overcharging you, they still probably qualify for sainthood given some of the sad, drunkeness I’ve seen act up in here. If you drink 3 or more of the El Zombie drinks, there is an 80% chance that you’ll come very close and possibly even succeed in passing out and/​or peeing your pants involuntarily that evening.
Know before you go.
**less all the stuff you’re overcharged for.

Dropped by for Taco Tuesday, and grabbed two picadillo tacos for $ 2.13. They were bigger than I expected given the price, and the meat was not bad. To fill up fast, this is the place I need to hit for five tacos! Reading some of these other reviews, I may need to try the chorizo next time instead of the ground beef… that’s a fail on my part. But the staff was funny, and two of them sang along with the music playing in the background while watching me wait for the tacos to be ready. I have a feeling this place is a good time on weekends!
One note: while waiting for my tacos, I picked up a menu to check out normal prices at this place… and all of the menus have no prices, at least the four that I rifled through in the front doorway. Be sure to get some clarity on that, even if the prices here are really cheap, I like to know how much sh*t costs!

Great
super traditional
Nice staff