El Taco Loco - Westmorland

The Lonches potato with chorizo and machaca super watered and have no taste I will never buy them I do not recommend

The concierge at the Best Value Inn down the street referred us here and we were skeptical as soon as we heard that it was inside of a gas station... but curiosity and positive Yelp reviews convinced us to try it. We ordered a birria taco and carne asada taco plate (comes with rice and beans) but ended up getting three carne asada tacos instead. They were so good that we didn't even mind not getting the birria taco. The carne asada is thick and juicy, more akin to ribeye or sirloin than skirt steak, and you can tell the guacamole is fresh. Best part is they're open 24 hours. I'm so glad we went out on a limb and tried this place!

El Taco Loco is in El Sol Market. Order from menu board above at the counter. Then get in line for El Sol cash registers. Show the stamped receipt to the Taco Loco server who will call out your number when your food is ready. Service here is bare bones. Get in line, order, get in line, pay, grab, and go. 1 Quesadilla Loca is made of two Tortillas de Trigo/wheat nicely grilled to crispiness toasting it in spots from from dark to light golden brown. Sandwiched in between are two meats of your choice. Carne Asada is nubs of chopped up grilled beef that range from moist softness to a more dry chewiness which makes for interesting, varied textures. The al Pastor is grilled pork marinated in what may be sweet fruit juice mild red chiles which soften the meat and adds a pleasant, dulcet tone. Mild stretchy, yellowish white cheese gives a subtle, oily richness. Shredded cabbage, diced yellow onions, cilantro adds a nice vegetal touch that enlivens this Quesadilla. Red Salsa from primarily canned tomato sauce is also a good accompaniment. 2 6 Flautas/Taquitos/rolled tacos made from corn tortillas that look suspiciously as though they come frozen, manufactured in an industrialized factory, out of a cardboard box. The corn flavour is off dead. The tortilla is too thick and may not be made totally out of corn masa so it fries up like the texture of cardboard. The tasteless meat too looks over processed, mushy with no beefy flavour and not the classic Deshebrada/ stringy beef. The light, crispy, fresh, fried, sweet oil taste of fragrant, sweet corn is missing. Garnishing of the Flautas is chefly with scattering of finely shredded iceberg lettuce, drizzling of a mildly acidic Tomatillo-Aguacate based Salsa Verde light dairy Crema Mexicana/sour cream. Unfortunately, these artistic touches do not save the poor tasting performance of the Flautas themselves. Spanish Rice is tinged w/ strong tasting tomato sauce that seems enriched w/ chicken Bouillon. Very dry, friable, nutty textures. One of better rice from a fast food joint. Frijoles de Pinto is smooth, creamy, touch earthy and is a good salsa to dip the Flautas to add more flavours to make it more palatable. Unfortunately, not the exquisite, delicate Flautas w/ mellow tomato, cilantro, onion, garlic, ripe, freshly mashed Aguacate salsa from Ciro 's in East Los (R.I.P. , but the Quesadilla Loca is pretty damn good. 3 stars. Warning: Hot just fried taquitos on styrofoam container melted the plastic causing food contamination and ingestion of plastic. Note enclosed photo.

Great hole in the wall, don't be deceived by the fact that it's part of a convenience store and carnicería. Had the tacos and my friend had the burrito. Both were really good for what else is out in that area. I'll make sure to go there again when I'm passing through.

Food was good but the prices they are charging I expected it to be super delicious. Seems like this place might be over hyped but it is in westmorland where there isn't much of anything else.