Taco Stand

Gene’s Monday Mole is my favorite, but then his Thursday green mole with pumpkin seeds is also a great special. Daily specials and regular menu items to choose from. You can always get it «your way» here. Simply wonderful –and reasonably priced– Mexican food.

Yum! A hidden gem in Bend that serves Mexican food as it should be (being a next to the Mexican border native, I have much experience with Mexican food). Simple, tasty and no frills. People may say it lacks in atmosphere, but it just shows that the emphasis and money is spent on good food.

Burrito was mediocre, and pretty small for the price point. The whole wheat tortilla was chewy, and due to the small amount of fillings, much of the tortilla was doubled up. Too much tortilla in each bite. The burrito filling was decent, nothing special. I found the celery and carrots in with the vegetable mix an odd choice. I was excited when the server came out with fresh salsa, but even that lacked flavor and spice.

Delicious, great value, prompt service. I don’t know another place you can get a yummy chix enchilada and pork tamale for under $ 6!

Friendly service, reasonable prices*, mediocre food. I had a Colorado burrito that wasn’t ‘Colorado’ style at all, but not bad. The ketchup-​squeeze-​bottle salsa was good. For variety’s sake, I’ll probably head back and try a taco or two.
* For sake of clarity, $ 3 for a taco or $ 6.25 for a smallish burrito isn’t that cheap. Maybe I’d get excited if they through in some chips. I’m not sure why other reviewers are so shocked by the prices. Especially considering that you have to drive out of your way to get there (unless you’re picking up some excellent Boneyard brews!).

I love this place. I love Gene the owner, the staff, the food, everything. My favorite thing to eat there is the bean rice and cheese burrito with both black and refried beans enchilada style. If I could eat taco stand for lunch every day of the week, I would.

Food this fresh and flavorful at a price-​point so low is possibly worthy of six stars. A couple items may be needed to properly fill yourself, but for lunch one is perfect.
Bonus points for being kiddy corner to Boneyard. With savings from the Wednesday growler special, treat yourself to lunch! And like on growler Wednesdays at Boneyard, it fills up when the clock strikes noon, so make it an early lunch!

The Taco Stand use to be a great place, in the 90’s i lived near by and we went there often for great Mexican food, now it seems like its past its prime. The food was over salted and seemed like everything was out of a can and put through a microwave, We ordered veggie tacos and they fell apart right away and couldn’t be eaten, ya know it is a tragedy when tacos are so wet they fall apart. The black beans were overly salty and basically unappetizing to say the least, we also ordered Carnita’s tacos and they were dry and tasteless. So in its day it was great but i l will avoid the Taco Stand from now on.

Thank you Bend Unilocalers and the fine folks at Boneyard Beer for suggesting Taco Stand. This tiny, barren strip mall doesn’t look like it would have something delicious hiding inside, but trust me. It’s worth a gander after a hearty beer tasting at Boneyard.
These tacos are nothing super special (especially if you’ve been spoiled by amazing eats in California etc). The pork was on the dry side, but considering there is nothing else around, they are pretty fantastic.
Lucky for us we got there just before they closed. It looks like they get crushed with a lunch crowd, but when we were there, it was all-​too-​quiet.

Ive been holding back for a few days thinking what kind of place I’d want to review as number 300. When I read Todd A’s review this morning for the Taco Stand, I thought «number 300 for sure». Because I had not been in the Taco Stand for probably three years and Todd’s review made me remember what I was missing.
I remember Taco Stand for the good food, sparkling clean if spartan interior, friendly people behind the counter and low prices. Also because the owners of this Mexican «good fresh food fast»” place are originally from New Jersey. A state not home to me by birth, but home to me by heart for the half a dozen or so years I lived there. So I felt as if review 300 would be a good time to support «home team» folks too.
Today being Monday and Monday being «Mole special» day at Taco Stand (some things endure over the years), in hubby and I went so I could get my mole fix and refresh my memory. Mole (negro, rioja or verde) is one of my favorite things and Taco Stand’s special today was a good «Chicken Mole Tostada» for under $ 6.
Even though I asked them to hold the beans and the cheese and the sour cream, it was so generous a serving of chicken and rice and mole negro on a small, crispy tortilla and topped with diced tomatoes and onions that I had trouble finishing my portion.
Good thing my husband was along to pitch in! After he polished off a chicken and a pork tamale, a mere $ 2.50 each, generously filled with savory fillings and wrapped in perfectly steamed cornmeal masa.
Several vegetarian options are also listed on the whiteboard along with meat options.
The drill is you order at the counter and the food is delivered, promptly, to your table and served piping hot.
Service is in plastic or cardboard containers and while I have to say that is normally «against my religion» in sit down restaurants, it seems just right at Taco Stand.
Each table sports a squeeze bottle of green sauce and another of red sauce, each yummy sauce kept nice and cold by the ice bath on which they sit inside a little container. And I know I mentioned at the opening how sparking clean Taco Stand is but it’s worth saying that again here, even the condiment containers that get used all the time are ultra clean. Somehow that makes me feel all the more welcome there.
Although located in a Bend neighborhood that has seen better days, and an unpretentious setting, everything about the Taco Stand clearly communicates the owner’s’ pride in getting things right and making everyone feel welcome. Just as friendly people and good food as we remembered. Two thumbs up… well four actually, counting my hubby’s’ thumbs too.
Why has it been so long since we’ve been here, we asked ourselves, as we watched other customers, many of them clearly regulars, come and go. Can’t say but we’ll be back soon again now. Thanks to Todd A’s review for making me remember!
Hours are 11a — 4p (not sure if they’re open weekends) so go earlier or later to avoid the lunch time crowds in this little place, But do yourself a favor and go… to eat in or take out. I’m already thinking ahead to the spicy vegetables with black beans and rice that are calling my name for our next visit.

Is the food gourmet? No. Is the ambiance something you will never forget??? No. Then why five stars? This place makes great food at a great price and it is full of locals. The proprietors are fantastic locals that support the community and the food has not changed in the 15 y