El Ahorro

Vastly exceeded even my most optimistic expectations.
The region is blanketed with mediocre, canned Mexican restaurants. The kind that use Queso dip to lure the local palette in. This is not one of those places.
Sure, this place has Queso dip topped burritos, fair enough. But they also respect their customers enough to have sopes. And lengua. And to put tacos and tostadas ahead of the cream-​covered Tex-​Mex options.
I tried the al pastor (sopes) and the Pollo Tinga (tostada). The al pastor was rich and spicy and made with quality pork. The Tinga was milder than I expected (though the server did warm me of this). The vegetables and toppings (creama, avocado, cotija cheese) were very fresh and high quality as well — a very pleasant surprise given the season. The tortilla chips were fresh-​made, I think, and quite good.
My meal’s freshness placed it closer to the quality one gets at a hip urban farm-​to-​table organic place, but with the price of a taqueria-​in-​a-​market. FYI, the restaurant is separated from the grocery and very welcoming. The service was outstanding (despite being busy).
Oh, and the California Burrito is a *monster*. If you’re practicing for an eating contest, it’s just right.

The restaurant serves traditional Mexican tacos, sopes and gorditas, but they also serve «gringo» items such as ACP, chimichangas and taco salads. I ordered 3 sopes ($ 6.49) with al pastor (marinated pork), and they were great. The inside of the restaurant is very nice also.

Always enjoy whatever meal I end up having here. Always good and the service has always been great. –Also, check out the store. Lots of good things as well.

This is a cool little store with a lot of really neat Mexican food items, but the fairly sizeable restaurant is the freshest food around. The tacos (6 or 7 meat choices) are awesome. I’m slowly working my way through the menu, and I haven’t found anything disappointing. Fans of authentic Mexican shouldn’t miss this!

Yesterday we stopped in for lunch at the restaurant inside the store and had a delicious lunch. I had two beef and one pastor gorditas and my fiancée had pastor sopas and the whole meal was of excellent quality. The meat was very flavorful and the vegetables and crema fresca and cheese was very fresh. The tomatillo sauce was delish. This is my new favorite restaurant in Elkin and we can’t wait to go back!