Tacos El Tapatio

Holy cow what a find. Clean, good service, good value.
Salsa has some heat and is bursting with flavor. Many interesting menu choices.
If you like SPICY try the leche de tigre it is an elixir of the gods. The most unique culinary experience I have EVER enjoyed in my 55 years. I am now addicted and cannot go a week without it. Euphoria lasts about an hour after eating it.
Many very interesting menu choices. The manna wok of Mexican food.
Among the choices I have tried and enjoyed, are the caldo res with fresh diced jalapeño and onions.
Super nachos — better be ready for a huge portion.
Fried tilapia mega dinner.
Anything with their spicy homemade chorizo — go easy as a little goes a very long way.
Huevos rancheros is economical and very tasty.
Ceviche shrimp tostada is a good light tasty summer fare and a $ 4.50 meal.
Would eat here every day if I could get out the door for under 8 bucks for a substantial lunch

Authentic, cheap, and best of all there’s next to no white people inside complaining that waitresses at a Mexican restaurant speak Spanish

For a restaurant recessed in a tiny parking lot across from a supermercado in a part of town known for good Mexican food, Tacos El Tapatio wasn’t very good. Dustin T. makes a lot of statements in his review that might bring his ability to review this kind of place into question, but his remark about the salsa is pretty accurate. That aside, the carnitas, barbacoa, and al pastor tacos I got ranged from middling (barbacoa) to dry (carnitas) in a careless way that was a little disheartening.
If there was one highlight from my meal, it was the birria de chivo — the goat was tender and swimming in a flavorful broth that made for good but messy eating with some fresh tortillas on a slow Sunday afternoon.
Tacos El Tapatio may not be among the better Mexican food in the neighborhood, but every place on Broadway has something to offer, and even it’s just the goat birria, it’s worth trying out. Certainly the large amount of regulars seem to think so.

Very traditional mexican food. Love the Shrimp Cocktail.

Promising location
Good-​looking picture menu
Specialty seafood
This is on the same block as the Super Del Centro grocery store, the excellent tortillaria from whom Super Del Centro buys its homemade tortillas, and Phở Hien, one of the best phở spots in town. I was actually looking for the tortillaria, but turned one driveway too soon and ended up here at El Tapatio.
I tend to find myself in situations where I’m the only one who doesn’t speak the language that everyone else speaks. So was the case here, when the woman asked me in Spanish if I was dining there or taking food to go.
The restaurant is huge, and its specialty menu items are colorfully displayed in photos plastered on the front wall. They have authentic Mexican seafood dishes like Camarones al Gusto (spicy shrimp) and Mojarra Frita (fried tilapia in a light tomato sauce) and Ceviche. The photos made each dish look amazing.
Although its specialty is seafood, for lunch on this particular day I tried a Carnitas Torta (about $ 6.50 with a bottle of Jarritos soda). Maybe I’m spoiled by Laura’s Super Tortas, but this torta was sort of plain. Loads of meat topped with pico de gallo on a soft grilled bun, the meat was pretty oily and soaked through the bread in some spots. The sandwich was gigantic, and it was flavorful, but I was hoping for more toppings and less grease.
Glad I went, as I think it’s important to try unfamiliar spots, but I wouldn’t go back for the sandwich. My curiosity is piqued for the seafood though…