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    El Paisa Alegre

    4.4 (84 reviews)
    InexpensiveMexican
    Open 7:00 am - 6:00 pm
    Updated 2 months ago

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    Very loud
    Divey
    Good for kids

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    Steve R.

    Still the best tacos in town! The crew are like family to me...always service with a big smile..."Señor Steve...how are you?" I jave been coming here since they first open...pretty sure I've eaten everything on the menu...its all good and made and prepared with a family pride. Huge portions, quality meats....always hot and fresh. I highly recommend this place.

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    Edwin C.

    Initially, I was planning on getting some of their carnitas tacos. I arrived around 3:30 or so and they' close around 5 and they were already all gone. This place has no frills and seems to be known by the locals. It's definitely a hole in the wall. I ended up order a couple steak tacos and one lamb taco. The tacos are packed pretty full. Their carnitas are a top seller so be sure to get there earlier in the day to ensure you get some. Make sure you ask for salsa for your order. It goes well together. As standard, they throw in some salsa verde and some salsa roja. If you're particular about which ones you get be sure to voice that to them. They' don't throw in any napkins or utensils. This too you'll have to let them know if you want it with your order. The portions are pretty nice for each taco. If you're not able to handle too much heat but still enjoy it I recommend drizzling it on each of your tacos. Otherwise, you'll be suffering from that heat a bit. As for the meat quality itself, each of my tacos had dried up meat pieces in there. They could've easily picked those parts out as they put my order together but they didn't. I was the only customer in there so they shouldn't have felt rushed. It was a bit of a letdown to be honest. Their pictures looked great too. I'll have to try their carnitas tacos next time I'm in the area. As far as safety precautions go, for the most part it's all just for show. If you look at my pictures posted you'll see that a lot of their signs are handwritten. Signs like that upon entry aren't generally taken seriously. On top of that, their signs are only written in Spanish. English speakers don't all understand that so they'll easily dismiss those signs despite the restaurant's good intentions. It also didn't help the fact that their cashier was encouraging me to come inside and order despite the sign that says in Spanish "limit 1 customer inside per order". They don't follow their own signs. If social distancing is important to you go when it's not busy. Unfortunately, the workers don't enforce their owns signs and on top of that other customers coming through there didn't really practice it either. You have to enforce it yourself when you're there. Go at your own risk. Inside they have also closed off the dining area and only take take-out orders.

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    Susan S.

    Been a while, thought I'd pop in had one corn carnita tacos . Greg meat was good but could have used fat a little Dry. Nice warm corn tortillas, great green sauce . Could have included napkins. I kinda want to make carnitas now . My 21 year old went into the army on Jan 4 not sure how to cook for two new w. He was great at cleaning out the fridge and he did the dishes

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    10 years ago

    Tasty, excellent selection (they had lamb the day I visited), incredibly friendly. Good value.

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