This is a hidden gem for a quick, delicious bite! What a fantastic last-minute discovery! We were originally hunting for a breakfast spot last Saturday morning, but the app we used led us in circles. Luckily, a quick Yelp search brought us to Taqueria La Canaria--a true hidden gem of a food truck. There's nothing flashy here, and that's exactly the charm. Just simple, honest, delicious tacos. The tortillas? Freshly made to order. I had the bean and cheese breakfast taco--comforting, flavorful and clearly made with care. My cousin went with the sausage taco which was just as satisfying. These tacos don't rely on gimmicks or over-the-top ingredients; it's their homemade feel and straightforward goodness that make them stand out. If only we have something like this in San Antonio! But hey, now we've got another reason to visit Austin--and an affordable one at that. Whether for breakfast or lunch, this food truck is definitely worth revisiting. Highly recommended! read more

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Found this great spot in north Austin, super friendly employees with a great selection of foods and accessible location! The breakfast tacos were really good, a tortilla de harina (flour tortilla) with bean and cheese and one with potato and chorizo was a great breakfast combo, exactly what I was crazing. 5/5 I also got a beef fajita quesadilla that was very good, good amount of cheese (4/5, the meat was a bit chewy) + paired with the green salsa made it so much better They were very quick in making the food, 10 minute wait time, max. They do not sell drinks unfortunately, I believe it's because they're located next to a corner store, but not entirely sure the reason behind that, just that someone doesn't allow them to sell drinks. Great experience, will definitely be back if I'm back in north Austin! read more

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Best delicious tacos ever ! I love this place. Fresh tortillas made by hand. Everything is fresh !

Walked over from my apartment. It's super convenient for a car too because the convenience store it's attached to often has available parking. The ladies inside the truck were very nice. Took my order perfectly. I only had to wait about 5 mins with other orders ahead of me. I ordered two breakfast tacos. Pretty basic order. It was packaged well and the food was hot hot hot! I definitely want to come back and try some of the lunch tacos. read more

It's hard to go wrong with breakfast tacos in ATX and this spot is no exception. After going on a Saturday morning when they opened at 8 a.m., here's my experience: 1) Food: They have a full taco menu, including a large breakfast taco menu. For one hungry person, three breakfast tacos is plenty. I ordered a ham taco, a chorizo taco and a bacon taco. The winner was the bacon. Use all the salsa it comes with! They also give you an option of a flour or corn tortilla. 2) Price: For three medium-sized breakfast tacos, my bill was $7.50. This taco truck in a parking lot used to be cash only, but now they accept major credit cards. 3) Seating: There are a few picnic tables in the shade nearby. read more

Taqueria La Canaria - a taqueria truck parked in front of a building - Mexican Near Me - Austin, Texas

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Confirmed... Consistently delicious! Had the Al pastor again and tried the picadillo, yummm read more

Taqueria La Canaria - Al Pastor - Mexican Near Me - Austin, Texas

Super good tacos and service! Would definitely recommend and come back my next time in Austin

I live in the neighborhood and can't believe I drove past this place for four years without stopping by. Now I know better. The barbacoa is always great. They're open Monday - Saturday from 7am - 3pm. read more

My husband introduced me to this place and it did not disappoint. Beef tacos are so good with handmade tortillas.

It's still open! Authentic, simple, and nourishing food. It's cash only, but the price is right. read more

This taqueria is excellent. The food is fresh and delicious, and the women working here are very helpful and kind. My Spanish is very bad, and they were quite patient and gracious with my attempts to order en espanol. There is a nice place to sit and wait for your order or eat. I highly recommend the barbacoa gordita- it is delicious and I will be coming back for another very soon. I ordered a big order for work, and everyone loved it! read more

Wonderful staff, great atmosphere, and waaaay too close to home for me not to stop by. These women are the closest I will get to local Austin culture...especially living in North Loop! I ordered the breakfast tacos--two bacon and egg and one potato, bean, and cheese. Absolutely delectable! Cash only! read more

If you like authentic Mexican street tacos, this is a great choice. If you were planning to eat in, maybe not so much. I took the recommendation of another reviewer and got the picadillo (ground beef) with potatoes, the pork meat in red sauce, and the al pastor. Start with my usual favorite, the Al Pastor. The other reviewer said it was bad, but for a buck and change, I had to judge for myself. I found it worse than previously described. It had a TERRIBLE off taste that I recognized but couldn't place. Yuck! The picadillo was good, though I didn't see any potatoes. It had peas in it, and was seasoned pretty well. Ground beef isn't my first choice, but this was good. The winner though was the pork meat in red sauce... this was awesome in an Al-Pastor-like way. Had a nice little kick to it. I had corn tortillas across the board, and they were good, as were the 2 salsas that were included, along with a lime wedge. This would be a great take out option, but they were good enough to eat in the car. Just, please don't order that awful Al Pastor! UPDATE: The breakfast tacos are pretty good too. Also, might not be a great option if you don't either know what you want, or know a little Spanish. read more

Taqueria La Canaria - Bacon, egg, and cheese. - Mexican Near Me - Austin, Texas

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On the corner of 51st and Airport Blvd, so don't come here expecting atmosphere or hipsters. They have one table, so you'll probably need to take it to go or eat in your car. However, the food was quite tasty. Fresh homemade flour and corn tortillas were awesome. I tried the picadillo (ground beef) with potatoes, the pork meat in red sauce (like a carne guisada) and the al pastor. The first two were divine melt in my mouth goodness. The carne guisada with red sauce was actually pretty spicy too. The al pastor was only OK. I've certainly had better. It was a bit on the tough side, where I normally prefer melt in your mouth goodness. Overall, a great experience considering it came out of a crappy little trailer. They also have breakfast tacos, tostadas, sopes and gorditas. They apparently have menudo on the weekends if you're into that stuff... No beverages, but you can grab one in the convenience store. Recommended if you like Mexico style street tacos, and really, who doesn't? read more

Taqueria La Canaria - a yellow food truck - Mexican Near Me - Austin, Texas

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Amazing tacos. They remind me so much of mexico. I swear these tacos are the bees knees. They have their homeade recipe for their tortillas. I am definitely cooming back here again read more

Taqueria La Canaria - Jesus Christ. My mouth just took a plane down to mexico to visit my grandmas style of cooking. - Mexican Near Me - Austin, Texas

As an update to previous images of the menu, all tacos are currently $2, all gorditas are $4. I went for the first time today and got 3 tacos: carne guisada, barbacoa, and al pastor. The first two were amazing, the final one was just OK. Because the carne guisada is just a more delicious version of the al pastor, I highly recommend always opting for the former rather than the latter. The service was friendly and the salsa was delicious (and a bit spicy). One of my friends got the gordita and I think next time I'll getting a gordita and a taco because his meal looked even more amazing. The only negative here is the lack of parking. read more

Really affordable and yummy tacos! The reason for 4 stars instead of 5 is because I felt the salsas were lacking and one of the tacos was too greasy. There is red salsa and green salsa. The red salsa was super spicy. I enjoy spice but I felt that it was too spicy and lacking flavor. The green salsa looked like chopped pickled chiles and also lacked flavor. I ordered the beef fajita taco, barbacoa taco, and a potato and egg taco. All were good but the barbacoa was way too greasy for me. I'll def come back but I'll try out the other tacos instead. read more

Taqueria La Canaria - Beef fajita taco and barbacoa on corn. - Mexican Near Me - Austin, Texas

The chicken torta was good. The beef fajita taco with corn tortilla and spicy red sauce was out of this world. Parking is a little tight so I just parked in front of the convenience store. read more

Taqueria La Canaria - Mexican Near Me - Austin, Texas

THIS PLACE IS NOT CLOSED, ITS OPEN MON-SUN And Food was delicious!!! If your looking for real Mexican food this is the place to come. Real and fresh homemade corn tortillas, they are super nice. They have menudo on Saturday and Sundays. Their breakfast tacos were great, we also had Tripa tacos and they were perfectly cooked. I loved this place, first time coming and will be back for more ! :) read more

Taqueria La Canaria - Mexican Near Me - Austin, Texas

Super nice lady at the truck serves homemade tortillas and delish tacos. Definitely come visit and have authentic Mexican style tacos.

Allow me to introduce you to the legendary tacos of magic and desire. Welcome to Taqueria La Canaria, otherwise known as "Yellow Taco Wagon of 51st and Airport". These mystical taco magicians ostensibly serve up the love 7 days a week, but in actuality you're damned lucky if you find them open. Many a time have I driven here, only to shake my fist and curse the gods for denying me this incredible gift. Ultimately though, as in life, so in tacos: The more elusive the prize, the more glorious the capture. Basically, La Canaria brings out taco ESSENCE. The ingredients are stupidly simple and utterly fresh: delicious corn or flour tortillas made on the spot and succulent, perfect meats. Onions and cilantro if you want them (you want them) and two flavors of salsa (optional). The taste? OH. MY. FUCKING. GOD. Like modal realism and Dane Cook's commercial success: just unbelievable. read more

Jeebus. My man and I swung by here to grab these gorditas he always talks about. Since he likes to work at Flightpath, he ends up going here often for their awesome tacos and gorditas. The gorditas here are glorious. They're perfect, delectable pockets of goodness, filled with the meat of your choice, refried beans, lettuce, tomato, avocado and cheese. It's a little miracle gordita that doesn't fall apart as you eat it. I'm a messy eater, and there wasn't a mound of gordita filling on my plate when I finished! They do the pastor and barbacoa really well! The carne guisada tends to make the gordita a little watery and mushy (according to my man, who told me to make sure I made note of this in the review). read more

Ever since Taqueria El Risconsito apparently switched owners, I've been looking for a new taco stand. I've found it and it's closer to my house. I went today for the first time, stepped out into the sweltering heat and walked to the window. Although there was a language barrier, we made do. I ended up getting a barbacoa taco and an al pastor gordita. The barbacoa taco itself was almost perfect. Fatty cheek meat, a smattering of onions, and just enough cilantro on a fresh corn tortilla. The housemade (and surprisingly chunky) salsa verde tied it off perfectly. The only problem was that the taco had been sitting there while she made my gordita. By the time I got it, it was absolutely sodden and a bit tough to eat because of how wet it was. That's because it was sitting for about ten minutes. It sat for ten minutes because she handmade my gordita. She actually griddled the masa right there, filled it with refried beans and other filling I was too busy eating to dissect, and a very passable al pastor. Hell yes. It's absolutely filling and dirt cheap, not to mention damned tasty with that green salsa. read more

I tried a couple of tacos from here today. I left pleased by the price and the food. It's about $1.50 a taco. I had a good lunch for 6 bucks. The best part of this place is the tortillas. They have both corn and flour and the best part of it is that both are freshly made in front of your face. One lady takes your order while the other starts prepping your tortillas. She rolls one tortilla serving out of a batch and then puts it on a hot plate. BAM FRESH!!!! SO GOOD. I tried both and enjoyed both. My menu included the al pastor, the lengua, the beef fajita, and the barbacoa. My favorite by a mile was lengua. I haven't had lengua that juicy and flavorful ever. The junks of lengua were large and I voraciously tore that thing up. The al pastor was a weird kind of pastor and it had a very different flavor. I wouldn't say it was bad or good but I'd have to eat it again to see if I do like it. The beef fajita had flavor but was a bit dry. The barbacoa was really tasty too. It's the taste of usual barbacoa but they made it healthier. It didn't drip of grease and my heart was still pumping after I ate it. Coming back for round 2 some other time. read more

Much ink has been spilled on breakfast tacos, but I mostly come for lunch. That being said this place is the real deal, so there breakfast tacos are more in line with what Mexicans eat (Pápa con huevo, frijoles con chorizo, etc) Lunch: There isn't anything fancy about picadillo, ground beef, but it's seasoned exactly like your mexican grandmother would make it. I get them with beans on corn and it's great. They do add chopped onions and cilantro to everything so ask them to leave it off if that's not your thing. The quesadillas use the right kind of cheese. (These don't get the onion/cilantro treatment because they aren't crazy) Today, I got the tostada too. Beans, cheese, lettuce, avocado and shredded chicken. This exactly what I expect on a tostada. I meant to take a pic but ate it too fast read more

So I grew up in a small Mexican town. I'm very particular about my Mexican food. No lie. So believe me when I say this is the real deal. Sure it looks sketchy. Sure the employees don't really speak English. But hey. The food can speak for itself. I tried the Barbacoa, lengua, and al pastor $2 tacos. All very excellent and satisfying. read more

Taqueria La Canaria - Mexican Near Me - Austin, Texas

This. This place is where people who love food and aren't ashamed to eat at a food truck mingling with eager grackles, overworked hispanic construction workers and traffic at all angles eat. The best food are for those who can tolerate the authentic ambiance. I used to go to Caesar Chavez, Vera cruz all natural, etc for my tacos until this place entered my culinary psyche and now haunts my dreams. $2.50 Tacos, can not be beat. $6 Burritos that you are a better man/lady or child than me if you can finish. It's huge. Huge. Tortas are something I need to be in the mood for but when I am, this is the place. Don't go here if you want to have a.c, if you demand a waiter to serve you, you want $5 foo foo tacos. If you want the best, go exclusively where the people who's culture food you are eating go. Or don't. Less Gringo's in line for the food I want. ;) read more

The first virtue of La Canaria is that is walking distance from where we were staying and it was open very, very late. So we staggered in for quesadilla, and relleno apps. I know Texans love guns and ammo, but those little peppers looked like bullets and were so hot loaded inside their bread casing, you had to wonder what shot the flesh off your ltps when you actually eat one. The outdoor patio with high, strewn lights between the oaks was great, even on a sultry hot night. It overlooks a channel that once was filled with water before the drought. Austin Opera is next door and has an outdoor stage that can allow Taqueria guests to be a privileged audience. I look forward to returning during the performance season. read more

I have been trying to find a good taco place in Austin and have tried several. This is yet one more that is mediocre. First of all, I am surprised at the price of the tacos at most places in this town, $1.75 for a baja style taco, i.e. small, is pretty steep. Even in Dallas they have some great taco places averaging $1.25 - 1.40. Second, salty, salty, salty! I had the pastor and beef and both were loaded with salt, my tongue was numb from the taste. Sorry, don't see what everyone else liked about this place. read more

Authentic Mexican tacos. Tried the carne guisada, pastor, lingua, barbacoa, and beef fajita. The corn tortillas blew me away! Very friendly staff. Food was excellent!!! read more

Taqueria La Canaria - La Canaria, Austin - Mexican Near Me - Austin, Texas

Iv been stoping here for over three years now and it's always delicious! Their Food is fantastic and I'll definitely continue to get tacos from this food truck. read more

My wife told me that there was a great Mexican trailer that has pretty authentic food and boy was she right! Taqueria La Canaria is delicious! The food is to die for! Sure it is a small trailer and the employees don't speak very good English, but these are the type of trailers that you want to get Mexican food from here in Austin. I have tasted a handful of tacos here but what blew me away was the Carne Guisada de Puerco en Salsa Roja Tostada. This thing is the real deal and is the reason why I bug my wife to come with with me to this place. As it is a trailer next to a convenient store there is not much of a place to sit and eat. They have a small table or two outside the trailer that you can eat at, but I see most people taking it to go (the food comes out pretty fast). If you want some genuinely good mexican food that is authentic and wont break your bank for a taco and a tostada, then definitely try this place out. read more

In search of authentic tacos, my quest took me to La Canaria. I ordered three different types of tacos. Two were ok, one was really good. I really enjoyed the salsa verde. You probably won't be disappointed, but you need to eat your tacos fast before they turn soggy. read more

Very good tacos. They have hard to find decent nopalitos. Also it appears they make their own corn tortillas.

Honestly a top 5 taco experience of my life. If you want THE REAL come here. They are open but keep weird hours in the summer cause of the heat (they closed at 3:15p) but I pleaded (in Spanish, though I think they speak more English than they let on)for 3 pastor and 3 bistek and they obliged and MAN they little piezas of heaven mi amigo. I enjoyed every bite - the meats were charred perfectly and all I needed to do was spritz some lime on top. Salsa would just mute how good the meat was so I skipped it. If you see that they're open pull over immediately. Get cash from the convenient store next store (with a $2 fee) and get 3 tacos per person. And tip well, those ladies are sweating making happiness wrapped in aluminum foil. read more

I have to say that La Caneria has been one of my favorite trailers in Austin for the past 6+ years. They are always friendly and you can't beat the fresh handmade tortillas and gorditas for a small price. The gordita with picadillo is definitely my favorite and I always get an al pastor to go along with it which are great too. The salsas are fresh and definitely hand made as well. These people don't skip steps, its true handmade food. I also enjoy their breakfast tacos; quick, cheap and delicious. Oh and it says they stop breakfast at 11am but they dont seem to be bothered if I order them well after that. There are only a couple tables to sit at so I would plan on having a backup plan if you plan to dine in. read more

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Delicious breakfast tacos, but that's all I've tried. The service is a little slow (probably because everything is made fresh to order) and my potatoes are usually a little undercooked, but definitely one of my favorite neighborhood spots for breakfast tacos, and considering the neighborhood, that's saying a lot. read more

5 bucks (cash only, please!) gets you two of the bombest tacos you'll ever have. A true hidden gem. I had the carne asada tacos and was very impressed. This place is no joke! read more

Great tacos!! Had the carne guisada taco, best taco I've had since moving to Austin. The corn tortilla was probably the best I've ever had period. The hot sauce is so good too, and pretty spicy. They give you two hot sauces and the one that's darker is the best and hottest. Also had the beef gordita. It was good. Not the most tender meat ever but it was good. And the tortilla on it was on point! Overall solid taco truck. I would drive out of my way and pass several others to eat here. Just saying. read more

Taqueria La Canaria - a food truck - Mexican Near Me - Austin, Texas

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Really really really wanted to love this place because I'm all about authentic Mexican food trucks and supporting people around my neighborhood but I've been twice now. Maybe 3 times and have walked away kinda Meh. I especially thought I'd be in for a treat as I peeped multiple guys in coveralls or work clothes that stop by for lunch or bfast but I'm not crazy about the place. Lady who runs it/Seniora is really nice and friendly. Sometimes wait is longer because she's actually cookin everything to order (a total plus!) but seating could be better. You have the option of two rickety circle tables, a few broken plastic patio chairs and the Stop 1 convenience store. Haven't tried the menudo yet though (only offered certain days I think) so maybe I'll get to edit and improve their rating at a later date! Keep it up! read more