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    El Taco Rapido

    3.1 (88 reviews)
    InexpensiveMexican
    Open 8:00 am - 11:30 pm

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    Moderate noise
    Casual
    Good for groups
    Good for kids

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    Hawaiian torta and jugo vampiro

    The kind lady took the time to explain the juice ingredients. I got the Hawaiian torto, which was loaded with onions, carnitas, jamon, fresh pineapple and more. The vampire juice has all fresh fruits and veggies and tasted so yummy. It was a surprise for how much fresh veg was in it. The lady made the juice fresh in the juicer. The salsa bar is significant, too!

    Enchiladas with rice and beans $12.99
    Georgina A.

    I wouldn't recommend this place unless it's your last resort. I ordered Enchiladas with rice and beans for $12.99 the rice was probably cooked yesterday and the enchiladas were really greasy the salsa bar was meh service was slow . No ambiance sorry but not worth the price. We also got a Milanese torta and 2 tacos . There no menu you have to ask if they have one they gave us a old menu with old prices.

    Plato de Chicharrón Verde with fresh handmade corn tortillas! You have to try this!!
    Angelica D.

    It's a Mom & Pop small owned restaurant that serves very authentic Mexican Food! For all you Menudo Lovers let me tell you I'm not very fond of Menudo but I can't eat this Menudo every weekend and don't get me started on their Chicharrón Verde with fresh handmade corn tortillas! OMG!! Trust me you must try it!!

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    Theresa Renee W.

    Came here for there bean and cheese burrito there awesome maybe you can go wrong qith a bean and cheese but im good with there's, there the cabeza tacos and asada were good. The elote tasted nasty the butter they used or something was off. I bought 2 hot cheetos corn on cob but we threw one out and barley finished the other. The staff is friendly

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    Wendy Moon A.

    Came down here to get my car's window fixed after a break in and saw this little shop on the same lot with all the fixes. Looked on yelp and saw a mix of reviews about rude service, don't come here blah blah blah ect. So we ended up walking down the street to Don Chente's because honestly sometimes I let Yelp make the decision for me on where I'm gonna go next based on what's nearby. After the window was fixed, we decided on going next door and getting an alarm on the car. A few hours had passed and got a craving for a raspado. Despite the mediocre reviews we decided to come just try it out for ourselves. To our surprise, this little joint had a huge line of people inside. Tacos, burritos, tortas, quesadillas, Tostilocos, bionicos, natural juices..I mean the list goes on and a little bit of everything was being requested by their clientele. Quickly realized it's one of those joints where the workers are just focused on the task at hand and not even promoting their shop or asking for some yelp reviews. So decided to write this hopefully boost the rating here because for one, every single employee was very nice to us. Making sure our table was clean, thanking us for coming, I mean we really were confused as to why the ratings were bad. The majority of clientele they get here are old school parents who probably don't even know about yelp, and young teens who are too busy on IG. I'm all for helping little businesses like this where you see everybody working hard and trying to satisfy their guests. And I'm not talking about full on 5 star butler services or a server doing table checks. It ain't that type of joint. Just your traditional mexican snacks and sweets cafe where the women who not only take your orders, go get your drinks, make your order and so on. Overall, we really enjoyed the atmosphere here, our snacks and raspados were very tasty and we wished we would've came here instead of walking down to Don Chente and spending $70 lol NOW YOU KNOW!

    Hot Cheetos elote
    Rocsi B.

    I was disappointed when I tried the hot Cheetos corn on the Cobb. The pineapple drink was good and refreshing though. I wouldn't go back.

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    Johanna P.

    Omg !!! This is the best torta I have had by far ! I will definitely come back !! I had a Hawái torta and a agua de pina !

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    Joel R.

    Great place for tacos tortas burritos Also for snacks tostilocos esquites They have raspados made with natural fruit flavors Hand made tortillas Smoothies Juice bar They got everything here

    Alan C.

    Omg One of the best Mexican food here in the area I can't believe I couldn't finish my tortaaaa omg the flavooorrr is tooo muuucchhhhhhh

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    5 years ago

    I love this place, the carne asada tacos, are the best. The pineapple drink was delicious. Good services

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    5 years ago

    This place may not look like much but it's super good I would definitely recommend. I loved the tacos and esquites!!!

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    Tortas are delicious and I just try their burritos it was good can't complain it was satisfying

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    Raspados are the best and the food is good. They have a lot of places to sit even outside

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    i really love this place, everything is clean with fresh fruits everyday with great smoothies, my favorite is the watermelon smoothie.

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    Lovely interior and decor -- summer getaway
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    El Taco Rapido - mexican - Updated June 2026

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