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    Loncheria El Parian

    4.1 (14 reviews)
    InexpensiveMexican, Street Vendors

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    I really liked the Mexican flavor in the tacos but it was pretty mid to be honest with you you should try it for your self tho

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    As a native Californian, I am very picky about Mexican food. This is by far the BEST that Detroit has to offer.

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    The food is wonderful. Had the chorizo taco with the pickled onion and jalapeño garnish. Off the map...good.

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    Asada tacos are everything here, there is one with chorizo mixed in that's bomb too, and a birria taco that's good.

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    El Paisa Taqueria Truck

    El Paisa Taqueria Truck

    4.5
    (8 reviews)
    1.1 mi
    $

    El Paisa is located in the parking lot of Sam's Supermercado…read more(http://www.yelp.com/biz/sams-supermercado-detroit). I got two tacos - al pastor and carne asada. I made the mistake of getting everything to go, meaning the tacos were wrapped in a foil packet, the grilled onions and half a grilled jalapeno were in another foil packet, and the sliced raw radishes and lime were in yet another foil packet. Cups of red and green salsas were also carefully tucked in the bag. I really liked the tacos. I thought the carne asada was a little tough, though, and liked the pastor better (the flavor was really good too). The cilantro was fresh and the flavor really shone. In the three trucks that we stopped at that day, El Paisa's cilantro packed the biggest punch, which is a very good thing in my book... I'm a cilantro fiend. I also liked that the raw onions were very finely chopped. I usually HATE raw onions, but these finely chopped onions added just the right amount of bite. As for the salsas, I thought I'd like the green better but ended up enjoying the spiciness of the red more. Well, it wasn't that spicy but it had a bit of heat to it (kinda like a mild-medium), which was much needed, since everything else was pretty mild, including the grilled jalapeno. When I bit into it, I thought it was a green pepper in the shape and size of a jalapeno. For $1.25 a taco, I got a decent amount of food and would be able to make a meal out of 3-4 tacos. Mmm... tacos... :)

    Delicious feast, TONS of sauteed onions, generous with the radishes…read more Stopped here today to check out the pollo and cabeza tacos for the first time. Great great stuff. I think they might have the biggest menu selection of any of the trucks... anyone else agree? The cabeza is diced very finely, much more so than the norm, which was interesting. I think i prefer a slightly rougher cut (on the other end of the spectrum is El Pariente's cabeza, which has much more texture per bite), but El Paisa's style took nothing away from the flavors. A small but notable detail was that the limes served here, unlike most of the competition, were extremely fresh and juicy, barely had to apply any pressure to get quite a bit of that great lime juice onto the meats, and nothing goes better with cabeza than a little salsa and a lot of lime juice. so good. The pollo was standard, but, as you all know, standard in SW taco truck land is absolute tastiness. Other things I noticed: 1) catching a bad break i suppose, the strong wind today was carrying the truck exhaust (since the truck was running) up alongside the eating counter... so I smelled faintly like a lawnmower when I return home... too bad, didn't really notice while i was eating, thankfully. 2) two tacos and a coke was $3.75 ... a score of a deal by any measure... well, except by taco truck measure... EITHER their tacos are 25 cents more than the competition, or their cokes are a little pricier... a really puny value difference ultimately, and doesn't stop me from giving El Paisa my full-hearted approval. This truck sits in the parking lot of the plaza at Vernor Hwy and Lansing St. WEEKENDS only. CASH only.

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    El Guapo - Fresh Mexican Grill

    El Guapo - Fresh Mexican Grill

    4.1
    (111 reviews)
    0.5 mi
    $$

    These tacos were utterly disappointing. Probably the worst tacos I've ever had. Maybe it's our…read morefault for trying their Korean fusion tacos. Maybe their Mexican tacos are better. We got the Korean beef taco and wow that is not Korean beef. The beef was basically ground, cooked to death so it was dry, and then drenched in some overly sweet sauce that is supposed to probably pass as bulolgi like sauce? Um no. That is not like Korean beef whatsoever. Terrible. Clearly these people have never had real Korean food. The pork belly taco had fried pork belly cubes that were also fried to death and drier than the Sahara desert. Like wow that is criminal how their dried out that poor piece of fatty pork belly. I've never had such terrible pork belly before. It's so fatty that..I don't even know how they did that. The guacamole on top could only do so much. The beef brisket taco, was again insanely dry. Sorry, but these people do not know how to cook meat. This one was more palatable. The only saving grace was their Shrimp taco. The shrimp was flavorful an cooked well. Also tried the jalapeño lime-aid and you really get that's spicy jalapeño kick. The limeade itself was just overly bitter like when you leave the lime rinds inside too long. TL;DR - super disappointed. The food was BAD. Only the shrimp taco was good. Don't understand why they had such a long line. Would not come back and would not recommend.

    There's a reason the line is always 20 deep for El Guapo. This is the best Mexican food truck in…read moreDetroit. The guacamole is fresh and tasty, the chips are crisp and perfectly fried, and the Guapo sauce is The perfect blend of creamy and spicy. In my opinion the very best thing you can get at El Guapo is the shrimp taco. I have several co-workers who will back me up on this. And the second best thing you can get at El Guapo the shrimp burrito. Their shrimp is fabulous. Located off the corner of Cadillac Square and Monroe, El Guapo food truck is reliably there on Tuesdays. They are probably also there on other days, but I don't know which.

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    Loncheria El Parian - mexican - Updated July 2026

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