Tortilleria El Molino - Mexican Taqueria in Manassas Park

[dgreen]

On 3/3/2014 at 1:23 PM, ulrath said:

I've had some excellent tacos from El Molino off of centrevllle road.  The tortillas are fresh and if they aren't used, they turn them into chips. 

Four years later, I finally tried this place. Twice in the last couple of weeks and I'm sure quite a few more times in the future. A wide variety of tacos are available from the "normal" options (carnitas, al pastor, carne asada) to some more adventurous choices (buche - hog stomach; tripitas - intestines, I think). They also have goat and lamb and lengua and others. Tacos are under $2 (either $1.69 or $1.79, I can't remember). They also have tortas, burritos, sopas, and my wife ordered chilaquiles today which was good and a fairly large portion (she brought half of it home).

There are two types of salsa with decent, but not overpowering, heat and a toppings bar with jalepanos, cilantro, onions, beets, and more.

I'm going to call this place "authentic". In our two visits, it was busy both times and we, along with one other person on our first visit, were the only non-Hispanics. The cashier speaks some English but certainly isn't fluent. That didn't stop my wife from trying to ask several questions about her order which I believe went mostly unanswered. When the orders are ready for pickup at the counter, the lady only calls out numbers in Spanish. No worries, though, they recognized we might need a little help with that and made sure we got our order when it was ready.

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[Simul Parikh]

This place sounds incredible. Tortillas good?

[dgreen]

On 5/4/2018 at 4:46 PM, Simul Parikh said:

This place sounds incredible. Tortillas good?

Yep. Made in house. They don’t fall apart and they double them up for each taco.