Tacos El Costalilla - Alexandria

This is a true whole in the wall. It's on a little strip dedicated to worldly food grocery stores (and easy to miss so keep your eye out) I felt like I walked in to a family's cookout which was a good thing! (Meaning it doesn't feel gentrified). I took a quick look at the menu but it doesn't have prices. I advised the waiter I wanted 4 tacos; 2 carne asada and 2 pastor however I like my pastors to be fatty so she let the cook know. I waited maybe six minutes before my food was fresh out the window. I loved how they served everything on paper plates (gave me a home-like feeling). They have all the sides you need off to the side for you to dress up your entree how you like. I sat down and listened to telémundo in the background and devoured my tacos and pineapple agua fresca. I spent $14!

The carne asada was super tasty and cooked perfectly. The beans and rice were also great and fresh. My boyfriend spent 30 minutes driving us around to find this place because he couldn?t remember where it was the first time he went.

I've known about this spot for about 10 years now and I can tell you this is authentic Mexican food, the guys who make the goodies are really from Mexico so they know grandma recipes, I didn't know about their catering service till recently so I decided to place a big order of delicious tacos, I called them a day before my reunion just to make sure if I had to pay some sort of deposit or something, but no, they didn't require that for my order, the tacos were on time and everybody in my reunion were amazed with the tacos. ???? Updated: We were out craving for tacos and this place was open on Thanksgiving!!! We ordered carry out order, tasty as always, we love them!!?????

Tacos are SO GOOD!!! I always get the al pastor with everything on them, and sometimes chips guac too. The corn tortillas are so delicious and soft (they make them in-house maybe? , and the tortilla chips are freshly fried with your order. The flavors are great in the tacos, the salsas they have are delicious, and I will continue coming here when I get a craving for some delicious authentic tacos. I usually buy 4 and it?s only like $11!! Go to any restaurant in DC or Old Town and 4 tacos would be like $20 lol. You have to try this place!! I can?t say enough good things.

I like this place, make sure to check your take out order before leaving though, because sometimes they forget some stuff ordered or it's still sitting on the counter and never put in the bag. They have great fresh fruit drinks! I highly recommend the cantaloupe one