Gordo Taqueria on 5450 Geary Blvd. (between 18th & 19th ave)
Gordo's is yet another place I've been to a lot but have never ordered tacos from.
Their restaurant is a bit bigger and has a beautiful mural on one of its walls that you can admire while eating. The staff seem to know what they're doing and are very nice, especially if you speak Spanish.
An order consists of just one taco and comes up to be about $3.15.
All of your options for tacos are right in front of you and you just tell the cook whatever you want to put on your taco, a la Subway or that Godforsaken Chipotle. In order to keep things consistent, I just asked for carne asada and salsa. These tacos have beans included in them, which is something I tend to frown upon and didn't know until after the cook had already put them in my taco.
Beans are for burritos, not tacos.
My taco was wrapped up in tinfoil, as if it was a to-go burrito, so after unwrapping it, it was hard to take nice pictures of it. The taco itself ended up being very messy. The heat from the ingredients added with the tinfoil made the tortillas too soft to hold up all of the ingredients.
Instead of the usual corn tortillas, the ones at Gordo's are more traditional and made from masa. A lot of people enjoy this more authentic type of tortilla, but for tacos I like to stick to corn.
The carne asada was very tender and easy to eat with a nicely seasoned flavor. The pinto beans were evenly cooked, not too hard or too mushy, but there was a lot of them so sometimes they overpowered the flavor of the meat. The green salsa seemed to be made from a tomatillo base and had a strong kick to it.
Even though there were a lot of components to the taco that either I am not the biggest fan of or made the taco more difficult to eat, it was still flavorful and fairly enjoyable.
If you're going to Gordo's I'd say save the tacos for a different location and go with a burrito instead.
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