Fresh street tacos topped with cilantro, onion, lime, and radish at La Vecina Taqueria

Garland, Texas

Real street tacos, made by the Fuentes family

Corn tortillas, slow-cooked meats, and fresh salsas, plated the way Tia Elena taught us.

Two easy ways to eat

Walk up to the counter

No reservation needed. Order at the counter, grab a horchata, and we will call your name in a few minutes. Tables and patio seats are first come, first served.

Order ahead on WhatsApp

Message us your order and pickup time and we will have it boxed and ready. Great for lunch breaks and big families.

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What Garland keeps ordering

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  • Close-up of tacos filled with slow-cooked meat, onion, and cilantro

    Al Pastor

    $3.50

    Marinated pork, pineapple, onion, cilantro.

  • Assorted street tacos with fresh toppings arranged on a wood board

    Taco Trio

    $10.50

    Carne asada, al pastor, and barbacoa on corn tortillas.

  • Sliced quesadilla with melted cheese and avocado on a wood board

    Quesadilla Especial

    $8.75

    Griddled flour tortilla, oaxaca cheese, your choice of meat.

  • Chilled agua fresca in glasses garnished with lime and orange

    Agua de Jamaica

    $3.75

    House-steeped hibiscus water, poured over ice.

Home-style Mexican dishes served in clay cazuela bowls

A cart on Saturdays, now a counter every day

Ruben and Elena Fuentes started selling tacos out of a folding table at the Garland flea market, using Elena's mother's salsa recipes and whatever cuts the butcher had that week. Neighbors kept showing up, so in time the table became a cart, and the cart became the counter you can walk into today.

Their son Danny runs the grill most mornings, their daughter Marisol handles catering, and the salsas are still made from Elena's notes. Everything is cooked to order, in small batches, the way it was on that first Saturday.

  • The al pastor tastes like the trompo stands back home. My kids ask for La Vecina every Friday.

    Marcus T., Garland

  • I order ahead on WhatsApp before I leave the office and it is ready when I pull up. Never a mix-up.

    Priya N., Sachse

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