Carnitas El Guero, inside the Stassney Foodmart/Texaco on Stassney in South Austin, serves excellent carnitas tacos.

Granny’s Tacos serves excellent tacos, tortas, quesadillas, and more out of a food trailer in East Austin.

El Borrego De Oro serves a large menu of Mexican classics, like fajitas, tacos, enchiladas, and soups.

Birria tacos, quesabirria, birria quesadillas, tortas, and consomé out of a food trailer near 7th and Lamar.

Machetes Doña Leova on North Lamar does all sorts of things, including breakfast tacos, gorditas, huaraches, quesadillas, burritos, and machetes.

The Mexican food truck Paprika ATX in the Highland neighborhood serves great tacos and tortas.

Sabor Tapatio is a newish Mexican food truck on the corner of Stassney and South Congress with a bunch of covered and open-air picnic tables.

Super Burrito sells California-style, carne asada burritos out of a food truck downtown.

La Fruta Feliz is a Mexican restaurant on the East Side, near Airport and Manor, with great tacos, tortas, and juices.

Eldorado Cafe is a casual Mexican/Tex-Mex restaurant in North Shoal Creek from the longtime chef of Tacodeli.

Rosarito sells ceviche, tostadas, and fish bowls out of a food truck in East Austin.

Great Texas and Mexican-influenced fried chicken sandwiches out of a South Austin food truck.

Cuantos Tacos serves tremendous Mexico City-style street tacos in East Austin.

Lou’s Austin is an East Austin restaurant serving burgers, rotisserie chicken, and coffee.

Marcelino’s, a scrappy operation on the East Side, makes excellent breakfast tacos.

In a gas station parking lot in Windsor Park, the trailer Taqueria Mi Trailita serves consistently outstanding tacos, especially breakfast tacos.