El Tizoncito

De 10, buena atención, menú variado y cualquier cosa pidas esta Deli Deli. Si está lleno hay otro Tizoncioto en la esquina a una cuadra. Tacos al pastor, gringas, tacos de arrachera no puedes dejar de pedir.

El Tizoncito está en Condesa y en un local de esquina con mesas afuera para comer. Aseguran ser los creadores de los tacos al pastor pero lo cierto es que ningún mexicano lo cree y aunque fuera cierto los tacos al pastor no son tan buenos como en otros lugares. Tienen sus propias salsas envasadas para agregar como condimentos y se puede pagar con tarjeta. Los precios son muy accesibles y solo incluyen la propina en el ticket si el cliente lo pide.

Open late until 2 or 3 am. The pineapple makes the el pastor soooo good. You can easily eat 4, no problem. They are small but savory and the best after a night out.
We are from Chula Vista and we absolutely love the tender charred flavor.

El Tizoncito es una cadena de taquerias especializada en tacos al pastor, además de tacos puedes pedir huaraches, gringas, quesadillas, consomes, quesos fundidos, alambres… en fin.
Mientras esperas tus tacos puedes botanear unos totopos con frijoles refritos!!, acompañados de las típicas salsas (roja, verde, pico de gallo, etc)
De tomar puedes pedir las típicas aguas de sabores (horchata, jamaica) o una rica cerveza
En cuanto a precios creo que no están tan elevados y pagas lo justo. El servicio es bueno.
Como Tip. pide tus tacos bien planchados.

The tacos al pastor are worth the hype! It was a super rainy day in DF and we got a large order to go. They gave us a choice of salsas, some tasty chips, guacamole, cebollitas and plenty of limes! These were definitely some of the best tacos I tasted while in Mexico City.

This is my favorite pastor taco in the city. It’s perfectly seasoned, with the right amount of pineapple and cilantro. I usually stick with the original. I tried the pastor gringo and didn’t care for it as it has a flour tortilla. They bring you a nice selection of sauces, refried beans, and chips to accompany your tacos. The tacos are small so I usually eat 3 – 4. They have multiple locations throughout the city, but this is the only one I have tried.

Esta cadena no está nada mal. Desde mi punto de vista de extranjero el sabor y la calidad-​precio de sus tacos está bastante bien. Recomiendo el taco pastor. No soy muy de cadenas de restaurantes pero hay que probar de todo.

When a good friend of mine found out I was in Mexico City, he recommended coming here so he could live vicariously through me. The location was only a short walk away. The streets reminded us of Barcelona and even some of the areas in New York City where there’s a number of apartments and condos, and some restaurants at the street level.
This location is small and cozy. We sat inside where it was warm. The climate is cooler than San Diego at this time… felt more like San Francisco weather. Our server, Miguel Angel, was very friendly and told us the history of El Tizoncito and the creation of the tacos al pastor. Since it was our first time, he recommended the original pork tacos…
MA: People order maybe three and then end up eating 10 or more
We ordered 5 each to start and a couple of Modelos. Very tasty tacos! Just the right amount of meat, onions, cilantro, and pineapple… the flavors complimented each other very well. There were four kinds of hot sauces and even though he said two of them were milder, I thought the red one was spicy… yes, I’m a wimp. We ended up ordering three more each.
They also serve other items on their quite extensive menu. We would definitely be back for one more visit and try some of the other popular items like the huaraches. This is a really inexpensive place to eat. No frills, just good local cooking. They have a number of locations now and one of the cooks has been with the company since they started in 1966. Pretty cool!

Our favorite taco place. You’re not gonna have any major revelations here (for that I recommend the lamb tacos at Manolito’s in Napoles) but it’s consistently delicious and fresh with good, quick service. I’ve tried a bunch of stuff on the menu but keep coming back to their invention (allegedly), the al Pastor, w/​o pineapple but with plenty of lime squeezed on top. Guacamole is especially good here too. Campeche locations seem interchangeable (I’ve been to each at least a dozen times). Both are clean, comfortable and great for Condesa people watching.

This is a great little taco place, I live nearby so I’ve been here quite a few times. everything I’ve ordered is good, I recommend the tacos al pastor, and the tacos de arrachera. and for appetizers los ah dorados, y el no que no. Service is also very good and fast. You won’t be disappointed.

Evetytime I’m I’m town I try and make sure I stop by here. I love it that you get at least 4 salsas to choose from w a side of beans and fresh chips. This last visit I had the hurache de pastor. It was good but I Def recommend the tacos al pastor.

We had the tacos al pastor along with an order of alambre and a quesadilla de nortenas. Pretty average tacos al pastor for a place that claims it invented it. Actually I thought they lacked meat — cheap, edible, but not extraordinary. The alambre was fine as was the quesadilla but again nothing special.
When we posted are displeasure on a social media site, we were told by our friends that we should be heading over to La Flama! Not an area we most likely will visit but if we do we will.

I love tacos al pastor like I’d love my own children, if I had any. Our Airbnb accommodations were right up the street and knowing that El Tizoncito claims to be the birthplace of al pastor, we had to stop in. We were there at a little bit of a weird time, as the staff seemed to all be having their lunch, but we were seated at a table outside, anyway. Of course we got the al pastor and yes, they were good. That and a nice cold cerveza and we were happy campers.

The menus of this restaurant claim that it is the birthplace of tacos al pastor, which is a bit like a restaurant claiming that it invented chicken noodle soup, but who can say?
They do have an excellent selection of tacos, alambres, and other tortilla-​wrapped items. They also bring out chips and various salsas of varying degrees of spiciness. While I was there, the wait staff was very attentive and solicitous, which is a bit out of the ordinary for a DF restaurant, where you normally have to flag down a waiter for anything that you need. They even handed me my umbrella when I was getting ready to leave.
I ordered an alambre and a beer. The alambre was about 60 pesos or so, and it involved two tortillas filled with meats, cheese, onions, and peppers. They were hot and delicious, and big enough that I was able to pour all of the aforementioned five sauces onto various segments of the alambre. Is this the standard alambre protocol? I don’t know, but it worked for me.
I give it 5 stars for being exactly what I needed on a cold, rainy evening.

My colleague and I had just arrived in Mexico City and we were craving some good Mexican food. We walked around Condesa rather aimlessly… looking at the menus of various restaurants, but none of them really tickled our faste buds. Until we saw this rather dingy-​looking tacos place… I love dingy and to me it was literally screaming «hole-​in-​the-​wall-​goodness» from every window. My enthusiasm quickly infected my colleague and soon we were seated at a table and a waiter was already bringing two beers as well as a tray of chips and salsa. Yummy! To take the guess-​work away from the ordering process, we entrusted the waiter to bring us some good food. He scribbled down a few notes and soon re-​appeared with a selection of tacos… and let me tell you: they were delicious!
It was only on the next day that we found out what gem we had run into: the birth place of the Taco al Pastor! According to Steet Gourmet LA «The El Tizoncito in Condessa was started by Dona Conchita in 1966 along with her sons. The vertical spit had been brought to Mexico by Lebanese immigrants for cooking shwarma, and at some point Mexicans adopted the cooking device for their own purposes. This evolution took place in the part of Mexico where the Lebanese settled, in DF, Puebla, and the Yucatan, and probably involved several phases, but El Tizoncito was the first to put tacos al pastor in their current form on the map. Not to be confused with the original cabrito al pastor from Nuevo Leon (whole butterflied roasted kid), tacos al pastor are made with pork marinaded in a rub of chiles, spices, and citrus.» (
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Nowadays, El Tizconcito is a smallish-​mediumish local chain with restaurants all over Mexico City. Nevertheless, it seems like they’ve stayed true to their roots… I recommend!

La sopa de hongos es muy rica. Los tacos al pastor son para chuparse los dedos y las quesadillas son ideales para niñas y niños. Esta esquina es pequeña, pero de gran sabor. Los precios no son caros y hay gran variedad de tacos, sopas y especialidades. También recomiendo el consomé de pollo, el agua de horchata y la cerveza típica que acompaña al taco. El servicio es eficiente y amable. Una de las taquerías consentidas de la zona. Si llegas y no hay lugar, te puedes acomodar en las diferentes barras que tienen, para aplicar la de comer el taco de pie.

Lugares para comer hay muchos, la mayoría nos brinda desconfianza por no saber la calidad de los materiales, esto no pasa en El Tizoncito, sabrás que al entrar a ese lugar encontrarás los tacos de un sabor el cual hará que sonrías de oreja a oreja.
Muchos menús de taquerías no cambian mucho de unas a otras, eso no importa a la hora de poder comer, dicen que un lugar te indica si es bueno por la cantidad de personas que asiste, pues solo con ver la fila que hay para entrar a El Tizoncito sabrás que tienes esa seguridad de que tu estómago estará contento por el resto del día.
Los tacos son el mejor invento que alguien pudo tener y como aportación cultural al mundo es algo que todos los taqueros deberían considera. Los fundadores de El Tizoncito seguro pensaron en eso y en sus clientes por lo cual ofrecen algo por lo cual estarías dispuesto a regresar.

Esta taquería ha crecido mucho en cuanto a fama, menú y precio. Lo que sí no cambia es su buen sabor. La especialidad obviamente es el taco al pastor y cuando lo pides con todo; además de la cebolla, cilantro y piña ya va incluida la salsa, que por cierto es buenísima. Pedirlos a la plancha es una buena opción para que la carne esté más doradita.
Mientras esperas, además de ponerte en la mesa las salsas, los limones y la sal, te sirven un platito con totopos y frijolitos refritos calientes que…¡bueno! son la mejor botana y al menos en mi mesa duran sólo algunos minutos.
También los alambres son muy buenos, los quesos fundidos y las gringas. Sin embargo, mi platillo favorito a últimas fechas son los doraditos, que son tres taquitos de pastor dorados con crema y queso encima. Son una delicia y llenadores.
Aunque sus precios los han elevado considerablemente, su sabor, la calidad de los alimentos y el buen servicio lo vale.

El Tizoncito es una taquería buena, con un buen menú y se ostentan como los creadores de los tacos al pastor. La verdad es que el servicio es bueno, higiénico, la comida también es buena y los precios son justos.
El menú tacos al pastor, nachos, quesos fundidos, cebollas, guacamole, chicharrón de queso, sopas, frijoles, quesadillas, huaraches etc.
Lo que sí es que fue de las primeras taquerías en la Ciudad, abrieron la primera en 1966 y son muy conocidos y de mucha tradición, no los van a defraudar pero considero que hay taquerías con más propuestas, mejores sabores y mejor servidos.
Finalmente es una taquería tradicional, que está perfecta para el antojo y si tienen una cerca es una buena opción.