La Soledad

I got stuck at the trashy tire place next to La Soledad when my tire died on I-​10 East. Replacing the two rear tires was going to take two hours so I had to have something to eat in the middle of the day.
Three soft carne asada tacos from La Soledad. $ 1 each, no tax just like their other tacos. Absolutely awesome. The meat is crispy from the searing but juicy on the inside. Typical green and red salsa along with onions. The perfect carne asada taco at the perfect price.
I’m seriously in love with this place.
I stopped by again last night to get my fix and the carne asada tacos were just as good. I gave the puerco tacos that Tony C mentioned a try as well (they didn’t have it there when I first came in the afternoon). Great as well. Personally, I’ll stick with the Carne.
If you’re driving taking the 10 near Vermont and you’ve got the munchies, then you HAVE to take a little detour to grab some $ 1 tacos from this shop.
I couldn’t be happier with the food. They get 4 stars instead of 5 because they don’t serve beer. Maybe bring a 6 pack of your own?

US$ 1 doesn’t buy you much nowadays. You can’t even get ONE item at $.99 stores. 2 months ago, I found out US$ 1 doesn’t even buy you a taco in Mexico anymore.
How the recently opened La Soledad will succeed where Flor De Cana and La Carambola (2 preceeding restaurants at this location) both failed, at $ 1 a taco, is a mystery to me.
What is perfectly clear tho, is the shining, rotating roadside contraption spitting flames onto the gently mounted, slowly marinading, barely caramelizing slices of puerco:
. Pork al pastor, from the state of Puebla, is derived from Lebanese shawarma around early 20^th century which makes this dish only 100 years old. In the current format, grilled pork is first sliced vertically straight off the spit, then a couple of pineapple slices is flicked off from the top, where the pineapple sits, all in 1 adroit move.
It’s almost like a modern dance of hand movements.
At La Soledad, 2 palm-​sized corn tortillas are dipped in the regular carnitas lard, then placed on the grill. What you have, is a cute pile of porky hotness right in the palm of your hand. Lovely! And a $ 1. Opens late, cement curb seating:
. Perfect for suburban K-​town clubbers who don’t want Hodori/​Nak-​won as it’s on the way to the 10 freeway anyhow.
PS: if you ever wanna chase tacos al pastor/​marisco in Puerto Vallarta, instead of bikini babes, let me know. I can draw a map.