This is one restaurant people will drive out of their way for to eat everything from birria tacos served with a side of consomme to crunchy taco dorados dipped in red sauce. Tacos here come stuffed with a choice of steak, goat, chicken, cabeza (beef cheek), or lengua (beef tongue).

Brito Supermarket’s taqueria moved to a new location a few years back, but the food remains the same at El Jefe Taqueria with a variety of tacos on the menu, including al pastor and carne asada. Head in on Sundays for menudo, a spicy, weekend-only soup filled with large chunks of tripe and hominy swimming in chile broth.

Located inside a BP food market, head in for tacos, including shrimp, pork stomach, and al pastor, as well as huaraches, tortas, and tostadas with sides of rice and beans. Make sure to stop by the salsa bar for hot sauces, too. Dine in at the counter or take it to go.

This small taqueria inside Carniceria Ramirez serves double tortilla tacos and platters seven days a week. Watch as the tortillas are made fresh here, too. Try the carne asada platter with rice, beans, and a salad for around $10 or order two or three tacos like carnitas, chicken, or tilapia for another $2 each. The taqueria also serves great tortas, burritos, menudo on the weekends, and tamales between November and February.

Fans of this College Park taco spot would rather it remain a secret. The counter-service restaurant just beyond the East Point line is easily missed, hidden behind a Chevron station. Its storefront is on Vesta Avenue. But, area residents swear Don Sige serves some of the best tacos in Atlanta. Try the tripe, cabeza, or lengua tacos. The restaurant serves up great tortas and quesadillas, too. There’s also a location in Forest Park.

Chicago native Chasity Hill is serving up her signature “wet tacos” infused with the flavors of Puerto Rico out of Corner Store Grocery on Metropolitan Parkway. She hopes to get her Latin-Soul Food truck rolling one day. For now, people can catch Hill slinging her popular birra tacos and nacho fries at the shop. Follow on Instagram for updates. 

Run by one of the Little Tart Bakeshop’s head bakers, Sofia Garcia Diaz (who hails from Guadalajara, Mexico,) expect tacos from this pop-up like tender lengua tossed in tomatillo salsa, chicharron en salsa roja with refried beans and cotija cheese, or slow-cooked cochinita pibil made with annatto and sour orange adobo and topped with pickled red onions. Follow on Instagram for pop-up dates, menus, and pick-up location.

DMT Taqueria pops up regularly around Atlanta at breweries, outdoor festivals, and farmers markets. Order everything from mulitas and tortas to tinga tostadas from this pop-up. But the star of the menu is DMT’s street tacos and birria tacos with a side of consomme for dipping. Follow on Instagram for menu updates and specials, like horchata cream-filled doughnuts. 

Located in the Municipal Market (Sweet Auburn Curb Market), this restaurant stall set up shop in 2022 and is family owned and operated. It’s already a hit with downtown Atlanta office workers and Georgia State students. Those looking for steak or chicken birria tacos and cheesy birria quesadillas Downtown should head straight to this food stall on Edgewood. The birria nachos topped with creamy queso here are not to be missed. Open weekdays only.

While best known for its tlayudas, La Oaxaquena Taqueria is also a popular spot for tacos and other Oaxacan-style fare in south metro Atlanta. Stick to the street tacos here, including the campechanos (steak and chorizo), carnitas, pastor, and tripe. Tacos can come with either corn or flour tortillas.

Located on the edge of Grant Park, Mi Barrio offers homey takes on traditional Mexican fare on the menu. The relaxed and friendly atmosphere at this family-owned and operated taqueria on Memorial Drive is hard to beat, especially with a cold beer and a plate of tacos, rice, and beans.

An Atlanta taco map could not exist without chef Eddie Hernandez’s taqueria. There are now five Georgia outposts on Cheshire Bridge, in Decatur, Chamblee, the original location in Westside, and one in Athens. For Mexican-Southern fusion, try the Memphis (chopped smoked pork) or fried chicken tacos. 

A vegan taqueria located on the border between Reynoldstown and Edgewood, owner Christin Hodge serves tacos, nachos, burritos, and rice bowls free of dairy, eggs, shellfish, and meat. Must-try tacos here are the falafel with cucumber, pico, and tzatziki and the grilled mushroom asada with chipotle crema.

This unassuming spot on Buford Highway serves up a variety of Mexican fare on its menu, including freshly-made tacos. Order the steak, pollo, or shrimp ceviche tacos here with an ice-cold beer. A great choice for late-night tacos.

This super popular taqueria on Buford Highway is known for its tacos and large taco platters paired with very strong margaritas. If he’s there, make sure to also grab a churro from the gentleman who often pops into the restaurant selling the fried dough treat.

Few things are as satisfying as grabbing takeout tacos from the counter stall in the back of this Buford Highway grocery store. Supermarket Chicago at the Pinetree Plaza in Doraville makes its tortillas and salsas fresh daily. Meat fillings include everything from chicken and pork to goat and lengua.

Located just west of the Home Depot on Lawrenceville Highway in Tucker, this counter-service Mexican spot offers several taco options on the menu, from carne asada and chicken to tripe and grilled shrimp. Don’t forget to hit up the condiment bar to dress up those tacos before eating.

Located next to a Chevron in Tucker, Taquería Oaxaqueña de la Gueleguetza is best known for its delicious tlayudas. But don’t skip the tacos on the menu. Try the cabeza, pastor, and barbacoa tacos on the menu. Beyond tacos and tlayudas, try the bistec a la Mexicana or braised beef in a spicy tomato and chile sauce.

Taco N’ Madre keeps its street tacos traditional with meat choices like chorizo, al pastor, chicken, and steak dressed with onions and cilantro. Order a mix of tacos here, including the campechano, a blend of steak and chorizo packed with flavor. The restaurant, which includes locations in Lilburn and Conyers, also serves huaraches, pambazos, and gorditas on the menu as well as quesabirria, which comes served as three tacos with consomme or as a hot bowl of birria ramen.