El Taco Riendo

2412 Central Ave NE, Minneapolis
(612) 781-3000

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Tacos Dorados Crispy Flautas
Chimichanga Chicken Tacos
Foot Long Burrito
Veggie Burrito
Meat Options
Street Tacos
Pollo Verde
Chilaquiles
Quesadillas
Enchiladas

Menu

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Taco
Softshell corn tortillas are made locally by La Perla tortilleria.
Burrito
Flour tortilla with rice, beans, and your choice of meats and toppings.
Enchiladas
Served with rice and beans. With 3 different options for salsas 1) mole sauce (has nuts), 2) green salsa (medium spice), 3) Ranchera salsa (non-spicy), 4) Red salsa (spicy).
Guacamole
Quesadillas
Grilled flour tortillas with mozzarella cheese and your choice of meat. Side of iceberg lettuce, pico de gallo, sour cream, and guacamole.

Featured Items
Taco
Softshell corn tortillas are made locally by La Perla tortilleria.
Burrito
Flour tortilla with rice, beans, and your choice of meats and toppings.
Nachos
Cheddar cheese sauce over tortillas with the toppings of your preference.
Enchiladas
Served with rice and beans. With 3 different options for salsas 1) mole sauce (has nuts), 2) green salsa (medium spice), 3) Ranchera salsa (non-spicy), 4) Red salsa (spicy).
Quesadillas
Grilled flour tortillas with mozzarella cheese and your choice of meat. Side of iceberg lettuce, pico de gallo, sour cream, and guacamole.
Chimichanga
Fried flour tortilla stuffed with your choice of meats, rice, beans, and topped with ranchero sauce, side of iceberg lettuce, pico de gallo, guacamole, and sour cream.
Platillo Combinado
Combination plate. 1 or 2 choices of meat with rice, beans, and corn tortillas.
Taco Salad
Rice, beans, choice of meat, lettuce, sour cream, guacamole, pico de gallo, cilantro, onions, radishes, and mozzarella cheese.
Tacos Dorados
Order of 3, Crispy flautas. Chicken or potatoes over lettuce and topped with sour cream, grated cheese, and salsa. Served with rice and beans.
Beef Empanadas
Order of 2 empanadas served with sour cream, cotija cheese, and lettuce, and pico on the side.
Torta Cubana
Breaded steak, ham, sausage (chorizo), guacamole, beans, lettuce, tomato, onions, jalapeno pepper, and cheese.
Sopes
Order of 3 pieces with spread beans, topped with your choice of meat, with lettuce, cilantro, onions, sour cream, grated cheese, and salsa.
Burrito Bowl
Torta Asada
Tostadas
Crispy tortilla with the spread of beans. Your choice of meat topped with lettuce, pico de gallo, sour cream, grated cheese, and salsa.
Alambre
Made with Asada steak or pastor BBQ pork, sauteed in butter and sweet peppers, onions, pineapple, ham over corn tortillas and topped with mozzarella cheese.
Chilaquiles
Tortilla chips soaked in red or green salsa with rice or beans, topped with Asada or 2 eggs, drizzled with sour cream, onions, and grated cheese.
Fajita Chicken
Fajita chicken with sauteed sweet peppers, red onions, rice, beans, corn tortillas, and salsa.
Veggie Burrito
Torta Hawaiiana
Ham, pineapple, cheddar cheese, lettuce, guacamole, beans, jalapenos peppers, tomato, and onions.
Regular Torta
Menudo
Kid's Quesadillas
Flour tortilla with cheese and lettuce.
Fajita Beef
Fajita beef with sauteed sweet peppers, red onions, rice, beans, corn tortillas, and salsa.
Fajita Shrimp
Fajita Shrimp with sauteed sweet peppers, red onions, rice, beans, corn tortillas, and salsa.
Camarones - a la Diabla
Diablo shrimp. Sauteed shrimp with hot red diablo sauce, rice, beans, and corn tortillas.
Veggie Plate Eggplant
Lasagna Mexican style served with lettuce, rice, beans, and pico de gallo.
Camarones - Mojo de Ajo
Garlic butter shrimp. Served with rice, beans, and corn tortillas.
Torta Pierna
Torta Milanesa
Breaded steak.
Veggie Fajitas
Torta de Jamon

Extra Side Orders
Chips
Salsa
Sauce.
Guacamole
Rice (Arroz)
Beans (Frijoles)
Sour Cream (Crema)
Nacho cheese
French Fries
Cheese Cake
Carne
Any meat of your choice.
Pico de Gallo
Chipotle Sauce
Tortillas

Postres
Chocoflan

Drinks
Horchata
Coke Can Produce
Jarritos
Jamaica
Mexican Coke
Can Soda
Fountain Soda
Squirt
Sparkling Water
Sangria
Non-alcoholic.
Sprite (Bottle)
Fanta (Bottle)
Sidral
Red Bull
Bottled Water
Monster
Boing
Jumex
Vitamin Water

Mains
Tiramisu
Chile Relleno

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Recent Reviews

Very mediocre for the area. Bland and nothing memorable. I got the taco dorados. Dry chicken, bland refried beans and pico. Order at the counter. Awkward menu since some are in photos above the counter and other on a wall adjacent. Very quiet at 12 for lunch.
October 2025
We ordered quesadillas which were little soggy and the cheese did not stay within the bread like other Mexican restaurants I've had experiences with. One of my friend started feeling nausea after eating their quesadilla as well.
September 2025
LOVE LOVE LOVE this place! Delicious food ALWAYS, great service and the people who work there are friendly and helpful. I almost always get the Sopes, my fiancé gets anything and everything. They also play soccer on the TV
May 2025

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El Taco Riendo

2412 Central Ave NE, Minneapolis, MN 55418
(612) 781-3000