La Moreliana Meat Market

This has to be the most legt place to get tacos in Austin. It reminded me of the street tacos in Houston…
The Tacos were cheap and good, just like they are supposed to be. the salsas are homemade and authentic. They even have Horchata! This place is a secret that I am finally letting out.
The only thing that is negative is the questionable sanitary standards… but that is part of the experience haha

I got some al pastor tacos on corn tortillas from the tortilleria in the back. Word to the wise, you actually order and pay at the front. It’s easier if you speak Spanish, but not essential. Service was quick, and the tacos were kind of amazing — tender, juicy, and wonderful flavor. The price was right — 3 al pastor tacos for $ 6.
There is no shortage of places from which one can acquire tacos in this town, especially down South and near Riverside, but this is without a doubt, one of the best.

This place has a rodent infestation. I will not eat there any longer

Guess someone had to break the 5 star run!
Reason being: sadly the el pastor taco was a little dry & lacking flavor!
Fajita tacos: MMMmmm!
Pastor gordita also wonderful!
Will be coming back to try lengua & bistec tacos and fajita gordita!
PS No one speaks a lick of english here so practice your espanol!

Needing some pig feet for a project, I hied myself to carniceria. The massive hooves were stacked behind glass in the meat counter, between the tripe and chicken parts, sheathed in ice and huge beyond my wildest dreams — wow! I had to imagine the weight of those huge brown hooves. I pointed and asked for the pig feet.
«It’s cow feet,» I was told.
Oh.
But, within moments of ducking off into the walk-​in, he was back, with two relatively dainty frozen trotters. $ 1.68 for the pair. He offered to cut them, too.
I didn’t want to leave yet, so checked out more of the store. Nothing is low-​carb, though, so back to the meat counter I went. This isn’t the place for thick steaks, but the marinaded meats looked terrific, including the vat of raw chorizo. I settled on chicharrones — not one of the huge strips of fried pig skin that caught my eye (best consumed warm with hot sauce, I’m told), but a type I’d never seen before, with considerable meat still attached — a primal wedge of pig, fried and warm. I asked for four large pieces, forgetting that pigs are huge, and when I got back to my car, the first piece, ten inches long with about half a pound of meat on it, took the entire greasy trip home to finish.
My inclination is still to switch to certified hormone-​free beef, preferably grass-​fed, but I can’t deny how cool it is to buy a sack of chorizo, so cheap, or a cross section of a cow leg, looking for all the world like a rib-​eye, or delicious-​looking marinated fajita meat, or a cow foot. Love it.

Thank you, La Moreliana, for finally delivering the perfect authentic Mexican taco I have been seeking for so long.
I’ve been in Austin now for 3 months, had many fine tacos, but nothing as of yet had satiated my craving for real, south of the border, street fare. I mean sure, Torchy’s has lots of creative and delicious ingredients, but their tortillas are like rigid, out-​of-​the-​package things. Arandas and Arandinas come so tantalizingly close, but there’s something intangible that’s missing.
Maybe it helps that the setting is so authentic. Nestled by aisles of Mexican goods and produce. The unassuming little counter in the back with the friendly Spanish speaking lady eager to take my order. Whatever it is, these tacos are damned good and I’m proud to deliver a perfect 5 star rating on this one. What I had: beef fajita and pastor.
I’ve also bought fajitas from the meat counter to grill at home and had a religous experience with that.

This place has a taco stand in the back of the grocery store that makes very authentic tacos. You have to order in spanish. That’s a good measure of authenticity in my book. Make sure to get cilantro and onions on your Al Pastor. If you don’t like the griminess, then take your white ass back to Torchey’s and Taco Shack.

OMG! once again my friend told me about this place!
The TACOS especially the Fajita with Cilantro is by far the best
I have ever eaten. I just moved here from Brazil and not very familiar with mexican tacos REAL TACOS not Taco Bells fake version of them
They are only 99cents! they also have Chicken Taco and Tacos al Pastor (porkie) and Lengua! haha (cow tongue) which is great too!
Where i come from we eat everything from the poor cow.
If you like spicy sauces, la moreliana is a great place!
It is not the cleaniest place on earth but sometimes you have to make sacrifices in order to get something great!
Also: Learn these spanish words
Quiero Taco de Fajita! (steak) uno, dos, tres
Quiero Taco de Pollo (chicken)
Quiero Taco de Pastor (porkie)
Corn is Maiz and Flour is Harina!
I was forgetting about HORCHATA!
delicious drink!
try it

What!
I can’t believe I’m the first one to review this place! I’m actually a little hesitant to tell anyone about it. My fiancé and I feel like it’s our little secret taco place. We have gone here one too many times to partake of their divine pastor tacos. Perfectly tart, savory and greasy.
Note that this place isn’t really a taco stand. It’s more like a taco counter in the back of a Mexican grocery store. You can get an armful of tacos for like $ 5, along with some fierce green salsa and onions. Be prepared to speak broken Spanish to order.
If you’re unfortunate enough to find the counter in the back closed, the taco truck outside to the left is usually open late. They also have great lengua, barbacoa and pastor tacos. Beware: the pastor sells out pretty quickly.