Los Portales

Served with onions, cilantro, radish and limes, the taco fillings at Los Portales range from the piquante el pastor to chicken, pork, veal flank, chorizo, and spicy pork on a corn tortilla. The more authentic offers include pork ear and beef tongue, but you can stick to the standards. Take a look around: Los Nuevos Portales caters to Mexicans new to NYC looking for a taste of home. Essentially a taqueria not a restaurant, which translates into much more casual, small, and you can improve your Spanish as the TV is tuned into an overly dramatic telenovela. Most of the business here is take-out, hence the rudimentary decor, but don't let that dissuade you from buying one of each of the tacos r full platters of fajita, chilaquiles, quesadillas and taking it home to your honey.