Las Lupitas

Fed my husband and I twice for $20!Delicious tortillas and a great opportunity to practice your Spanish.

Food is to go but the barbacoa and carnitas are delicious definitely worth every penny! The Service is also great the guys behind the meat counter are very friendly and the cashier is also very nice!! The ambience is very cheerful because of the music and just shuffle of customers! It's obviously very popular among Hispanic families! :)

Fresh tortillas so hot you can't hold onto them! Chicken adobo is fall off the bone tender and moist. Cooked perfectly. Biggest pork rinds I've ever seen! Cool little Mexican grocer.

Much better than "Last Loo-pitas" which is the final place ever to sell Pita sandwiches out of a toilet. Hmm.Definitely one of my favourite places in Charlotte, where you can get some of the most incredible Barbacoa meat on homemade tacos that you can imagine. They absolutely blew me away. They sell them by the boatload and I can see why. Hard to get a small order but the larger orders cost peanuts, literally, you can only pay in peanuts or cashews. Wtf Mexico. Accept money ffs. Sigh.Really. Get here. It's simply spectacular. And cheap does not come close to explaining how ridiculously they're inexpensive this stuff is. And cheap does not come close to describing the great value your mother and sister offer on weekends. Perfect place, really. The food, just wow. Not to mention the great service as well. No wonder they often have really long lines in here.Speaking of really long lines, I just got this from a dude in the bathroom and I'm willing to share.

From the minute I opened the door and stepped through Las Lupitas' threshold, I was transported back to Mexico. From the jostle of the crowd at the meat counter to the squeak, squeak, squeak of the tortilla press, Las Lupitas is a little piece of Latin America in Charlotte. I read up on what to expect (thanks, Yelpers!) before going, and walked in with my order ready. I suggest you do the same as the experience can be a little overwhelming with tortilla orders placed in the back, meat orders along the side, and salsas, cilantro/onion, avocados, limes, etc. all in the front. As others have mentioned, Spanish is absolutely the primary language spoken in the store. Go armed with a few vocabulary words and a sense of humor, and you'll be just fine! We headed to the back to collect our tortillas first. I started drooling when she handed me a piping hot packet of tortillas -- 1 lb. (una libra in Spanish, FYI) for $1.26. From there, an English speaking employee took pity on us and fetched our 1 lb. of barbecue (barbacoa) and 1 lb. of chicken (pollo). With the meat and tortillas in our basket, we headed to the cash register at the front where we collected cups of salsas... They had 3 types on our visit -- a mild green, a hot orange, and a smoky/hot red -- each one was AMAZING!! That entire haul cost us just under $25 and has already fed us for 3-meals. We probably have enough left over for one more lunch tomorrow. I envision A LOT of visits to Las Lupitas in our future!

Went back again this past weekend for two lbs of tortillas and some salsas and fresh cilantro and onion to go with. Quality and service are still top notch. It's also still helpful to have at least one person with you who speaks conversational Spanish, although not completely necessary.

Thank you to all the previous reviews that explained how to use this place! It's sooooo delicious! We got carnitas, cheese, fresh tortillas, AND... homemade pico (with jalapeños) and guacamole. I was SUPER impressed with the guacamole- chock full of chunky avocado and very flavorful, much better than most places around town! Try it! So worth it. Great prices and friendly people. We had so much meat left over we used it for breakfast tacos the next day with eggs Thank you Lupitas, we will be back.

Best tacos I have ever had north of the border. Language barrier was a bit of a problem but so worth it. Other reviewers were spot on... go in and head to the back to get a kilo of fresh tortillas. Then order your meat from the meat counter. Grab your salsa back at the front when you pay.Tortillas: as fresh as you can get... still warm. Barbacoa: Delicious! Super moist and extremely tender... like the most soft and tender roast beef you have ever had.Carnitas: Awesome!! Moist and tender pulled pork.Salsa verde: Simple and fresh green salsa that's not too spicey.We ate in our car in the parking lot... it was epic!

I love this place! Meat is always fresh and tortillas as well, everything in here is delicious I will keep coming here. Also, please check that your change is exact because the cashier will steal from you. It always happened to me but not anymore!¡Amo este lugar! La carne siempre es fresca y las tortillas también, todo aquí está delicioso, seguiré viniendo aquí. PERO Chequen que les den bien su cambio por que las cajeras siempre roban dinero de su cambio. Siempre me pasaba pero ya no!

Hoy compré barbacoa y la verdad deja mucho que desear , la barbacoa debería ser 100 natural y está viene condimentada y muy salada ! Soy del norte de México dónde se nos reconoce por saber comer y cocinar carne , barbacoa y todo tipo de cortes