La Poblanita

I've been coming here for years and I love La Poblanita!! I recommend that everyone stops by to check out the market and grab some tacos on your way out! The guys working behind the grille are always very friendly and do a great job making delicious tacos! The market is very traditional and offers a very wide variety of food items, as well as an array of different products. I have nothing to compare La Poblanita to, as I've not yet visited any Hispanic regions, but I do know that I've never seen anything like La Poblanita anywhere else in Pittsburgh, and I'd certainly consider it a gem! I tell everyone I know about this place, and I hope you will do the same soon :) Note: Please don't be offended by any weird looks from any of the employees. I'm sure they appreciate your business but might not like the feeling of being sort of like a tourist attraction. Definitely don't let that steer you away though!

What's not to love about a Mexican grocery and taco stand built from an old abandoned gas station?Here is the process: Go inside first. Grab yourself a drink from the cooler and let the cashier know what tacos you are ordering. That person will them give you a post-it note with a hand written number specifying how many tacos. Walk outside and immediately to your left, you hand the note to the grillman and let him know what tacos and if it is to go. Be mindful that the tacos have different pricing so if you buy the more "premium" tacos like Lengua (tongue) then you would pay like an extra dollar. He will tell you and may have to go back in and pay if your order was paid comensurately. Beyond that there is a covered eating area, the back left hand corner top your tacos with an awesome salsa bar. All in all, my favorite spot when around that area.

I just got some food here, died and went to heaven! My son and I were heading to his Riverhounds soccer camp after school crew practice and needed to find a place to eat fairly quick. He checked Yelp, and it was close by in Coraopolis on State. Best Yelp search ever!This is not American style Mexican. This was a trip back to the 70's traveling through Mexico down to Panama, street shop authentic fare. I had the Caldo de Res beef soup, and it was INCREDIBLE! It was OMG delicious. The flat bread was incredible. The lime and onion chili garnish perfect. My son was thrilled with his meal as well...a shrimp based soup. Oh, and the churro for dessert? Perfection!This find was wonderful! Go there, you must! This is the best Central American food I've had in literal decades. Never had better in the US.

So, I've read a bit about this place over the past year that I've been visiting the area and have been wanting to try it for a while due to all the positive reviews. I finally got to try it on a Friday, when they offer buy 2 - get 1 free tacos. Firstly, I went to the wrong location... turns out there are two restaurants across the street from each other; one is a grocery store with the taco stand and the other offers ice cream and a lot more items, like fried whole fish, etc. but no tacos there. So, be sure to go the appropriate location for the food you desired.So, when I walked across the street to the tacos stand, the guy at the outdoor grill told me to go inside to pay. When I did, I waited a long time at the register before seeking out an employee, who looked like he was stocking a shelf. He came over and rung me up and had somewhat of a bad attitude. The price was decent, only about $7 for the three tacos. Brought my ticket outside to get my tacos, the guy outside made them by heating up some corn tortillas and then added tons of meat to them, so you definitely get a very large portion here. They have a salsa bar (which is refrigerated, since it's outdoors) to fix up your tacos the way you want.I tried one pollo, one chicken fajita, and one carnitas. The two chicken tacos were just ok, not very flavorful and very dry. The carnitas was pretty decent. All of them needed lots of salsa to get more flavor to them and each also needed some lime squeezed on them. Overall, I can say that I've finally been, but I'm definitely not going back... I crave really good tacos and after this visit, these are definitely not "craveable" to me.

Delicious takeout food a converted gas station turned market with a tacoreica the don't always have everything. You need to speak Spanish

Some great tacos and interesting grocery. Stop here when in the area for some of the best tacos. Pay inside and order outside. There is area to choose ur toppings and salsa. Some picnic tables and friendly others enjoying their tacos. If in the neighborhood be sure to stop and enjoy.

Get the Mojarra Frito...Amazing!! Crispy on the outside, light flaky and juicy on the inside. Hubby enjoyed Carne Asada and 2 Carne Asada tacos. Kids had Carnitas tacos and flan. Ice cream was also worth the trip.

Came back after last weeks review in the fast station taco shop across the street (same name). This was an ice cream shack with outdoor window service. Excited to order the mojarra frita which was cooked perfectly. Super flakey with a plastic fork. Avocado and lime were nice additions...much needed as the rice and beans needed more flavor. The tortillas came in silver foil and super hot with nice char. I'd order this again for sure but wish I could go across the street to the salsa bar to enhance the rice.

Cool place! I like how you could add as many toppings as you'd like. The dessert you could buy in store was also incredible and everyone there was very kind. Some options such as the beef tongue didn't taste very fresh however. Even so, very affordable options and again AMAZING DESSERT!!

Without a doubt this is authentic Mexican Street Food. A must stop if you are anywhere near here!