Sorry, you’re not allowed to access this page. Contact Yelp if you keep experiencing issues. 001 Tacos de carnitas, carne asada y birria tacos near me pastor. Mexican dish consisting of a small hand-sized corn or wheat tortilla topped with a filling.
The tortilla is then folded around the filling and eaten by hand. The origins of the taco are not precisely known, and etymologies for the culinary usage of the word are generally theoretical. According to one etymological theory, the culinary origin of the term “taco” in Mexico can be traced to its employment, among Mexican silver miners, as a term signifying “plug. The miners used explosive charges in plug form, consisting of a paper wrapper and gunpowder filling. One possibility is that the word derives from the Nahuatl word “tlahco”, meaning “half” or “in the middle,” in the sense that food would be placed in the middle of a tortilla.