The VA Foodie Taco Trail: 40 Places to Get your Taco on in and Around Virginia

Forget Taco Tuesday, how about tacos every day? For breakfast, lunch, dinner or even a late-night snack, tacos deliver a burst of flavor in a handy, edible wrapper. Tacos are so popular, we think you could travel the state and have a taco at every stop. With that in mind, we thought we’d explore a Virginia Taco Trail. Dreaming of tacos, we took to social media and asked our followers to give a shout out to their favorite place, and y’all definitely delivered. So here goes! The official Virginia Foodie Taco Trail:

Locally-Sourced and Muy Bueno

We’re all about local sourcing, and we love to see international cuisine that’s influenced by the terroir of locally-sourced proteins and produce. So we were happy to see so many Virginia taquerias that proudly proclaim their strong local roots.

• Bro’s Fish Tacos (Virginia Beach)

• Burrito Perdido (Chesapeake)

• Casa del Barco (Richmond)

• Chicano Boy Taco (Staunton)

• En Su Boca Taqueria (Richmond)

• Gringo’s Taqueria (Virginia Beach)

• Intergalactic Tacos, food truck (Richmond)

• Over the Top Chef, food truck (Charlottesville)

• Pico Taqueria (Chincoteague)

• Sobo South of the Border Foods, food truck (Warrenton)

• Soul Taco (Richmond)

• Soup and Taco (Fredericksburg)

• T’Kila Latin Kitchen & Bar (Aldie, Leesburg)

• Taco Bamba (Falls Church, Fairfax, Vienna, Springfield, and Chinatown, DC)

• Taqueria Guadalajara (Winchester)

• Zandra’s Taqueria (Manassas, Fairfax, opening soon: Haymarket)

Locally-Owned Fan Favorites

They might not tout local sourcing, but these small businesses are your Virginia neighbors, and many have been around so long their community would not be the same without them. While they might not use uber-local ingredients, all of these locations serve up tacos that are freshly-made from scratch, with an authentic taste. As you travel around the Commonwealth, give these tacos a try–they come highly recommended by their friends and neighbors.

• Brazos Tacos (Charlottesville)

• Cabo Fish Taco, (Blacksburg, Roanoke)

• Cactus Mexican Restaurant (Charlottesville) 

• Don Taco (Alexandria) 

• Don’t Look Back (Richmond)

• El Diablo Loco Cantina and Tequila Bar (Hampton)

• El Rulas Tacos (Manassas)

• Juan More Taco (Fredericksburg) 

• La Cabana (Richmond)

• La Hacienda Street Food & Tequila (Richmond)

• La Hacienda Mexican Grill (Norfolk)

• La Michoacana Taqueria (Charlottesville)

• La Milpa Restaurante Mexicano (Richmond)

• Lilly’s Little Mexico (Chincoteague)

• Señor Ramon Taqueria (Chantilly, Leesburg, Sterling, Reston)

• Shelly’s Food Latina Comida (Henrico)

• Stuft, food truck (Hampton)

• Tacos Mexico (Richmond)

• Taqueria La Hacienda (Chesapeake)

• Tio Pablo Taqueria (Richmond) 100% Gluten Free

• Tortas y Tacos las Chiquita (Arlington) 

More Tacos Worth Mentioning 

Tacos are so majorly yummy that many types of restaurants include them on their menus as a bar or breakfast food, and no Taco Trail would be complete without sharing a few of the more notable ways to have a taco experience.

Wong Gonzales (Richmond), while not a traditional taqueria, has devoted their menu to a fusion of Chinese and Mexican flavors that is a tasty experiment in blending two cultures. Simple Eats (Virginia Beach) touts a locally-sourced taco on their bar menu. Beer Run (Charlottesville) regularly serves up fine breakfast tacos. And Flavor on Main (Culpeper) has an ever-changing taco experience using local ingredients for their Taco Tuesday specials.

Let us know how you satisfy your taco cravings. As you travel across the state, sampling tacos from our taco trail, snap a pic, give us a shout, and tag your posts #vafoodietacotrail, and we’ll keep sharing that taco love.