El Pocito - N. McAllen

Just to take away, as a Mexican who visits McAllen very often it is the best, gorditas of stews and corn and flour taquitos like at home, so as not to eat so many hamburgers or fried chicken, greetings from Apodaca, Nuevo

Food was amazing! Brings childhood grandmother cooking vibes! I definitely will be back and recommend it to everyone!

Just pick up and go, but it's the only home made place that tastes amazing! All done right on front of you

Ok so I looked this place up here in Yelp and I don 't feel that the reviews pay homage to the actual historic place we have here at home.When I walk up to the place, I 'm immediately taken back 35-40 years to the tortillerías I used to visit as a child in Mexico. The smell of freshly cooked tortillas hit you a few yards before getting to the door. Old-school screens on the door and windows allow the rich aroma of tortillas and beans to permeate the surrounding air.The griddles are hot and the long time chefs are busy cooking tortillas and gorditas for pending orders. The menus is simple and the prices are good. Now, you might be tempted to ask, what 's the big deal, it 's the same breakfast as other places? The big deal is the food is fresh. The bigger deal, is that they ground the maíz and do the nixtamalization process all in-house; making the corn tortillas as fresh and natural as possible.For the lovers of flour tortillas....those are good too. Made fresh when you order; or...if you take flour tortillas home, they hold up well for a couple of days in the fridge. Don 't buy too many and not eat them right away, there are no preservatives so they won 't be as fluffy or as good as when they are fresh. That is expected from fresh foods like that; the same thing happens with Breadsmith bread, it 's great, it just doesn 't keep a long time like store bought prepackaged tortillas/bread.Now, El Pocito has been around for over 100 years; even surviving the pandemic. The head chef has been there over 30. The prices are good. The food is good. The process is traditional and the tortillas are great!Let 's all visit El Pocito for some tacos and gorditas. Let 's keep them around another 100 years.Oh and it 's cash only and they are closed Sundays.We 'll see you there!

A place full of stories, I wonder how many famous people have eaten there... Mrs. M said that Piporro ate a lot there.