Consistently the best tacos, and also at the best price ($2.29 per last I went). My favorite is the chorizo but all of them are great.

Absolutely the best carne asada torta around! Also they have a vendor inside who sells mango sorbets which are delicious!The area is not the best but its worth the trip.Many locals call this prison taco because of its proximity to the Atlanta penitentiary, where AL Capone and many other infamous notables paid visits to over the years.Its basically a small store which specializes in Latin foods and the restaurant is a small carniceria in the back.It stays busy because of the selection of products and the chow is delicious.Highly recommend!

I’ve been eating a lot of tacos around ATL..easily the best.

Im so happy that this store is so close to me. I usually have to travel all the way to Buford Highway to get authentic Mexican food. I wish you had the cookies.

The secret gem that’s not so secret anymore. Delicious and authentic flavors. I usually get the tacos but I recently opted for their breakfast burrito. It was the size of my thigh! Delicious too. Don’t try calling ahead or specializing your order- you get what you get and it’s going to be good!

Tacos are decent, but will not return - this place is infested with German cockroaches. So infested that the roaches will crawl around in the light, along the floors, and under the tables near your feet - I also saw some on the kitchen prep area near the food and tortillas. Disgusting.

Great food, quick service, great prices! 10/10 wanna go back.

Had to check out this place as it has some very good reviews here on Yelp and Google. Have to save I agree. I had 3 simple asada tacos and they were very good. I really like the slight crispyness to the meat. The seasoning was was spot on. If you are on the south side and looking for a great taco, this is your location.

We’ve eaten here since before it was well known and the tacos were only a little over a dollar. The guy behind the meat counter has often ignored us and had a general bad attitude, but others were pleasant and helpful, so we’ve continued to visit for tacos or some of the other prepared meals. However, that sauce stand is terrible and the last straw was seeing a live roach crawling near it. No sir.

Delicious Brisket Tacos! Wish they had fish tacos, guacamole, or something besides just meat.

Hands down the best place to get real authentic tacos! We drive about 30 minutes and pass like 3 other places just to go here

Incredible. Most authentic you can get in the city

Great food and a new stand inside with sorbet mangonadas

Foods ok. A bit unseasoned, but altogether though its great.

Sinfully delicious little tacos. If you like tacos you gotta go.

Really good tacos. We come here most weekends at least once for them.

Been eating here for two years! They never disappoint. The food is soooo good!

Great menudo good food

Theres a more than a few gems like this around the city and OTP but for some reason EP#14 has always been my go to. The usual taqueria/carniceria behind a mercado set up, but with super friendly staff and a generally comfortable vibe in the place. Just wish they had lengua available all the time, other than that, its ALL great food. Go get a damn taco.

You guys never answer the phone ever. Ive called your store on multiple occasions and you guys never ever answer the phone. I have to call at least 10 times maybe even 20 to ask one question. Id rather ask to make sure you have an item in stock before driving all the way there. None of your stores are close to my home. Can yall please at LEAST have the courtesy to have someone answer your phone during your covid business hours promptly?

Incredible tacos at a reasonable price. A monthly visit for me

The best authentic tacos, beans and rice I have eaten in so long.

Prices higher than most and service just as bad. Stood in front of the counter for at least 5 minutes never even acknowledged me.

The best, most authentic tacos in the area! Carne asada and chorizo are my faves.

Food was authentic and yummy. Wasnt the cleanest area to eat in (dirty tables, ect), but it wasnt too bad. The food made it worth it. Id go back for sure.

Great food and reasonable. Will always be my taco Tuesday spot.

Best place for a burrito in SE Atlanta,by a margin.To go.

Good food in tha hood

Best tacos in Atlanta hands down.

Always love the food never disapointed

Love this place the tacos are authentic...

Its a quaint Mexican stand into a Mexican grocery store that makes really great tacos, quesadilla and many other things they also have a bomb stand that makes fresh sorbet and ice water drinks.

There tacos and everything they make are great. Authentic street tacos.

Show courtesy and wear a mask! The staff were all masked. No wait to order. Quick service. Excellent tacos as always.

Another great authentic Mexican Taco stand. Its inside a supermarket all the way in the back. The cashier spoke English, in case you dont think you can order in Spanish. Highly recommended. They are clearly loved in this neighborhood. There was no line when we arrived, but there was a fast moving line the whole time we ate.

Best tacos inside the perimeter! You can try fancy taco places, they don’t come close to the real carniceria taco experience.

Best tacos in Atlanta that arent on Buford Highway. Thats really all you need to know. Except, maybe, dont underestimate that red sauce. Itll get ya!

Food is good they could be more cleaner especially the sauce table

We had a variety of things from the taco stand: rice and beans, and all of the tacos and an asada burrito. The meat in the tacos was dry and unflavored. The rice and beans were out of this world amazing though

The food is excellent love the Mexican tacos. And the nachos are the bomb too

Amazing.

No frills. Good food.. Clientele ranges from the construction trades to folks that live in the neighborhood to folks that work in the movie industry. It is a dive. Lunch time is busy. I frequented similar places back in Houston.

Food amazing

Good food

Friendly and nice people always I been there I got the best service.

Just finished eating and the tacos are ok. i had the chicken, steak and pork. The steak was the best. Chicken and pork were dry. Would go again if I were in the area, but would not go out of my way to eat here.

Unpretentious food made with love. This is the perfect spot to grab tacos or the odd produce item for nights when cooking just isn’t gonna happen. Lovingly dubbed “Prison Tacos” for its proximity to the penitentiary, you really won’t be disappointed by the food at El Progresso.

For the longest time, we just referred to El Progreso as Prison Tacos since they are so close to the prison, but if you havent been there, this is a must. Hands down, these are the BEST tacos in all of Atlanta, this a claim I dont make lightly. Most places charge double what they do, but are half the quality. El Progreso consistently satisfies the tummy and the wallet. They get super busy during the lunch rush, so be patient and polite. The employees work very hard, and it shows

Best tacos in Atlanta - I get the beef tongue. Awesome sauce bar. The area around it can be shady - walked up once to see a guy peeing on the side of the building. To be fair he told me to have a safe evening so it wasnt all bad 😉

Legit best tacos south of Buford Highway! Get the Lengua! You will not regret it!

Best tacos ever, closest thing to living in Mexico. Authentic, freshly made, and very affordable... not over complicated hipster food. Just great tasting real Mexican food.

Really good authentic street tacos🌮 but Ive only had Carne Asada(Steak)🌮

Best tacos and nachos in the city. Great selection of stuff in the market, the people in the back are always nice, but often have to put up with rude customers, which is a shame. But man seriously those lengua nachos are life changing.

Great taco... but very bad customer service, Im standing there to get some meat but nobody was working in the back. I ask the restaurant part but they say its separate but u mean to tell me that u couldnt get the person that worked in the meat department. I had to ask the cashier to get somebody. No apologies from nobody, I will never come back here ever again.... 👎🏽

Great Food and friendly people! What else can you ask for?

The tacos are amazing and inexspensive. Beans and rice were perfect. Highly recommend if you want authentic food!

I need this place to be more obscure so the lines arent so long. And no they dont speak English, get over it.

Good Tacos Inside

Best tacos in the area

I love the fresh groceries and little restaurant in the back. The butcher shop also makes fajita, fresh chorizo, and other marinated meats.

The tacos are awesome! Try the chorizo!The service at the front of the store is so slow (seems they always have troubles with the debit card reader.)Oh well... That definitely wont stop me from going back to get those awesome tacos.

I love this place. They put care into the food they serve. It is a true neighborhood store - the kind of place where everyone is welcome and everyone enjoys themselves. I usually stick with the tacos, but the tortas and burritos are also great.

This is my go-to taco shop in Atlanta. Authentic and fantastic tacos at a very cheap price ($1.69 per taco). You can pay a lot more for artisanal tacos at uppity restaurants around Atlanta, but you wont find a better taco. At least I havent found a better taco.

I love this place. Fresh cooked to order

Love the tacos, shame the chefs werent wearing masks😕

Great place, good costumer service, excellent food, very fast and most of all they are very economical. I recommend this place to all ages and all races. Viva los tacos

After being told time and time again that I need to try the prison tacos I finally made the trip to El progreso. Tucked in the back of the supermarket, the restaurant has hands down some of the best authentic simple no-frills tacos. The meat is unbelievably fresh and the tacos are stuffed. With a little lime and salsa, they were in my top 5 tacos of all time. I got the barbacoa and carnitas :)

Good Mexican food. Prices are good for the portion sizes. I ordered the steak tacos a.k.a. prison tacos, since store is across the street from Atlanta US Penitentiary.

Delicious, inexpensive food. Great carniceria. No beer, but lots of hot sauce.Please be respectful and courteous when ordering and looking for things; your white behind is not their usual clientele.

Excellent tortas and tacos. Friendly service. Good prices.

Prison Tacos!! Awesome. Best kept secret in town!! Amazing food, friendly service, generous portions!! Incredible!!

About as good as it gets for Mexican in Atlanta. Feels and tastes like a restaurant one could find in So Cal.

Hispanic grocery store. This store carries the standard grocery store type items. In the back of the store they have a very nice fresh meats counter/butcher with a large selection of various cuts of meat, poultry as well as large shrimp - veined and de-veined, etc. There is also a decent fresh vegetables aisle with cabbage, lettuce, apples, various onions and peppers, etc. They also have restaurant counter where you can order a large selection of Mexican food which I say is more traditional than the standard fast food chains.Clean store and the employees are very friendly. I do not speak Spanish yet every time I visit the store the person at the register always speaks perfectly good English. Again, very nice people at this place 34. They also accept EBT or food stamps as well as major credit cards.

2 dollar authentic Mexican tacos all meat varieties.

The best well keep authentic Mexican food in the back of a Mexican convenient store.

Delicious tacos for cheap. $1.79/taco better than anything youll find at nicer restaurants. Grocery store and butcher counter.

Great spot for true Mexican dishes friendly staff food was fantastic

Great street tacos at a great price. Excellent salsas.

Went to grab tacos and watched the cook go to the meat case and get meat, then throw it on the grill. They then proceeded to dress the tacos with veggies without ever washing the meat from their hands. I walked out after seeing that. Not to mention the music is blaring when you walk in. They need a visit from the health inspector.

A great little grocery but the real special thing is the bakery which makes great little sweets and the food counter in the back which makes killer Mexican food. Highly recommended.

Best tacos around!

No frills. Just damn good tacos.

The very best tacos in town. Get the pastor and thank me later.

We went for the delicious tacos!! Fast service!! Great food!!

Cool good food semi authentic torts low key eat

Great food best tacos authentic Mexican food

Tool 25min to get my burrito. (Which was finally handed over wrong) bc they gave mine to someone else. buisness needs to adjust for lunch rush.

Ive been coming here since 2013 and this is as good as it gets coming from Chicago where there is Alot of spots like this this ranks up there .

Very small selection of produce and perishables. The little restaurant in the back has delicious food but the wait is always long due to the amount of people who enjoy eating here. Make sure you have time to wait and eat if you decide to stop by.

I love the tacos

Bueno Bueno Bueno, absolutely the most authentic tacos Ive had

The tacos taste more authentic, remind me of Tacos Mexico

Rumor has it Al Capone moved across the street just for the tacos

Great al pastor and barbacoa

Cant speak much for the grocery section itself, but the tacos at the back of the store is what most people come here for anyway. Living a few blocks away this is my go to spot for authentic street style tacos at a good price.

Two words- Prison Tacos. These were the best tacos.

I love the authentic food here and the pricing,

Good and not pricey!

I go for the crane asada tacos, most authentic in Atlanta.

Incredible, simple, and DELICIOUS!!!!!! Im angry that I havent been here sooner!!