I knew I was on to something when I ran into one of my kitchen crew with his soccer buddies sitting at a table in a near comatose condition downing about 4 tacos each. And a huge pile of extra tortillas! Too bad there is no beer & tequila, but then I would never leave.

Oh I forgot the best part.... The onions and Nopales plate for $4.00. Just enough for two hungry or three normal folk to slather on the tacos. The Noplaes add a veggie sliminess to the greasy richness of tripe, tongue, various head parts etc and the onions are either simmered or steamed over meaty broth.

Try the cream filled donut or the dry but tasty cinnamon sugar coated round thing next time. Mexican pastries are not at all rich or moist.

Yes, you're right. I still have many more to sample on the long menu of tacos here. But one can eat only so many at one setting!

As for Jarritos, I'm a limon drinker. We did stop at Flor de Canellas, but made the mistake of buying a hulking chocolate sprinkled doughnut, which I found very bland.

Buche is, I think, Snout and a little like tongue only fattier. There is cheek and ear as well and each is a different take on fat, suavely soft connective tissue & gelatinous bits and meat.

Finally my favorite right now is the ribs: costillas whichare actually rib tips with crunchy if just edible bots of cartilidge.

All are made better with a slathering of the pickled fresh chiles & onions, a bit of both green and red salsa as well. Add a $2 Jarritos Tamarindo for its cooling and fat cutting bite and you can have a meal of meals for less than $10. Add a pastry from Flor de Canellas next door and its food coma time for $12!

This is a regular early morning stop on my way to buy mop heads and plastic wrap at Restaurant Depot in Capitol Heights.