National Taco Day: Best Tacos, Deals Around Old Town Alexandria

ALEXANDRIA, VA—Move over Taco Tuesday. As it turns out, Wednesday, Oct. 4, is National Taco Day. According to the celebration's website, Americans ate more than 4.5 billion tacos last year. That's 490,000 miles of tacos — enough to take you to the moon and back — or 775 million pounds of the tasty Mexican entree, equal to the weight of two Empire State Buildings.

We don't expect you to put down quite that many tacos on Wednesday all by yourself. But now that we've put the idea in your head, we bet you're thinking about grabbing two or three for dinner.

In honor of National Taco Day, these are what Yelp reviewers think are the best tacos around Old Town Alexandria.

1. Don Taco: 808 King St Alexandria, VA 22314

A recent visitor to Alexandria exclaims "I am craving their food in Miami right now." The review states, "The tacos are also small in size but also great quality and not very costly. The small taco was packed with flavor in ever bite."

2. District Taco: 701 S Washington St Alexandria, VA 22314

One Yelper says, "The food is so fresh, I think they spoil us with the high quality because we really can't find that any where else."

3. Dos Amigos: 535 E Braddock Rd Alexandria, VA 22314

One Yelper says, "Everything was so fresh and I loved having the option to pick either black beans or pintos. I ordered the Mahi Mahi Tacos and my husband ordered the burrito. We will be back."

4. Los Cuates: 1116 King St Alexandria, VA 22314

One Yelp reviewer wrote, "The tacos were street sized small tacos. If you are hungry you need more than one. The steak tacos were good. So was the chicken."

5. Virtue Feed & Grain: 106 S Union St Alexandria, VA 22314

A Yelp reviewer recently said, "Ordered the Fish Tacos for the main entree. DELICIOUS! Will definitely come again."

Vote here for your favorite taco in Old Town Alexandria, and let us know in the comments if you have another restaurant in mind.

In addition, check out the deals below from Offers.com:

• Chuy’s is celebrating National Taco Day with $1 off Mexican Beer all day on October 4, plus $1 Crispy Beef tacos added to any order. If you come dressed in a taco costume, you’ll get a free entree.
• California Tortilla has buy one, get one free tacos.
• On The Border is offering 50-cent mini tacos all day long on October 4 for dine-in customers and 20 percent off catering items with the promo code Taco17, October 2 to 8.
• Taco Bell is offering a Taco Day Gift Set, which includes a Crunchy Taco, a Nacho Cheese Doritos Locos Taco, a Cool Ranch Doritos Locos Taco and a Fiery Doritos Locos taco for $5. Spicy Potato Soft Tacos are also on its $1 Cravings menu.
• Yard House has Street Tacos as low as $3.95.
• Baja Fresh is offering a free taco for signing up for Club Baja.

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