While we were in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, we had the opportunity to try Taqueria Las Comadres, using a Restaurant.com Gift Certificate, in the nearby town of Murrells Inlet. As my husband is a Spanish-English interpreter at the hospital in our town, we have a lot of ties to the local Latino community. Because of that, we eat at a lot of taquerias. I consider myself to be a bit of a taco connoisseur and Mexican dishes. While browsing the Taqueria Las Comadres reviews online, I was pleasantly surprised to see that they offered pupusas. Pupusas, a traditional Salvadorean dish consisting of a thick corn tortilla stuffed with cheese and other fillings, are hard to find around our house. Since they were on the menu, I knew what I was going to order.
Taqueria Las Comadres is easy to spot from the road. It’s a bright little building in a parking lot. While the small kitchen is enclosed and there is a little patio with a few seats under the roof, most of the seating consists of picnic tables directly beside the building. If it’s raining, like it was when we arrived, grab a seat on the small patio or take your food to go. The menu at Taqueria Las Comadres is small and to the point. Tacos, sopes, gorditas, burritos, quesadillas, and pupusas are offered with your choice of meat. There are common options, like barbacoa and carne asada, and less common options, like lengua (tongue) and tripa (tripe). You can also buy soft drinks, horchata, or agua de pina (a pineapple-based sweetened juice drink.) The only side item is nopales y cebollas asadas, which is grilled onions and cactus.
Between the four of us, we ordered a burrito with barbacoa, a burrito with carne asada, cheese pupusas, pork and cheese pupusas, two pineapple waters, a Mexican Coca-Cola, and a Diet Coke. The burritos were huge, and came with rice and beans along with the choice of meat. The pupusas were served with curtido, a vinegar slaw traditionally eaten with pupusas. We were offered our choice of salsas as well, including a spicy habanero salsa, which I tried. The agua de pina was delicious, just slightly sweetened and not watered down like some agua frescas can be.
While we were waiting, we could see our pupusas being handmade through the window where we placed our order. Some restaurants serve pre-made frozen pupusas, so it was really nice to see that these were going to be homemade. If you order tacos here, the corn tortillas are also made to order. This does mean that it takes some extra time to get your food, but the process is worth the finished product. After all, a good tortilla can really make or break a meal!
If we’re ever back in Myrtle Beach, we will definitely be back at Taqueria Las Comadres. You can easily get a meal for under $10 a person, and if you’re craving tacos, this is the real deal.
Omg all this food looks so delicious! Looks like a great place to visit. Thanks for the suggestion 🙂
This looks like a great place. I would love to try this.
That looks incredible! My husband loves Mexican food. Authentic Mexican is not something we always find here in Tennessee.:)
Hand made, mom’s cooking, fresh and made to order. Wow and woah. Not many like that around anymore. Will definitely make a point of going there when visiting Myrtle Beach. Gracias for the suggestion.
Wow, I’d gladly pay double for those! The place looks very nice, kind of a mix with a traditional hut and modern style. You must be in all sorts of bilingual fun with your husband!
I am not that brave when it comes to food. Maybe one of these days I am going to try Mexican food. Taqueria Las Comadres is worth checking out.
This food looks delicious. I will have to try out Taqueria Las Comadres when i am in the area next year.
Mexican is my favorite type of food. This looks like a place that I need to plan a trip to in the near future.
Authentic Mexican Food requires a certain taste. I didn’t care for it when I had it. I guess you can say that I’m accustomed to American Mexican dishes.
We love Mexican food and if I’m ever here I would definitely be checking this out for sure. The food just looks super delish!
I was raised eating authentic Mexican food. I really missed it when I moved to the Midwest. It’s easier to find now and I am thankful!
Mexican food is my favorite. We are lucky in that we have a lot of good places to get it around here. That looks so good that you have.
In my opinion, the only Mexican food worth eating is if it authentic. This looks like a great place to get just that.
This looks like a good find.
We love Mexican food.
Wow, I love authentic Mexican foods! I wish we have something like this in our place, it is hard to find an authentic one.
I love Mexican foods, the last time I eaten a Mexican food is several years ago. your post makes me want to have a Mexican lunch.
Mexican food is something the whole family can agree on. I haven’t been to Myrtle Beach in a bit, but I’ll definitely add Taqueria Las Comadres to my itinerary for my next trip.
Even with 3 legit Mexican food places in our small town and a Taco Bell, it’s hard to find tasty Mexican food. I would love to visit the Taqueria Las Comadres in Myrtle Beach, It sounds like you all enjoyed it lots.
Nothing beats authentic Mexican food. I would absolutely love to stop here if we are ever in the area.
I am not a big Mexican food fan, but I do have a child who loves it. May have to try to make this up for him.
My oldest son loves Mexican food. I bet he’d enjoy trying this restaurant out, I know he’d enjoy an authentic experience.
Don’t think I have ever tried authentic Mexican food, looks like something I should try some day though 🙂
I don’t think I’ve ever had real authentic mexican food before but this? all looks so amazing. I need to give it a try!
You know your pictures are terrific when they make a guy hungry! I love Mexican food, would love to try this!
thanks,
Mitch
Ok now I’m starving and live across the U.S.! I love places like this with authentic Mexican food.
This sounds like a wonderful place for an authentic Mexican meal. The burritos look really good. I’d try them!
I love Mexican food. My kids do too. There is a local restaurant near us which is authentic Mexican food. We love it there.
Too funny! We are going for Mexican tonight but I can tell you that it won’t be authentic at all which is a disappointment but when your this far North you take what you can get. One day we will get the real deal and I can not wait!
I worked as an ESL teacher and the majority of my kids were Hispanic. The food the families made was the BEST. My favorite was the pastilitos (meat pies).
My husband and I really (REALLY) love Mexican food! If we are ever in this area, we will be sure to make it a point to stop here and eat
Mexican is mine and my husband’s go-to. This looks like a great place we would really enjoy!
That looks so good! I love getting good, REAL Mexican food whenever I can. Yummo!
yum everything looks so good. i love great mexican food
This place looks delicious. If we ever vacation out there I know when we can get some great Mexican food.
My family has been vacationing in Myrtle Beach for almost 30 years and I’ve never eaten here. Why have I not seen this place? We love Mexican food and this summer when the entire family heads to Myrtle, I’ll be sure and check this place out.