Chop Shop Taco
Taco restaurant · Braddock Road Metro ·
Mexican eatery in converted garage with elaborate tacos & tequila
Mexican eatery in converted garage with elaborate tacos & tequila
"Chop Shop Taco is a Mexican eatery opened by Ed McIntosh in a converted auto body garage in Alexandria in 2019. McIntosh was affiliated with this restaurant before the pandemic." - Tierney Plumb
"Housed in a converted Alexandria auto body garage, Chop Shop Taco was the tiny, edgy Mexican eatery McIntosh opened in 2019; during his time there he manned a meaty menu of taco toppings including brisket braised in beef fat and roasted pork shoulder, and he says he parted on good terms with the Chop Shop team to pursue his longtime dream of opening an old‑school neighborhood takeout." - Tierney Plumb
"I learned that Old Town’s Chop Shop Taco is offering packaged meals for four to five people that include, as a bonus, a roll of toilet paper and a $25 gift card; orders can be placed online for zero-contact payment and pick-up from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m." - Tierney Plumb
"I loved an inventive Mexican-Italian hybrid arancini stuffed with huitlacoche and porcini at this Alexandria spot; the elote, tender braised brisket tacos, and mezcal margaritas with a tajín rim rounded out a memorable meal. " - Eater Staff
"The owners of this converted auto body garage in Alexandria claim that it used to be a real, illicit chop shop. The original garage floor is all buffed up, and white bricks interspersed with hanging greenery lend the industrial space a Mexico City feel. — G.H." - Tierney Plumb
