Jeff M.
Yelp
Woburn, rejoice! Beyond the global chains, we have lacked that key quick serve location doing Mexican the real way. But our belly-prayers have been answered, Dora Taqueria steps into the space we so desparately needed.
A vibrant little space welcomes you, along with the skulls from Día de los Muertos, which actually scared my three year old when we walked in. The worker we had struggled a bit to take our order, she apologized for it being her second day....typical for spots that have just opened. A $40 order later, we had quesadillas, tacos and a torta.
Nice touch that they have high chairs available (are these required in restaurants via regulations? I seriously don't know), and the square tops were abundant with wood chairs. The sunlight beams in from Woburn Center so it's nice and bright inside. My favorite was the carnitas torta, a bit spicy and just overflowing with meat, lettuce, tomatoes and the smokiness of the sauce.
Some of the areas that could use improvement. One, the size of the horchata is too small for a $4 drink. I hate to compare it to Anna's but there's is almost double the size and even costs less. Plus it was very thin, this could be the style here and I don't blame them for it....but the flavor profile was a bit lacking. Two, the carnitas taco I got had way too much liquid in it, wherever it was coming from, it was definitely ruining the corn tortilla. I don't know if you can drain the meat a bit more or if this is standard but I just wish it wasn't swimming in it.
Those issues were very minor, I want everyone going back here again and again to get as much authentic quick Mexican as you can devour. It was busy the few times we have been here with an abundance of takeout going on too. Dora the Taqueria Explorer, I'm so glad you found our little town!