TaqueríaEl Pastorcito
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Jose carving tacos al pastor off the trompo

Taquería El Pastorcito · Pittsburgh food truck

Tacos al pastor, carved off the trompo.

A 28-lb vertical spit of guajillo-marinated pork, a family recipe from Puebla, and a truck that follows Pittsburgh's breweries all season.

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    Catering

    Bring the trompo to your party.

    Weddings, office lunches, brewery nights, backyard birthdays. We park the truck or set up a live trompo station and carve to order.

    • Live trompo station

      The spit turns at your venue and Jose carves each taco to order, pineapple and all.

    • The whole truck

      We pull up to your brewery, office park, backyard or wedding venue. No kitchen needed.

    • Everyone eats

      Corn tortillas are naturally gluten-free, with vegetarian quesadillas and aguas frescas on request.

    Plan your event

    Or call Jose & Bernice at 878-302-3796

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    Jose and Bernice read every message and reply personally, usually within a day.

    Our story

    From Mercado Jamaica to Pittsburgh

    “I want to bring authentic, real Mexican street food to Pittsburgh. That's what's most important to me.”

    Jose Tecuanhuehue
      Jose Tecuanhuehue and Bernice Mariche Reyes, founders of Taquería El Pastorcito
      20+ years cooking in Pittsburgh kitchens. Featured on Very Local Pittsburgh.
      Tacos, quesabirria with consomé and elotes on a table

      The trompo

      Why it tastes like Mexico City

      Lebanese immigrants brought the vertical spit to Puebla in the early 1900s. Mexican cooks swapped lamb for pork, marinated it in guajillo and achiote, and crowned it with a pineapple. We still build ours by hand: thin slices, stacked 28 pounds high, turning slowly against the flame.

      Each taco is shaved hot off the spit onto doubled corn tortillas, with a sliver of caramelized pineapple on top.

      12 hr
      guajillo & achiote marinade
      28 lb
      trompo, stacked by hand
      100%
      corn tortillas
      3
      house salsas: verde, roja, habanero

      Regulars

      What people say after the first bite.

      Questions

      Schedule, catering, and what's on the tortilla.