Yonkers’s taco choices become easier to navigate when the filling has a surname. Barbacoa may mean goat; birria may use short rib; a beef order may be suadero rather than grilled steak. Three neighborhood kitchens spell out those differences, allowing a reader to choose a meal before sorting through another long restaurant menu.
Tacos El Poblano supplies a Puebla-rooted history on Nepperhan Avenue. Midland Taco House builds substantial corn-tortilla orders on the city’s eastern side. Coco Taqueria on Lake Avenue combines a wide range of cuts with birria and other Mexican preparations. Their individual profiles gather contacts, maps, ordering choices and any related address.
Tacos El Poblano: the lasting effect of a small menu change
Alfonso Alvarez introduced tacos at his coffee shop in 1990 and found an audience that encouraged a restaurant of their own. Decades later, the menu still has specific Puebla connections: a pork taco árabe marinated in lemon, goat barbacoa, and handmade quesadillas with quesillo and either squash blossom or huitlacoche.
For a straightforward mixed order, campechano combines steak and chorizo, while alambre adds cheese to steak. Onion and cilantro are the standard finish. Molotes and the mini-sopes-and-chalupas combination extend the meal beyond tacos without losing that regional thread.
Midland: understand the four-piece order
At 855 Midland Avenue, many taco choices come four to an order. Suadero, longaniza, tripa, lengua and tinga sit beside pastor, carnitas and chicken. Corn tortillas, onion and cilantro give the fillings a common frame, making the cut itself the central decision.
Birria is also listed as four tacos, while its quesadilla moves to flour and mozzarella. The separate corn quesadilla uses Oaxaca cheese. Sopes, empanadas and tortas change the format again; customers frequently single out birria and burritos in favorable accounts. The profile separates the two published restaurant phone numbers and the official weekly service.
Coco: start with the broth-and-taco combination
On Lake Avenue, the birria order combines short-rib meat, cheese and consommé. It is distinct from the goat barbacoa and from alambre, where steak meets peppers, onion and Oaxaca cheese. Cecina, tongue and pork ear make the menu broader than a generic list of beef tacos.
Coco also keeps a vegetable taco with zucchini, carrot, corn, peppers and onion. A crisp Taco Duster changes shell and garnishes together. Breakfast, pozole and sopes give a shared order more room, while pickup and delivery serve the Yonkers address. The related Sleepy Hollow restaurant is listed separately in the profile so an order goes to the intended kitchen.
Choose a preparation and an order size first: the most useful differences in Yonkers are inside the tortilla and beside it.
Options to compare
These options relate to the question. Read each profile and check current details before deciding.
Alfonso Alvarez’s longstanding Yonkers kitchen, with goat barbacoa, lemon-marinated taco árabe, campechano and handmade quesadillas with squash blossom or huitlacoche.
Alfonso Alvarez’s longstanding Yonkers kitchen, with goat barbacoa, lemon-marinated taco árabe, campechano and handmade quesadillas with squash blossom or huitlacoche.
Four-piece corn-tortilla taco orders on Midland Avenue, with suadero, longaniza, tinga and lengua, plus birria and Oaxaca-cheese corn quesadillas.
Four-piece corn-tortilla taco orders on Midland Avenue, with suadero, longaniza, tinga and lengua, plus birria and Oaxaca-cheese corn quesadillas.
Lake Avenue tacos with short-rib birria and consommé, goat barbacoa, cecina and steak alambre with Oaxaca cheese, plus a second restaurant in Sleepy Hollow.
Lake Avenue tacos with short-rib birria and consommé, goat barbacoa, cecina and steak alambre with Oaxaca cheese, plus a second restaurant in Sleepy Hollow.
Sources & references
Sources for the information and reporting discussed in this guide.
- El Poblano: fillings and handmade preparations / El Poblano: rellenos y preparaciones a mano ↗ Primary source www.tacoselpoblano.com · Accessed November 5, 2026
- El Poblano: current business page / El Poblano: página actual del negocio ↗ Primary source www.tacoselpoblano.com · Accessed November 5, 2026
- Midland: contact and weekly service / Midland: contacto y servicio semanal ↗ Primary source www.midlandtacohouseny.com · Accessed November 5, 2026
- Coco: both locations / Coco: los dos locales ↗ Primary source www.cocotaqueria.com · Accessed November 5, 2026
- Alfonso Alvarez: Yonkers history / Alfonso Alvarez: historia en Yonkers ↗ Secondary source www.scenichudson.org · Accessed November 5, 2026
- Midland: complete menu / Midland: carta completa ↗ Secondary source www.midlandtacohouseny.com · Accessed November 5, 2026
- Midland: public customer accounts / Midland: comentarios de clientes ↗ Secondary source www.restaurantji.com · Accessed November 5, 2026
- Coco Yonkers: fillings and dishes / Coco Yonkers: rellenos y platos ↗ Secondary source fromtherestaurant.com · Accessed November 5, 2026
- Coco: Yonkers ordering service / Coco: pedidos de Yonkers ↗ Secondary source www.ordercocotaqueria.com · Accessed November 5, 2026