Los Tacos No. 1 (Chelsea Market)

Los Tacos No. 1 at Chelsea Market, 75 9th Avenue, is a counter-service taqueria inside a converted industrial building in Manhattan's Chelsea and Meatpacking District area. The cuisine is Mexican street-style tacos, with corn tortillas pressed and cooked on site and filled with grilled meats and vegetables. The adobada taco, made with marinated pork cooked on a vertical spit, is the emblematic order, and the carne asada taco and the nopal taco, filled with grilled cactus, are the other main choices. Quesadillas, and fresh limeade or agua fresca as drinks, round out a short menu. The setting is a busy stand within the food hall of Chelsea Market, with no formal dining room; customers order at a counter, wait for their name or number, and then eat standing at shared ledges or in the general market seating. The atmosphere is fast, loud and full of visitors, and there is no dress code. There is no formal wine or beverage programme, and drinks are simple aguas frescas, sodas and bottled options. Los Tacos does not take reservations, and the only planning is choosing a time to avoid peak crowds, as lines lengthen at lunch and on weekends but move quickly. It is typically open daily from late morning into the evening, and hours should be confirmed. Prices are low for the area, with individual tacos costing a few dollars each, so a filling meal is inexpensive. Chelsea Market sits beside the High Line, so the stand fits naturally into a walk along the elevated park and a visit to the Whitney Museum, the Meatpacking District and the Hudson River waterfront in New York City.