Taqueria El Michoacan
Taqueria El Michoacan, 7422 Old Centreville Road, Manassas, VA, 703-361-6688, open for breakfast too (Metro Trip Planner - opens in new window) [WaPo (scroll down)]
This is real Mexican food served for Mexicans. Use the side condiments. Get the pozole (pork soup) on weekends. Very good barbacoa. No, this is not as good as first-rate tacquerias from out west. But there has been a rapid proliferation of real Mexican food in our area, and places like this are raising the bar. The hostess/owner also assures me it will get better. Oddly, they have inherited the barbecue pit from the now-defunct Ben’s; they are thinking about how they might best use it.