Deep Ellum, Dallas
Commerce StreetTacos de trompo in the heart of Deep Ellum.
A family-owned taquería cooking recetas de familia from Taxco, Mexico — trompo, tortas, breakfast and salsas made from scratch every day.
Our Location
Hours
Hasta medianoche. Open till midnight Fri & Sat.
Breakfast from 6 AM
Breakfast tacos, migas and chilaquiles, Monday through Saturday.
Tacos before the show
Trompo and tortas a short walk from Deep Ellum's music venues.
Weekend menudo
The weekend tradition — only Saturday and Sunday.
Family-owned since 2020
Una taquería de familia.
Taquería El Arquito is run by siblings Analí, Nancy, Martha and Victor Hugo Reza, alongside chefs Juan Diego Gutierrez and José Angel Avila. Our name comes from the arches of our hometown, Taxco, Mexico.
Every recipe is a family recipe, cooked with the traditional, ancestral methods we grew up with — from scratch, every single day.
Lo que nos distingue
Tacos de Trompo
Our bestseller. Marinated pork slow-roasted on the trompo and shaved to order.
Tortas
Milanesa, Cubana, Hawaiian and more on toasted bread.
Desayuno
Breakfast tacos, burritos, migas, huevos rancheros and chilaquiles.
Salsas
Roja, Cremosa and Avocado — made fresh every day.
Menudo
The weekend tradition, served Saturday and Sunday.
El barrio
Your taquería between Deep Ellum and Fair Park.
On Commerce Street, steps from Deep Ellum's murals and music venues and minutes from Fair Park and downtown Dallas.
| Deep Ellum murals & Main Street | 0.2 miles |
| The Bomb Factory | 0.5 miles |
| Fair Park | 0.9 miles |
| Baylor University Medical Center | 0.4 miles |
Nuestra historia
2020
The Reza family opens the first El Arquito inside a convenience store on S. Cesar Chavez Blvd in Dallas.
2022
Word spreads. El Arquito grows across DFW, one neighborhood at a time.
2025
Voted Best Taqueria in Dallas by the Dallas Observer.
Today
Irving, Deep Ellum and Royse City — still family-run, still family recipes.
Ate with us in Deep Ellum?
Your review helps your neighbors find us. Gracias por apoyar a una familia local.