Tacos — Birria, al Carbón & Fish in Four Corners & Woodmoor, MD

Straight down University Boulevard from the Colesville Road intersection, this is El Golfo's closest neighborhood after its own. Woodmoor's brick colonials and the Blair High School community treat it as the default sit-down dinner — close enough that the drive is shorter than the wait for a table would be downtown.

From Four Corners & Woodmoor we're 3 min · 1 mi, which makes tacos a short trip rather than a whole day's errand.

Tacos — Birria, al Carbón & Fish done properly

Tacos Birria come as beef barbacoa, chicken or cochinita pork in warm corn tortillas with a rich taco broth for dipping — $6 for one, $15 for three. Tacos al Carbón swap in charcoal-grilled steak, chicken or shrimp with crema fresca and pico de gallo ($8 / $20 for three). The fish tacos are their own thing entirely: grilled catch of the day on whole-wheat tortillas with wild rice, black beans and mango salsa ($26).

What's included

• Tacos Birria with consommé — one $6, three $15
• Tacos al Carbón, charcoal-grilled — one $8, three $20
• Fish tacos with mango salsa, wild rice & black beans — $26
• Taco Birria appetizer with melted queso — $5
• Vegan tacos platter with grilled squash and garbanzo — $18