Discover Roast To Go: A Flavorful Journey in the Heart of LA

Friendly staff, great locale, excellent prices, but rice and beans and drinks were old.

4++ Mexican food stand located in the center area of the Grand Central Market of DTLA. I believe it's been here for a long time (it says 1952 on the sign/menu, but not sure if they been at this location that entire time). They have the staples like tacos, burritos, etc. at very reasonable prices. Since it is located in the Grand Central Market, depending on the time of day the vibe of area could be chill or super busy/ frenetic. I came here after work and close to closing time so it wasn't super busy. I ordered the lamb taco. At first, it may look like the price of the tacos are pretty high, but they seriously eat like 3-4 large tacos. I couldn't even finish mine. The taco itself was very tasty. I usually wouldn't go for the lamb as my first choice, but I have to admit I was following the suggestion of an LA Times list. I feel like I've been here before - I used to work in the area a looong time ago and would frequent the Grand Central Market for lunch. But I guess I wasn't looking at the name back then. Just a great place to get delicious Mexican food at reasonable prices and great, quick service.

We haven't been here for a long while, so we both randomly thought, "you know what? Am craving on a 2 pounder burrito " Don't take us too seriously cause we don't weigh it and so we are not giving you accuracy. It's a saying... they are filling, big. They are located inside the Grand Central Market and they do have a parking garage. Younger me, remembers this place used to offer free parking with validation and within time limits. Now as of November 2024, first 90 minutes is $5, every 15 minutes $2. No Validation required. On my visit, it was my first time using the accessibility elevator for my baby stroller (perfect time to post a picture of that cause it looked cool, sorry I didn't take picture T-T) Inside the market, which back then used to be an actual Farmers Market, a butcher stand, many fruit and vegetables stands, dry goods and hot cooked meals. Now its just restaurants. You will still find one fruit and vegetables stand. So in the middle of all the restaurants you'll find Roast to Go and What I can say, meats as so flavorful. They have tacos, burritos, plates, you name it, they got them. We have not encountered no problem with service, they were helpful, friendly and quick. We definitely loved our Burritos and our Huge Jamaicas. We had a beautiful Date Night Dinner.

Roast to Go in the Grand Central Market food hall offers very fresh, very tasty Mexican staples - burritos, tacos, and combination plates - at a reasonable price served in a very, very casual ambiance with all dishes served 'to go'. It's easy for a gringo like me to feel a little overwhelmed by the environment and the menu, but the folks behind the counter were very patient with me and happy to explain the menu.. and I didn't need to demonstrate my high school-competency foreign language skills. I opted for the "Two Giant Tacos" combination plate ($18) -- one carnitas (or, "shredded roasted pork"); one al pastor (or, "thinly sliced grilled pork") -- and topped with cilantro and salsa in flour tortillas and served with a generous portion of black beans and rice. YUM! Both varieties of pork were perfectly seasoned and the portion size was very filling. I'll definitely be back next time I'm in the area! Pro Tip: The Grand Central Market offers reasonably-priced parking in the adjacent garage at (308 South Hill Street). Parking in the garage is $5 for the first 90 minutes and $2 for each additional 15 minutes, with a maximum daily rate of $25. There's also plenty of on-street parking on Broadway and Hill Street. All street meters are free Monday through Saturday after 8pm and all day on Sunday.

Best. Lengua. Taco. In my life. Wow! It was a ton of lengua served with four corn tortillas. A whole meal for $6? Better than all the taco places we visited on a taco tour in Puerta Vallarta. In Grand Central Market which made it an awesome overall experience. Will be back to try the beef cheek taco

As busy as this Saturday afternoon was, there was only one person ahead of me. I was intrigued by the 3 chicken taquitos combo plate for $17ish, but ended up with the 3 chicken crunchy tacos combo plate for the same price because they were out of taquitos. I was helped quickly and was accommodating to me asking for double rice, no beans. I paid cash, and it came out to $19 something with tax. The combo plate originally comes with rice, beans, salad, and your choice of entree w/ mild or hot salsa, which I think is a great combo price for the amount of food at this market. Overall, authentic and the food I ended up liking the best out of the different restaurants I tried during my time here.

Amazing taco. I just wanted to try one thing as I was walking down the aisle and I got a chicken taco. So much meat! They give extra tortillas so you basically get two tacos for the price of one. Super cool dudes behind the counter and I can't even tell you how great that chicken taco was. My wife usually doesn't like chicken but she loved it. The chicken is like stewed with sauce and works great with the cilantro and salsa. Amazing!

Came here for a quick snack before dinner and got a taco each. I got their Carne Asada Taco and these tacos were massive and PACKED with meat. These tacos were probably double or even triple the size of some taco stands. They also give you extra tortilla on the side so that you can make another taco for the meat you drop on the plate when you eat which will definitely happen. There's no clean way to eat this taco and absolutely no way you can eat this without spilling half your taco meat on to the meat because that's just how much they put on. On top of the taco they add onions, cilantro and hot salsa of your choice. This spot is right in the middle of Grand Central Market, there are a lot of taco spots but this was definitely one of the good ones!