Black Rooster Taqueria

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Black Rooster Taqueria is a small, lively Mills 50 room with a dive-bar soul and a chef's hand on the tacos. Corn tortillas are pressed in house, then loaded with smoked beef brisket, achiote pork, chicken tinga or the crispy fish taco guests keep coming back for. Regulars call them some of the best tacos in Orlando and rave about the guacamole, and a bowl of pozole verde or a slice of tres leches cake rounds out the table.

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