Pupusas pressed by hand, gyros turning over the flame, seafood from the coast, and a wood-fired oven glowing past midnight. One warm corner of Alexandria, with the flavors of El Salvador and the Mediterranean on one table.
Taso's isn't built around a single country — it's built around a feeling. The kind of place where the gyro spit turns next to a wood-fired oven, where the soup of the day might be Salvadoran sopa de marisco, and where the regulars get a nod before they reach the counter.
We cook the food we grew up loving: hand-pressed pupusas and Salvadoran plates, Greek classics off the flame, Mediterranean mezze, plus honest American subs and wood-fired pizza for the after-school and after-work crowd. Nothing precious. Everything made to order.
Pull up a chair in Alexandria. On Friday and Saturday the kitchen stays lit until nearly two in the morning — so the table's always open a little longer than you'd expect.
Gyro and souvlaki carved fresh, charbroiled chicken, and a wood-fired oven that gives every pizza its blistered, smoky edge.
Pupusas revueltas, de queso, de arroz — patted out to order. A neighborhood favorite since day one.
Camarones al ajillo, mojarra frita, lobster & seafood soups — the kind of plates that put the Mediterranean and the Gulf on the same menu.
Revueltas, de queso, or de arroz — stone-ground masa patted out to order and griddled till the cheese pulls. Served with curtido and salsa roja. The dish the neighborhood keeps coming back for.
Grilled steak, charred onions, fresh cilantro and a squeeze of lime on warm tortillas — the plates that come out of our kitchen all night long, right beside the open flame.
Blistered, smoky crust straight from the oven, dressed with tomato, fresh mozzarella and basil — or loaded up as Taso's Special. Ten-, twelve- or sixteen-inch.
Comfortable, with excellent service — and the most exquisite flavors from the kitchen. Everyone, let's go eat pupusas.— From our guests
Wood-fired, griddle-pressed, coast-fresh. Tap any photo to view it full-size.
Look for the green storefront and the neon "Open" sign on West Glebe Road — there's parking right out front.
Gather the table, call ahead for takeout, or just walk in. On Friday and Saturday we're serving till 1:45am — Alexandria's late-night taverna.
