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Kennedy's Taco

Mexican · El Centro

4.2 · 244 reviews Google

Kennedy's Taco Opening Hours

Monday 12:00–23:00
Tuesday 12:00–23:00
Wednesday 12:00–23:00
Thursday 12:00–23:00
Friday 12:00–23:30
Saturday 12:00–23:30
Sunday 12:00–22:00

About Kennedy's Taco

Kennedy's Taco, located in El Centro, is a local favorite known for its delicious tacos and convenient service. With a rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars based on 244 reviews, we strive to provide a satisfying and enjoyable dining experience. We offer takeout for those on the go and accept reservations fo...

Kennedy's Taco, located in El Centro, is a local favorite known for its delicious tacos and convenient service. With a rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars based on 244 reviews, we strive to provide a satisfying and enjoyable dining experience. We offer takeout for those on the go and accept reservations for a seamless visit. For payment convenience, we accept debit cards, credit cards, and NFC mobile payments. We look forward to serving you!

What Customers Say About Kennedy's Taco

Kennedy's Taco is praised for its delicious, customizable Mexican food, especially the carne asada. Customers rave about the friendly staff and clean environment. Some find it overpriced or inconsistent, with occasional issues in order accuracy and service.

Popular Dishes

carne asada (5) tacos (4) burritos (4) carne asada fries quesadilla tortas Barbacoa flautas

Best For

Families Locals Quick Bite Casual

Tip: Customize your meal with a variety of toppings and salsas. Check for window deals for extra savings.

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Frequently asked questions about Kennedy's Taco

Kennedy's Taco is located at 1560 Ocotillo Dr, El Centro, CA 92243, El Centro.
Kennedy's Taco offers mexican cuisine.
Kennedy's Taco has regular opening hours. Check their profile for updated schedules.
Kennedy's Taco offers the following services: takeaway.
The most recommended dishes at Kennedy's Taco based on customer reviews are: carne asada, tacos, burritos, carne asada fries, quesadilla.
Kennedy's Taco is ideal for families, locals, quick bites, casual dining.
Kennedy's Taco is praised for its delicious, customizable Mexican food, especially the carne asada. Customers rave about the friendly staff and clean environment. Some find it overpriced or inconsistent, with occasional issues in order accuracy and service.
Customize your meal with a variety of toppings and salsas. Check for window deals for extra savings.
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Kennedy's Taco El Centro Reviews

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Reviews (70)
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Gerardo Martinez

Most of there food is great! I like the bowls better than Chipotle!

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Mad Mollen

Favorite tacos place now. Ordering from this place is like subway but with really really good tacos.

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Marvin Masolo

This place is like the Mexican version of Chipotle. Everything on the menu is fresh and delicious!

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Brenda Vasquez

Very nice employee's and great food! Always keeping the place clean 👌🏻

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Lissette Castro

Wonderful customer service!!! They had a special of a dozen flautas for $5.99, they were great! Went back another day and service and food were great. Definitely recomend it!!!

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Juan Quirarte

The food was great. Their carne asada was awesome. This place is almost like a Subway but for mexican food. Highly recommend.

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Gregg Bodell

I like Kennedy's and I don't eat there often enough ! Everybody knows that Kennedy's has the best carne asada in the valley. Don't fight the feeling, when you are in the need, Kennedy's is the only place you need !

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Jerrold Dewalt

Incredible choices and prices wonderful food the menu is in Spanish and English so even a white girl knows what she's ordering I will definitely go back .... fantastic place

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M JG

Amazing food.. great customer service. We will be stopping by on our next trip to and from Cali!!! Thank you Gabby!!

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Elizabeth Escalante

I love the special quesadillas! I always see the same 2 ladies they are quick amd helpful. quality food

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Derek Needham

This place is really really good trust me it's worth the trip authentic Mexican food that's well done

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Clemente Maciel

Very good carne asada, which equals great burritos, tortas and tacos with all the toppings as well as rice and beans available.

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Angel Ashbrook

Always great! Had a Chile Relleno today with everything I wanted on top! Perfect!

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margie paris

Amazing carne asada torta. Loved the grilled bread. All the toppings were so good. Loys of meat!

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Danno Danno

Service was good, place was clean and the food and prices were great! Lots of options!

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Dave Sciotto

Great little place, the house special quesadilla is fantastic. The service is very good.

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Ryan Sherfey

"Great food!" Went with a bunch of guys from work and all were very impressed.

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Jenae Lien

Amazing meat! They know how to grill and they carry all sorts of varieties. The basic set up is choosing a plate, bowl or tacos. Then choose your meat and toppings. Lots of salsa varieties- fresh, spicy, mild and roasted. They also have 3 types of guacamole or you can opt for avocados. Known for their catering abilities, you can also purchase meat to grill for a bbq party. I love how they have an ice cream corner with about 8 different flavors. Cone or cup :) Free parking out front. Reasonable prices. And lunch specials on Sunday, Wednesday and Friday where you can get a plate and drink for $5.99 + tax Their special quesadillas are insanely good. The shell is pastry-like. You can choose what kind of meat you add and it comes fresh made to order.

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Sam Zorra

Great window deal til the end of the year!!

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Derrick Scott

Great Food. Not busy during lunch.

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Jonathan Legg

Real tasty burrito. Fresh Ingredients. Lots of topping options.

Jenae Lien
Jenae Lien

Amazing meat! They know how to grill and they carry all sorts of varieties. The basic set up is choosing a plate, bowl or tacos. Then choose your meat and toppings. Lots of salsa varieties- fresh, spicy, mild and roasted. They also have 3 types of guacamole or you can opt for avocados. Known for their catering abilities, you can also purchase meat to grill for a bbq party. I love how they have an ice cream corner with about 8 different flavors. Cone or cup :) Free parking out front. Reasonable prices. And lunch specials on Sunday, Wednesday and Friday where you can get a plate and drink for $5.99 + tax Their special quesadillas are insanely good. The shell is pastry-like. You can choose what kind of meat you add and it comes fresh made to order.

Sam Zorra
Sam Zorra

Great window deal til the end of the year!!

Derrick Scott
Derrick Scott

Great Food. Not busy during lunch.

Jonathan Legg
Jonathan Legg

Real tasty burrito. Fresh Ingredients. Lots of topping options.

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Jonathan Hernandez

Amazing plates here. I like getting the Carne Asada bowl with whole beans and rice with lettuce, cabbage, cilantro, onions, guacamole and salsa. Its ridiculously good and filling. The burritos and combination plates are just as good too.

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SAVAGE sebby 2

The food is excellent and well-prepared and they are many food combinations to choose from. The Carne Asada tasted extremely good especially with the salsa I added on to my tacos.

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Sarah Willingham

So actually were going to Kennedys Market comimg back from a road trip and google led us here. So had to try it! It set up to where you pick a bowl, burrito, or tacos ..pick your meat and toppings.. Also your salsas and sides. Barbacoa is a mystery within itself.its slowed cooked shredded beef marinating in this sauce and juices from the heavens.. No barbacoa recipe is the same , these guys do it justice for sure! A little messy while your driving but still great.

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C mont

Great place and superb food, very tasty and so clean, great environment you get so many options with your food that you can't go wrong at this place, I know I found my place for tacos!!! I recommend it a 100% very friendly and courteous staff

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Sheran Sidhu

Love the food and the service!! The people working there are super friendly and make me want to come back again and again. The award winning carne asada is great any way it is prepared. My fave is the carne asada fries! If you love good tacos eat here!

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Beatriz Flores

It's a hole in the wall but it holds such treasures. The food was fast and perfectly made. Even if price is a little high but where isn't it high. I prefer quality anytime.

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Kelley Ashbrook

The special quesadilla (large or mini now) stuffed with carne asada is the bomb. You can get lots of toppings like pickled onions, salsa (a few to choose from), cheese, guacamole or even refried beans.

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Danny Valadez

Love this little spot! Food is always good and the staff is always smiling nice and attentive! Very good prices and portions!

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Candice Cano

Nice place for lunch! Tons of options and you are able to customize everything to your liking. Friendly girls working there when my family went, service was fast and the restaurant was nice and clean! Huge line started building while we were there and the girls handled the rush gracefully. Will definitely be back and recommend to friends and family.

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Victor Avila

If you're in the mood for some delicious Mexican food, then this is the place to go. I took my wife & 4 children and so we got to try the tacos, burritos, tortas, carne asada fries & quesadilla and I must say no one was disappointed. Meat is flavorful without any need to add anything but of course we added all the fixings to top it off. The prices might be a little higher than other places but it is definitely well worth it. Great customer service makes this place a must go whenever I'm in the area.

Danny Valadez
Danny Valadez

Love this little spot! Food is always good and the staff is always smiling nice and attentive! Very good prices and portions!

Candice Cano
Candice Cano

Nice place for lunch! Tons of options and you are able to customize everything to your liking. Friendly girls working there when my family went, service was fast and the restaurant was nice and clean! Huge line started building while we were there and the girls handled the rush gracefully. Will definitely be back and recommend to friends and family.

Beatriz Flores
Beatriz Flores

It's a hole in the wall but it holds such treasures. The food was fast and perfectly made. Even if price is a little high but where isn't it high. I prefer quality anytime.

Sarah Willingham
Sarah Willingham

So actually were going to Kennedys Market comimg back from a road trip and google led us here. So had to try it! It set up to where you pick a bowl, burrito, or tacos ..pick your meat and toppings.. Also your salsas and sides. Barbacoa is a mystery within itself.its slowed cooked shredded beef marinating in this sauce and juices from the heavens.. No barbacoa recipe is the same , these guys do it justice for sure! A little messy while your driving but still great.

Jonathan Hernandez
Jonathan Hernandez

Amazing plates here. I like getting the Carne Asada bowl with whole beans and rice with lettuce, cabbage, cilantro, onions, guacamole and salsa. Its ridiculously good and filling. The burritos and combination plates are just as good too.

Victor Avila
Victor Avila

If you're in the mood for some delicious Mexican food, then this is the place to go. I took my wife & 4 children and so we got to try the tacos, burritos, tortas, carne asada fries & quesadilla and I must say no one was disappointed. Meat is flavorful without any need to add anything but of course we added all the fixings to top it off. The prices might be a little higher than other places but it is definitely well worth it. Great customer service makes this place a must go whenever I'm in the area.

SAVAGE sebby 2
SAVAGE sebby 2

The food is excellent and well-prepared and they are many food combinations to choose from. The Carne Asada tasted extremely good especially with the salsa I added on to my tacos.

Sheran Sidhu
Sheran Sidhu

Love the food and the service!! The people working there are super friendly and make me want to come back again and again. The award winning carne asada is great any way it is prepared. My fave is the carne asada fries! If you love good tacos eat here!

C mont
C mont

Great place and superb food, very tasty and so clean, great environment you get so many options with your food that you can't go wrong at this place, I know I found my place for tacos!!! I recommend it a 100% very friendly and courteous staff

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Cristina Ramirez

The flautas are good and you get a dozen for 5.99 what more can you want

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Georgina Gonzalez

Its good. The flautas are bomb. My dad used to work there and he would bring my a sincronizada almost everyday. It was so good

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HOT FOODS

I like their Bowl option but they have burritos and tortas with a few meats to choose from. I would say this is like the restaurant Ch¡p0t!é kind of...better.

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michael barnes

Kennedy's is a nice clean and cool eatery. The carnitas tacos rice and beans were good. The carnitas was good but a little dry but tasty. Thank you for the cool and the carnitas.

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Edgar Mendez

Excellent customer service. The carne asada burrito was very good. Beans have a homemade taste 😋 👌

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Tina Kumar

Cheese fries were great and the bean burrito for $0.99 was good also and I got a side of guacamole chunky with it made everything good

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Steve Johnson

It's basically a local interpretation of a Chipotle chain. You walk up to the counter, choose between tacos, burritos, or salad, and then pick out your toppings and sides. They do offer other items, and it seems to be a popular hangout for local law enforcement and city officials. Overall, I'd say it beats out a Chipotle in terms of flavor and satisfaction. I don't consider it an actual "taqueria" in the true Mexican sense, it's more Americanized, but still good.

Steve Johnson
Steve Johnson

It's basically a local interpretation of a Chipotle chain. You walk up to the counter, choose between tacos, burritos, or salad, and then pick out your toppings and sides. They do offer other items, and it seems to be a popular hangout for local law enforcement and city officials. Overall, I'd say it beats out a Chipotle in terms of flavor and satisfaction. I don't consider it an actual "taqueria" in the true Mexican sense, it's more Americanized, but still good.

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Mucko LA

Tried the carne asada and birria tacos. A bit too salty for my taste, others may disagree. I do like salt on food, just should not dominate the flavor.

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Antonio Mejia

Kind of expensive for the type of food the only thing worth eating was their barbacoa tacos or burritos 8 dollars for a medium size burrito is to much. Everything is pretty much ok I guess.

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Alejandra Macedonio

The carne asada and green salsa were the best. Was let down with the habanero salsa and that I was not able to add more toppings to my burrito 😣

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Maureen Swartfager

Disappointed. The guacamole tasted old. The special quesadilla was really greasy. Just not as good as it used to be.

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Todd Clemmons

Tastes great but the portions are way too small for the extremely high prices

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Vicky G

Passing through on a long trip.. only stopped here because of the reviews. Sorry I hate to give bad reviews but we did not enjoy the food at all. Not good quality. We had the bean burrito, chicken burrito, and meat quesadilla’s. Husband thought it was fine and me and my daughter could barely eat it.. we are big fans of Chipotle, but this is no compare.

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Raquel

The food is good but is overpriced for the amount of food they give you. Plus they forgot my salsas and were 4 tortillas short. That's four tacos! I bought the family pack for 6-7 pple. But was only enough for 4 pple.

Vicky G
Vicky G

Passing through on a long trip.. only stopped here because of the reviews. Sorry I hate to give bad reviews but we did not enjoy the food at all. Not good quality. We had the bean burrito, chicken burrito, and meat quesadilla’s. Husband thought it was fine and me and my daughter could barely eat it.. we are big fans of Chipotle, but this is no compare.

Raquel
Raquel

The food is good but is overpriced for the amount of food they give you. Plus they forgot my salsas and were 4 tortillas short. That's four tacos! I bought the family pack for 6-7 pple. But was only enough for 4 pple.

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alex trujillo

Wow super small tacos with store bought tortillas. I order the 2 taco combo w/ small drink nothing else not worth $5.99

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rosalinda Garcia

I went to buy a carne asada burrito and the burrito looked like a taco ...the manager should train their workers on how to serve a burrito ..Last time I visited the place...paid $10.81 for a burrito (taco size).

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Mona Le’on

So I went to the EL CENTRO location! I wasn’t greeted . It wasn’t very welcoming I noticed they greeted people after I walked in (in Spanish) mind you I know Spanish . I heard such great reviews about the meat I said ok I try it for Valentine’s Day. I paid $8.99 per pound for carbe asda meat and it tasted horrible. I’ve had better meat than this in San Diego. Never coming back again due to rude workers .

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Andres Perez

HORRIBLE FOOD! ALL OF THE PHOTOS ARE DECEIVING & OVERPRICED. Not enough meat in the flautas, literally half of it was meat in it, the rest shell. Its not fresh and hot, its old. Emplyee was not to friendly either. My family and I could barely finish our food. I should have listened to my gut the first time...Believe the bad reviews over the good reviews. This place should NOT have 4 stars🤮🤮🤮🤮

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Luis Alvarez

Went in there with my gf today. Girl was in the back mixing a pot of beans. She turned in our direction multiple times and didn’t even acknowledge that we were there. 4 mins later, she set her spoon down somewhat annoyed and walked out towards us with a “why are you bothering me” face and forcefully took our order. When I asked for Carne Asada Fries she stated they were only serving food that was already (Never heard that before). So out of straight laziness, she refused to provide me with the order I asked and made her life easy by just ordering what she felt we should eat, the food that was out already. She served us with an extremely bad attitude. I won’t bother returning to this place just because of her. ✌🏻

A. Ch.
A. Ch.

I ordered carne asada fries for my son and I, when I paid with my debit card the cashier told me it didn't pass through, so I used my card again. When I got home I noticed they charged me twiced. So I went to talk with the manager her name is Silvia, she didn't fix anything and blame the bank. So I waited a couple days if I will get some Refund in my bank, but it shows only two transactions was made and no refund. I went to talk with Silvia "the manager" again and no luck. I finally called my bank so they told me they will dispute the transaction. So dont used your debit card in that place it's not safe.. The food it was not fresh, and the place look messy . I won't go to Kennedy's tacos again. I won't put any star but the system won't let me

Luis Alvarez
Luis Alvarez

Went in there with my gf today. Girl was in the back mixing a pot of beans. She turned in our direction multiple times and didn’t even acknowledge that we were there. 4 mins later, she set her spoon down somewhat annoyed and walked out towards us with a “why are you bothering me” face and forcefully took our order. When I asked for Carne Asada Fries she stated they were only serving food that was already (Never heard that before). So out of straight laziness, she refused to provide me with the order I asked and made her life easy by just ordering what she felt we should eat, the food that was out already. She served us with an extremely bad attitude. I won’t bother returning to this place just because of her. ✌🏻

Andres Perez
Andres Perez

HORRIBLE FOOD! ALL OF THE PHOTOS ARE DECEIVING & OVERPRICED. Not enough meat in the flautas, literally half of it was meat in it, the rest shell. Its not fresh and hot, its old. Emplyee was not to friendly either. My family and I could barely finish our food. I should have listened to my gut the first time...Believe the bad reviews over the good reviews. This place should NOT have 4 stars🤮🤮🤮🤮

Mona Le’on
Mona Le’on

So I went to the EL CENTRO location! I wasn’t greeted . It wasn’t very welcoming I noticed they greeted people after I walked in (in Spanish) mind you I know Spanish . I heard such great reviews about the meat I said ok I try it for Valentine’s Day. I paid $8.99 per pound for carbe asda meat and it tasted horrible. I’ve had better meat than this in San Diego. Never coming back again due to rude workers .

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12:00, 23:00
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