El Jefe's Taqueria - Boston Common

The food is excellent.
The portions are extremely generous.
Essentially, you walk up to the counter, place your order and they add whatever items you want to your order.
It is definitely made to order.
The restaurant is a bit small with just a couple of tables and counters where one can dine at, but for the most part it seems like most people tend to do takeout.
Every time we visit and are in the neighborhood, this is our go to spot.

Really enjoyed the grilled chicken bowl! The ingredients all seemed fresh.
The dining room is a little small but we were still able to find a table.
The bathroom is hilariously tiny - I am 5'0 and I couldn't sit on the toilet without my knees hitting the wall in front of me.

Solid spot for simple Mexican food downtown. - - - Came here for lunch on New Years Day, so it was pretty quiet. I got a bowl with *tons* of topping and it was pretty darn good.
Mexican rice, black beans, chorizo, cheese, lettuce, pico de gallo, pickled red onions, jalapenos, cabbage, and red/green salsas.
There were more toppings I didn't add that would've made my bowl an even bigger monster.
Each topping is good, but the chorizo is a miss for me.
I suppose I was expecting crumbled chorizo, but it came in the form of slices that weren't the greatest texturally.
I'd suggest going for a different meat.
In general I'm not going to say the food here is super authentic or high-quality because really I have no idea.
But it was for sure tasty. The bowl was something like $10.50, plus a few more bucks for a Jarritos soda.
It was a good amount of food, enough that I didn't finish it there.
Was it as much food as a Chipotle bowl? Not quite.
But the variety of the meat and topping options, plus the roughly equal price to Chipotle, plus the area (downtown) makes this place a good value. The place itself was nice; someone was cleaning each table whenever anybody got up.
There's a lot of "stuff" on the walls and as decoration, so it's a nice spot to hang out and enjoy the art/colors.
The music was fun, but on the loud side. There wasn't much in the way of "service", just one person assembling my bowl.
He was...
fine? Did the job but definitely gave off a "I don't want to be here" vibe.
Not a big deal, but a bit of a bummer. I would gladly come back, but I might try another Mexican restaurant in the area first.

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