Los Agachados

Los Agachados is a tacos rojos stand in the city of San Luis Potosí, founded in 1960, which its owner says was the first to sell the dish in the capital.

History

The stand was started in 1960 by Natalia González and her mother, Diega, to help with the family's finances. They sold from a basket with a charcoal grill and a kerosene lamp outside a bar at the corner of Manuel José Othón and Constitución, near the historic center, from 3 p.m. to 3 a.m. Customers sat on low wooden benches, and passersby who saw them hunched over their plates began calling the place los agachados, roughly "the crouchers."

Natalia's son Román Vargas now runs the business and told El Universal San Luis Potosí in 2022 that it was the first food stand to offer tacos rojos in the capital. About six years before that article it moved to the Alameda Juan Sarabia, in front of the Iglesia del Carmen. Román, his wife and daughters work it on weekdays and his brothers on weekends, from 5 p.m. to midnight or until sold out.

Menu

Tacos rojos, also called tacos potosinos, are tortillas dipped in a red chile sauce, briefly fried and rolled around cheese, then served with fried potato and carrot, lettuce, cream and cheese, often with cueritos (pickled pork skin) or chicken on the side. Los Agachados also sells pambazos, gorditas and enchiladas potosinas.

Reviews

See also

• Tacos in San Luis Potosí

References

1. "Tacos rojos de "Los Agachados", una tradición de la gastronomía potosina para deleitar el paladar". El Universal San Luis Potosí. Retrieved 2026-10-10.