Tacos Tierra Caliente
Montrose · Houston · Cash Only

Tacos Tierra Caliente

Montrose's taco truck since 2004. Foil-wrapped street tacos — al pastor, barbacoa, lengua — piled with cilantro and onion, parked across from the ice house.

Parked at 2003 W Alabama USA Today 10 Best · The Infatuation · goop
The recognition

A truck the critics keep finding.

Named to

10 Best

USA Today — among the country's best taco spots.

Featured by

goop

Gwyneth Paltrow's guide to where to eat in Houston.

Reviewed in

The Infatuation

Listed among Houston's best taco trucks.

Reviewed

1,071

Yelp reviews

Two decades of regulars, counting.

A line at a roadside truck, two homemade salsas, and a foil sheet of street tacos that earned a national headline.— The Tierra Caliente regulars, since 2004

A foil sheet of al pastor and barbacoa street tacos with lime and two homemade salsas
Two salsas, one foil sheet

Off the foil.

Double corn tortillas, cilantro and onion, lime on the side — and you pick the salsa.

The story

Parked heresince 2004.

No dining room, no reservations — just a white-and-orange truck on West Alabama and a line that keeps coming back.

Tacos Tierra Caliente has held the same corner inMontrose, across from the ice house, for two decades.

Order at the window, watch the meat hit the flat-top,and eat off a foil sheet at a roadside table. That's it.

A line of regulars ordering at the Tacos Tierra Caliente truck at dusk in Montrose
The white-and-orange Tacos Tierra Caliente truck parked on West Alabama Street in Montrose, with a customer at the window
The white-and-orange truck on West Alabama — same corner since 2004.
Order & catering

Roll up, or have us roll out.

The quickest taco in Montrose is the one off the window. For events and large orders, call ahead — we cater.

Call to Order

Phone unverified — (713) 584-9359 · confirm before publishing.

Catering & events — tacos for the party. Call to plan a spread.

Find us on delivery

When the truck's busy, the apps bring the tacos to you. Links open a search for Tacos Tierra Caliente in Houston.

Availability varies — the truck itself is cash only at the window.

Visit

Find the truck.

Where
2003 W Alabama St
Houston, TX 77098 · Montrose
Across from West Alabama Ice House.
Call
(713) 584-9359
Phone unverified — confirm before publishing.
Pay
Cash only. ATM nearby.
A roadside truck in Montrose — pull in, park, and walk up to the window.

Hours — unverified

Monday10:00 AM – 9:00 PM
Tuesday10:00 AM – 9:00 PM
Wednesday10:00 AM – 9:00 PM
Thursday10:00 AM – 10:00 PM
Friday10:00 AM – 11:00 PM
Saturday9:00 AM – 11:00 PM
Sunday9:00 AM – 8:00 PM

Breakfast tacos served in the mornings. Truck hours can shift — a quick call is the surest bet. Hours are estimates, unverified — confirm before publishing.