El Taquito is a chain of Mexican bars in Puerto Rico. This one is located on Isla Verde's main strip, along with other chain restaurants. Interestingly (for us, anyway), all of the parking in that area is tightly controlled to exclude beachgoers, but at this point we were on foot, so we didn't have to negotiate the gates, spaces, etc.

There was nothing spectacular about El Taquito, but we were lucky to have a friendly bartender who didn't know any English. (This was the second and final time we got to use Spanish on the island.) It was gratifying, in a cruel way perhaps, to see an American family come in a few minutes later and proudly order dos margaritos, whatever that means. Finally, our chance to snicker at tourists whose Spanish was worse than ours! An American bartender came out of nowhere to tend to them, and to our amazement, we noticed that this Puerto Rican resident knew very little Spanish herself. She did, though, know the answer to their query, "Where's the nearest Wal-Mart around here?"

If you go to El Taquito, just order some of the cheap beers on the menu. The margaritas we had weren't very good, and neither was the overpriced quesadilla.