An all-you-can-eat chips and salsa bar is probably my favorite (and most lethal) aspect of authentic Mexican restaurants.
At Taqueria Los Gallos Express, you can eat in and find yourself constantly going back and forth for more of this addictive luxury or while waiting for your take-out order, stuff tiny pastry bags to the brim with crispy, shiny, freshly made tortilla chips.
I went to one of their four locations in Concord, which sits on a stretch of fast food joints and restaurants that will satisfy your hunger for anything without burning a hole in your wallet...but if cheap authenticity is what you seek, then this restaurant is a solution.
At Los Gallos, you can get a lunch special with your choice of a main component (quesadilla, taco, crispy taco, tamale, or enchilada) on a plate alongside beans and Mexican rice plus a soft drink for $4.99.
Pictured on the left is the Tamale lunch special. With this combination, they can only offer it to be filled with chicken but regardless, you'll devour the fresh, flavorful, comforting food that I, personally, had severely missed while living in France. I'm still making up for it. I heart tamales. I kind of wish I could have taken pleasure in unwrapping a tamale from its steaming husk.
The Taco lunch special, shown right with Al Pastor, is just as satisfying. With there just being one taco, a lot of meat is piled on top of it -- something that no one can ever complain about.
Both dishes also give you more reason to get those amazing chips to sop up any soupy, beany remnants.
Locations (and they're referred to by number, I went to #4):
#1: 1950A Grant Street, Concord
#2: 2118 Willow Pass Road, Concord
#3: 1974 Contra Costa Boulevard, Pleasant Hill
#4: 4350 Clayton Road Suite A, Concord 
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