Ortega's Taco Shop

10/08/2026

☀️ Doors open, tacos ready! 🌮

It’s beautiful outside, amigos, and we’re stocked and ready to feed you! Come grab your favorites and enjoy a little sunshine in Paradise Alley.

Soup’s still doing its thing—it’ll be ready later today! 🥣

Open today 11–6. We’ve missed you—come hungry! 💚

10/07/2026

Ortega’s is closed today, Wednesday—but we’ll be back tomorrow at 11am! 🌮

We’re sad too, amigos. Being closed is no fun for us—we miss the chatter, the laughter, and all the smiles! We can’t wait to hear this place buzzing again.

This week’s hours: 🌮 Thursday & Friday: 11am–6pm 🌯 Saturday: 8am–6pm—yes, breakfast burritos!

Still hungry? Our chips, enchiladas, salsa, guac, bean dips, chips,sweet crispas and drinks are available inside Bushel & Peck today!

Thank you for sticking with us. See you soon! ❤️

10/06/2026

Ay, Dios mío… not the Taco Tuesday we had planned! 🌮 We’ve made the call—Ortega’s will be closed today while we regroup, organize, train, and tackle some much-needed maintenance.

We’re also working on grab-and-go taco kits, chips, dips, and drinks to sell through our amigos Bushel & Peck We’ll post when they’re ready!

Looking to join our crew? Applications are available, and we’re scheduling interviews this week.

Thank you for sticking with us❤️ Stay tuned for this week’s hours. Mucho take it easy!

10/04/2026

Y’all are keeping us MOVING today! 😂🌮 I’m over here watching the rice like… ay, Dios mío, will we make it?! 🤣

We’re taking orders until 6 tonight, while supplies last. Some favorites may sell out sooner, so come get your taco fix!

We appreciate all your patience and love as we work through this. ❤️ We’re putting together a game plan for next week and will keep you posted. Mucho take it easy! 🦜

10/03/2026

Y’all are keeping us MOVING today! 🌮 We are over here watching the rice like… ay, Dios mío, will we make it?! 🙏😅

We’re taking orders until 6 tonight, while supplies last. Some favorites may sell out sooner, so come get your taco fix!

We appreciate all your patience and love as we work through this❤️ We’re putting together a game plan for next week and will keep you posted! Mucho take it easy 🦜

09/29/2026

Well…we really thought we could do it🌮

After the absolute whirlwind that was downtown, we fully intended to be back at it today. Turns out, y’all wiped us out a little harder than we realized.

Ortega’s will be CLOSED TODAY, Tuesday 9/29.
We know. It’s Taco Tuesday. 😭 We’re just as sad about it. Be cool.We need one more day to restock, regroup and get ourselves back together.

Huge love to Miss Willa’s Bookshop™️ for an incredible weekend and bringing so many beautiful people downtown 💜

Mucho take it easy, amigos. We’re trying. 🦜🌮

09/18/2026

Welp. We tried, taco fans. 😂🌮

We rolled as long as we could today, but the power is officially out downtown. Potomac Edison is estimating restoration around 10:30 tonight, so we’re calling it for the evening.

We didn’t even have time to update you before lunch — we were just trying to keep this taco train moving.

See you tomorrow morning for breakfast…because apparently this week has jokes😂🤞

Mucho take it easy. ❤️

09/18/2026

Thanks to everyone who participated in our Paint the Town Day! Paradise Alley was filled with beauty and the artist were lovely 🎨 ✨️❤️

Charles Town’s inaugural “Paint the Town Day” brought artists and art lovers of all ages downtown, Saturday, for plein-air painting, urban sketching and other creative activities. The event, organized with

09/17/2026

Welp, taco fans… we tried. 🌮😩

Unfortunately, we will be CLOSED for the rest of today while we deal with an unexpected gas issue in the building.
Everybody is safe, and we’re getting things taken care of properly before we fire those grills back up🔥

Thanks for being patient with us today and for all the messages checking in. We appreciate you more than you know ❤️
We’ll keep you posted. Mucho take it easy. 🦜🌮

Oh,our friends Bushel & Peck are open!

09/17/2026

Good morning, Taco Fans 🌮

We’ve had an unexpected building issue this morning that is affecting us and our neighbors Bushel & Peck

Out of an abundance of caution, we’ll both be delaying opening this morning while everything is checked out and cleared.
We’ll update you as soon as we know more. Thanks for your patience and understanding ❤️

Mucho take it easy — we’re working on it. 🌮