So, there are a billion Mexican restaurants in Topeka. Okay, maybe that’s a high estimate, but still, if you want to eat a mess of beans, cheese, guacamole, salsa and/or meat, you probably already have your tried-and-true handful of favorite Mexican joints to choose from. But don’t neglect to add Tacos El Sol to that short list, and when you’re out on East Sixth Street way, you’ve got to stop in for the flautas.

They are two bucks. Two bucks, people. At Tacos El Sol, your two little flautas come nestled in a paper boat, and they are smothered in toppings – fresh-tasting guacamole, cilantro-heavy salsa (the way it ought to be), a mix of yellow and white cheeses and sour cream. The options are shredded beef or chicken, and the spice isn’t too…spicy. The flautas are simple and let the toppings do most of the work. This stuff isn’t greasy, and it is the perfect portion for Mexican food – you don’t leave feeling like you’ve swallowed a pile of wet rags. The filling is packed into two crunchy corn tortillas, rolled up cigarillo-style, and it’s enough to call a meal, although you might want to order up a basket of El Sol’s homemade chips to mop up the remaining guacamole and salsa. Add a drink, and you’re looking at a five-dollar dinner that satisfies a craving for that good Mexican food we have in such abundance in our city.

Tacos El Sol is at the corner of East 6th and Market.