Automatic Taco and Tequila Bar

Automatic Taco and Tequila Bar is a Mexican restaurant in Greenville, SC, located at 147 Welborn Street. It serves a wide-ranging taco menu built around creative, globally-inspired fillings alongside classic Mexican street snacks and a full tequila and cocktail program, and also offers catering tailored to individual events. The restaurant holds a rating of 4.40 based on 228 reviews.

The restaurant began as a food truck in Greenville around 2015. After five years of serving what its founders describe as the city's most creative tacos, chef Nick Thomas and his wife Chrissy opened a brick-and-mortar location at Greenville Commons in 2019. The kitchen turns out a focused taco lineup priced from four to five dollars, including Grilled Steak with salsa verde, cotija, and crema; Nashville Hot Chicken with housemade hot sauce and pickles; Crispy Fish topped with watermelon pico and poblano aioli; Korean Pork Belly with kimchi, cashews, and teriyaki; Pork Pastor with pineapple and avocado salsa; Green Curry Shrimp with mango, crema, and fried avocado; Chorizo with caramelized onion and salsa roja; a Veggie taco built on black beans, potato, and kimchi; Chile Relleno; and Indian Butter Chicken with jalapeno and crema. Snacks include Queso Fundido, chips with guacamole, and a chips and salsa trio, while sides feature Papas Fritas, Crispy Brussels Sprouts with auto sauce, and Mexican Street Corn. Catering packages run from a single taco plus a side to two tacos plus a side. The bar program includes draft and bottled beers such as Modelo, Pacifico, and Tecate, cocktails like the Margarita, Espresso Martini, Paloma, Mexican Mule, Mojito, and Red Sangria, and a tequila list spanning blanco, reposado, and anejo expressions.

The restaurant sits on Welborn Street just steps from Unity Park and the Reedy River Wetlands Preserve, with the Roger C. Peace Adaptive Sports and Wellness Center, Mayberry Park, and the Thomas and Vivian A. Wong Honor Tower all within a short walk. Its track record of more than 200 customer reviews reflects the kind of steady following a chef-driven neighborhood spot earns when the food is genuinely creative.