You’ll have the option to eat a $5 taco featuring five types of pork — including a bacon shell — on Monday at El Rey.

District Taco has finally put down brick-and-mortar roots in Penn Quarter, with an outpost on 1309 F St. NW. The Virginia-based taco chain opened yesterday, with lines going out the door. Fans have already tweeted their excitement and yelped their pleasure. The first Yelp review was about their morning fare: “I’ve only been for breakfast so far, but my breakfast taco was AWESOME. I had the classic taco – simple with eggs, potatoes, cheese and…

At first, Greg Maciog was bummed. When he’d heard that District Taco — an establishment he didn’t know anything about — was holding a taco eating contest, he assumed it would be in, well, the District.

While the local food scene is better known for Salvadoran pupusas, it doesn’t stop many a displaced Californian (or Texan or Arizonan) from the fervent pursuit of an authentic Mexican taco. These tacos are a far cry from any oily, hard-shelled monstrosity found at Taco Bell. Traditional tacos are generally two small corn tortillas filled with shredded meat, onion, cilantro, and finished off with a squeeze of lime. I distinctly remember the first time I…