Four restaurants within a few steps make for a flavorful stroll on Broadway in Seaside.

Call them street tacos, if you will – not the crunchy American fast food shell, but the simple snack of push carts and taquerias.

Call it Broadway Avenue in Seaside, bestowed Obama Way, as well – which could also be referred to as Taco Street. Two minutes of walking takes you past four restaurants with Mexican dishes on the menu. Two are taquerias, one a restaurant favoring Oaxacan flavors and one a Salvadoran place with some Mexican offerings.

Tacos are a good place to start.

Taqueria Mi Tierra (1000 Broadway, 394-0198)

The popular taqueria is tucked inside a market on the corner of Broadway and Fremont. There’s a fresh quality to the tacos, thanks to bright and generous cilantro. The herb is piled onto the barbacoa, giving the taco a sunny disposition, one furthered by a quick and bracing tomatillo salsa. Once disturbed, however, the meat lends a rustic and strapping savor that welcomes the brighter embellishments.

Juicy cubes of pineapple in the al pastor give a sweet and alluring edge. But your notion changes as the salsa begins to weigh in – a rusty sauce, with a wisp of smoke and sly heat that complements both the herbal-fruity flair and the rumbling earthiness of pork.

The tacos at Mi Tierra are the most compelling on the block. But tastes vary. No matter – there are plenty of options.

Latino Market y Taqueria (1022 Broadway, 521-9235)

A couple of steps away, Latino Market still has a Garcia’s Taqueria sign dangling overhead. The pastor they serve has a ruddy heat and the salsa – presented alongside as an option – brings a more muscular, earthy depth. Listless, musty beef fills the asada taco, however. And a touch of that mole-hued sauce smothers it completely.

They plate both with large slices of grilled onion and slivers of radish, which transform the tacos into something with greater heft than a typical street version. The additions bring out lost meatiness.

El Migueleño (1066 Broadway, 899-2199)

With an emphasis on Salvadoran fare, tacos here are a back-page item. They are also different, with pico de gallo and a spread of refried beans – neither of which can save the carnitas. Despite a subtle, peppery heat forged into the pork, it is parched and stringy.

The restaurant’s asada comes then as a surprise: Rich cubes of tender beef that leave the palate glistening. Under this, a simple bittersweet scar from the grill. Refried beans hunker under this, adding a gentle, earthy foundation.

No, it’s not the expected street taco. Nor is their hard shell taco option.

El Milagro (1104 Broadway, 324-4125)

The asada carries a familiar grilled note, a bittersweet char flexed by flavors etched from a well-used flat top. It’s a husky, backyard sensation, with onion and cilantro content in a supporting role.

Order the al pastor and again onion and cilantro play bit parts. The star is that sunset pork, with an acrid char and saline nip balancing its natural sweetness. It can be on the dry side and there’s no pineapple to offer respite, so their al pastor benefits from a squeeze of lime.

Minor shortcomings aside, in this highly taco-dense spot, El Milagro is solid – not a far second from Mi Tierra.