Mexican in Denver
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The Street: There’s no better name for this former bungalow that’s been transformed into an iglesia celebrating tacos. The menu offers more than a dozen preparations of beef, pork and goat in styles from around Mexico: cochinita pibil from the Yucatán, shredded pork mixed with pork rinds in the style of Campeche, and carne al […]
La Cantina doesn’t exactly feel like a restaurant. Sandwiched into a public foyer and hallway, next to a locker room and below Vail’s West Lionshead Plaza bus stop, it feels like the guys piecing together your massive burrito and plate of nachos are squatters, ready to pack up their grill at a moment’s notice when […]
It’s not easy being green. When Manuel Silva was forced to close down his original Casa de Manuel at 20th and Larimer streets — an address he’d occupied for forty years — the town worried that we’d never see his green chile again. But then he found another spot eleven blocks to the north, in […]
Open since 1986, this Commerce City restaurant offers a classically Colorado take on green chile, with big chunks of tomato adding to its orange hue, along with small chunks of pork and plenty of visible bits of large-dice chiles. You can choose your heat level, from mild to extra hot, though even the medium packs […]
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After over four decades in the same location, the Nuñez family still make some of the tastiest Mexican home cooking in town, including fresh handmade tortillas. Settle into one of the restaurant’s turquoise booths and try the green chile, spicy and addictive, which contains all fresh ingredients, or the beef tacos, which come loaded with […]
Chef Jose Avila’s La Diabla has been heaped with praise since opening in 2021 for everything from its namesake pozole to its tacos and stellar house margs, and rightfully so: It does a lot of things well, but we also love the fact that it offers guests a lot of deals on those things. In […]
La Fiesta celebrated sixty years in business in 2023, making it one of Denver’s oldest restaurants that’s still operating in the same location and run by the same family that founded it. Located in a former Safeway, it doles out Denver’s unique style of Mexican food done right. While the late-night dance parties of decades […]
The original location of La Fogata, on East Evans Avenue, opened back in 1990 and in 2004, a second spot was later added in the Denver Tech Center. Both eateries are staples in their neighborhoods, and regulars are greeted warmly by longtime staff. The thick, warming, gravy-style green chile is one of the best versions […]
The original location of La Fogata, on East Evans Avenue, opened back in 1990 and in 2004, a second spot was added in the Denver Tech Center. Both eateries are staples in their neighborhoods, and regulars are greeted warmly by longtime staff. The thick, warming, gravy-style green chile is one of the best versions in […]
The tiny kitchen at La Fuente – a groovy, low-rent Mexican joint – turns out big flavors in all its food, but one of the largest draws to this Highland eatery is the plump breakfast burritos. There are nearly a dozen manifestations of them, all featuring soft scrambled eggs and shards of crisp-edged potatoes with […]
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In the ’80s, the Brinkerhoff family created a Den-Mex institution in north Denver, so fans despaired when they sold its original digs in Jefferson Park. But it quickly reopened in a new space in 2016 in another iconic spot – the moody former home of Trinity Grille – and the owners have worked hard to […]
This small, cheery eatery sits like an island bordered on all sides by roads; it’s an oasis of clean, authentic Mexican food. Owner Jose Luis Guereca and his sister cook dishes their mama used to make in Durango, Mexico, and they do it all from scratch. This is the real deal.
Down in Texas, right on the border between El Paso and Juarez, there’s a stand – actually, a shack – that sells the best tamales in the known universe. But they’re only slightly better than the green-chile tamales sold every day at La Popular. These fat rolls of masa, pork and whole chunks of fiery […]
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International chef/entrepreneur Richard Sandoval’s first restaurant in Denver was the “modern Mexican” Tamayo, but he didn’t stop with that flagship spot in Larimer Square. He opened the very urban Zengo, then Al Lado, in the heart of the Platte Valley. But for more far-flung, suburban locations – in Park Meadows and Northfield/Stapleton – he had […]
Don’t let the shabby strip mall where La Torteria hides fool you; this little Mexican sandwich shop is full of surprises, including ice-cold beers, taquitos and some of the best tortas in town. Our favorite is the lambada, featuring scrambled eggs, chorizo and pierna (roast pork leg). Sure signs that you’re in a palace of […]
The La Villa Real food trucks don’t do much driving; true loncheras in the old-school tradition, they stick to their regular locations at Federal and Fourth Avenue and Alameda and Raritan. The vehicles don’t need to move to attract customers, though: A consistent clientele patronizes these trucks, with regulars returning sometimes three times a day. […]