You forgot to grab a hostess gift for the friends who’ll be housing you on your vacation! Not to worry: Head to the C Concourse and Tamales by La Casita, where you can order great homemade tamales – the “Mile High traditional” version made by the Sandoval family for more than forty years – packaged […]
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Tamales Moreno is housed in a dilapidated, grubby yellow shack fronted by a counter that fails to hide all the kitchen equipment covered with a fine film of grease. A gumball machine by the counter is filled with candy that looks dusty and ancient, and the supply of drinks in a soda dispenser on the […]
Tamayo’s owner, nationally renowned restaurateur Richard Sandoval, grew up working in his family’s Acapulco restaurants, and when he opened his first restaurant in Colorado, in a prime corner space on Larimer Square, he billed his cross of traditional dishes with contemporary techniques as “Modern Mexican.” But a decade and several restaurants later, Tamayo was beginning […]
Taqueria Mi Pueblo has held down the corner of 23rd and Federal for the better part of two decades, continuously adding onto and improving both the building and the menu. They’ve joined the $2 breakfast burrito fray that marks this stretch of Federal, they offer a whole roast chicken special done in the style of […]
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Tarasco’s peeks out from its corner spot like the shy girl in a homemade dress at her first dance. The interior walls are covered in Spanish aphorisms and descriptions of fruit and vegetable drinks (jugos and licuados), part of chef/owner Noe Bermudez’s dedication to healthy food. Tarasco’s has a way of creating beauty and perfection […]
In 2019, Grant Hopfenspirger, son of the restaurateurs who created the local retro-diner chain Gunther Toody’s, opened Teocalli Cocina in Lafayette. In 2022, he debuted a second location of the Mexican eatery in Olde Town Arvada, in a space that had not been occupied since the closing of Griff’s Hamburgers in 2015. The addition has […]
?The affable man who owns Tia Maria treats his customers like royalty, which is reason enough to plop your butt down in a cushy booth and spend the afternoon slumped over shots, which he doles out in frequent doses. The tequila syllabus is impressive — and so are the tasting notes that accompany it — […]
Tortas aren’t as common in Denver as burritos, tacos and enchiladas, the dominant symbols of this city’s defiant obsession with Mexican food. But the mighty torta, Mexico’s sandwich star, is the focus of Tortisimas, which opened on Federal Boulevard in 2013. The bread — called birote — is procured from a local bakery and serves […]
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Serving Coloradans fast-casual-sized, chile-bathed burritos at fast-food prices, Twisters Burgers and Burritos is a welcome transplant from our friendly neighbors in New Mexico, with four locations in metro Denver. Twisters is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner: In the morning, have a breakfast burrito with egg, potato, chorizo and red chile; at lunch a burrito […]
Twisters, a New Mexico-based chain, has four locations in metro Denver. But even though it’s a chain, it doesn’t serve fast food — as evidenced by its lengthy, made-to-order menu. You can get burritos of the breakfast, specialty or build-your-own variety, plus enchiladas, combination platters, New Mexican specialties and such American favorites as burgers and […]
Owner Patrick Mangold-White’s tacos are overstuffed monsters, but the flavors are addictive, offering smoky, earthy, sweet and acidic notes in each amply filled bite. You’ll find tortas and a lone burrito on the menu as well, but stick with the tacos: Whether you opt for simple lengua accompanied by chiles or the fancier duck confit […]
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Viva Burrito Company has zero decor and zero ambiance, but the food coming out of this little red box is fantastic. Not white-tablecloth fantastic: plastic-silverware-and-paper-napkin fantastic, with a serious “Gimme twenty bucks and I’ll show you the real Mexico” vibe. The breakfast burritos are good, the deep-fried tacos and gigantic tortas even better. Best of […]
The grilled mahi-mahi tacos alone are worth a stop at this fun, Baja-inspired space that specializes in tortillas filled with fish done healthy. Much of the food is made to order, and it’s all delivered in abundance, with rice and black beans rounding out the plates. Wahoo’s also makes an exceptional margarita.
The grilled mahi-mahi tacos alone are worth a stop at this fun, Baja-inspired space that specializes in tortillas filled with fish done healthy. Much of the food is made to order, and it’s all delivered in abundance, with rice and black beans rounding out the plates. Wahoo’s also makes an exceptional margarita.
The grilled mahi-mahi tacos alone are worth a stop at this fun, Baja-inspired space that specializes in tortillas filled with fish done healthy. Much of the food is made to order, and it’s all delivered in abundance, with rice and black beans rounding out the plates. Wahoo’s also makes an exceptional margarita.