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 […]
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In 2005 Mickey’s replaced its decrepit, decades-old home with a shiny, family-friendly new building on the same lot. The atmosphere is still casual and diner-like, though, and the menu is basically unchanged – which guarantees that you’ll get a whole lot of food for just a little bit of money. Most of the fare is […]
Is it a dive? Absolutely. But we mean that in only the sweetest, most endearing way. If you’re looking for wasabi mashed potatoes and tenderloins with mango chutney, this is not the place for you. But if your idea of atmosphere is cheap beers at 10 a.m., 365-days-a-year Christmas lights and a seasoned waitress who […]
Founded by Willie and Esther Garcia in the 1960s, Mexico City Lounge has been a family-owned staple for decades. It hasn’t changed much in that time, with the exception of a slight facelift in 2012, though the area around it sure has…and the ownership has moved down a couple of generations. But despite the evolution […]
Wahoo’s Fish Taco, a chain with outposts in California and Colorado, specializes in seafood prepared Baja style. You can get your fish (or shrimp) served on signature grilled corn tortillas for a taco, rolled up in a burrito or mixed into a bowl, but if you’d rather have chicken or pork or carne asada, Wahoo’s […]
Blue Bonnet may not serve the most authentic Mexican food in town, but a meal here has been an authentic Denver experience for decades. You can eat that meal in the modest dining room, the colorful bar or out on the patio — which has grown to the size of a beach over the years […]
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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 decades-old Tacos Jalisco is holding firm against the remodels and condo buyouts encroaching from all directions. Inside, the look is half strip-mall Mexican and half ranchero, and the menu? Pure Colorado Mexican, with a little Tex-Mex, a little Norteno, some Michoacan influences and a healthy dose of big burritos, cheesy enchiladas and excellent seafood […]
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The Rio Grande got its start in 1986 in Fort Collins, where college students came to rely on the incredibly strong margaritas – limit three per customer, and no revealing the secret recipe – and big plates of gringo Mexican fare. Today, inspired by owner Pat McGaughran’s early trips to the Yucatan peninsula, the menu […]
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.
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This sports bar/restaurant offers off-track wagering, but the sandwiches are the real winners, sided by warm kettle chips and a kosher dill.
What is it with this town and burritos as big as your head? Qdoba is yet another homegrown fast-casual chain offering Chihuahua-sized burritos, both handheld (filled with ingredients like spicy queso or mango salsa) and smothered (in chipotle cream sauce or red chile). Setting Qdoba apart from its competition is its broader menu: In addition […]
Commerce City is hardly a restaurant utopia, and Gala Gardens isn’t exactly the first joint that floats into your head when you’re lusting after a brick of beef. But it should be, because the steaks — of which there are several, including a hefty 25-ounce porterhouse, a 22-ounce T-bone, a couple of New York strips […]
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 […]
The kind of Mexican place that makes Denver an eatin’ town. Everything is good, but watch for the fresh seafood specials, particularly the hearty shellfish soups bursting with flavor.
A former cowboy bar that now caters to families, the Warhorse is one of Parker’s oldest eateries. The portions of chicken-fried steak, baby-back ribs and fair Mexican fare are large enough to satisfy the appetites of ranch hands fresh from twelve hours of cattle-herding.
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Better-than-average Mexican food, starting with a great mol
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 […]
This South Pearl landmark looks like a cross between Cheers and a location for Friends, but it serves swell bar burgers, nachos and other grill standards. The international beer list is overwhelming, the atmosphere unassuming and friendly, and the secluded patio a great summer hideaway.
Patzcuaro’s is named for a secluded mountain lake in Mexico, and like that lake, it remained a secret from all but a lucky few from its opening in 1978 until the neighborhood around it began to grow and change. In the 2000s, an influx of new residents in the Highland neighborhood fueled the cantina, originally […]