10th Avenue Burrito on Belmar Plaza has been feeding the Jersey Shore community since it opened, building a following around overstuffed burritos, fresh salsas, and the kind of straightforward quality Mexican food that a beach town embraces when it can find the real thing. It appeared in Season 10, Episode 12 of Diners, Drive-Ins and […]
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Mexican, New Jersey, Restaurants, Season 10Momocho on Fulton Road in Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood has been one of the city’s most celebrated Mexican restaurants since Eric Williams opened it, building a menu around modern Mexican cuisine — house-made salsas, creative guacamoles prepared tableside, and the kind of upscale approach to Mexican food that challenges the Tex-Mex assumptions most Midwesterners carry.
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Cleveland, Mexican, Ohio, Restaurants, Season 8Mom’s Tamales appeared in Season 7, Episode 6 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “You Picked ‘Em,” which aired September 7, 2009, as a Los Angeles tamale operation building hand-made tamales from family recipes in the tradition that defines the dish at its best. The restaurant has since permanently closed. Quick Facts Restaurant: Mom’s TamalesCity: Los
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Califonia, Los Angeles, Mexican, Restaurants, Season 7La Texanita on Sebastopol Road in Santa Rosa has been serving Sonoran and northern Mexican food to Sonoma County since it opened, building a reputation around carne asada, birria, and the kind of regional Mexican cooking that reflects the traditions of the Mexican state of Sonora rather than a generic Tex-Mex menu. It appeared in
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Califonia, Mexican, Restaurants, Season 7Avila’s Mexican Restaurant on Maple Avenue in Dallas has been a neighborhood institution serving family-recipe Mexican food since the Avila family opened it, building a multi-generational following around enchiladas, tamales, and the kind of from-scratch Tex-Mex and interior Mexican cooking that earns decades of loyalty. It appeared in Season 6, Episode 13 of Diners, Drive-Ins
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Dallas, Mexican, Restaurants, Season 6, TexasLos Taquitos Mexican Grill on East Elliot Road in the Ahwatukee area of Phoenix appeared in Season 6, Episode 10 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “All Over the Map,” which aired June 15, 2009. Guy Fieri found a Phoenix Mexican restaurant building authentic tacos, burritos, and Mexican street food from scratch in a neighborhood that
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Arizona, Mexican, Phoenix, Restaurants, Season 6Salsa Brava on East Route 66 in Flagstaff has been serving Mexican and Southwestern food to the high desert college town and the Route 66 travelers passing through since 1989, building a menu around fresh ingredients, house-made salsas, and the green chile that defines Northern Arizona cooking. It appeared in Season 5, Episode 9 of
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Arizona, Mexican, Restaurants, Season 5Sophia’s Place appeared in Season 5, Episode 3 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Not What You’d Expect,” which aired November 24, 2008, as an Albuquerque breakfast and lunch operation built around New Mexican-style Mexican food with the kind of scratch-made chile and homemade tortilla cooking that defines the state’s food identity. Both the original Sophia’s
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Mexican, New Mexico, Restaurants, Season 5Manuel Valdez and his brother have been running Lone Star Taqueria on Fort Union Boulevard since 1994, building a loyal Salt Lake Valley following around carne adovada, fish tacos, and the kind of authentic Mexican cooking that Sunset magazine named the “West’s Best Taco.” Lone Star appeared in Season 4, Episode 13 of Diners, Drive-Ins
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Mexican, Restaurants, Salt Lake City, Season 4, UtahTony Anteliz’s parents both came from the Mexican state of Puebla and raised him between Chicago and summers in Mexico, where he learned to love the city of Puebla’s food culture — particularly two items: the cemita sandwich and the taco arabe. He opened Taqueria Puebla in Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood, but the standard tacos
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