El Taco de Mexico is a restaurant in Denver, Colorado. In 2020 it was named one of America's Classics by the James Beard Foundation. [1]
The restaurant was founded by Maria Luisa Zanabria, who emigrated from Mexico City, then moved from California to Colorado in 1985; she first operated the business from a trailer parked on Denver's Santa Fe Drive in Denver's Art District on Santa Fe. [2] [3] [4]
The 2020 America's Classics award was a first for a Colorado restaurant. [3]
The restaurant serves Mexican staples such as burritos, enchiladas, gorditas, tacos, tortas, tamales, and menudo. [2] [3] [5] The Beard Foundation in their announcement called the pork burrito "the restaurant’s crowning glory...smothered in green chile humming with earthy spice". [3] [2]
In 2020 the restaurant was named one of America's Classics by the James Beard Foundation; [3] [2] in their announcement the foundation called it a "lodestar...among Denver's thriving Mexican food culture". [6] Eater Denver called it "the mother of all Mexican food institutions in Denver". [7] Andrew Zimmern called it "Denver's quinessential taqueria". [8] Conde Nast Traveler, naming it one of Denver's 20 Best Restaurants, said the green chili "represents the gold standard of the Southwestern staple". [9] Food & Wine, naming their burrito one of the best in the country, called their smothered chile relleno burrito "the breakfast dish of your dreams." [10]
El Taco de Mexico is a restaurant in Denver, Colorado. In 2020 it was named one of America's Classics by the James Beard Foundation. [1]
The restaurant was founded by Maria Luisa Zanabria, who emigrated from Mexico City, then moved from California to Colorado in 1985; she first operated the business from a trailer parked on Denver's Santa Fe Drive in Denver's Art District on Santa Fe. [2] [3] [4]
The 2020 America's Classics award was a first for a Colorado restaurant. [3]
The restaurant serves Mexican staples such as burritos, enchiladas, gorditas, tacos, tortas, tamales, and menudo. [2] [3] [5] The Beard Foundation in their announcement called the pork burrito "the restaurant’s crowning glory...smothered in green chile humming with earthy spice". [3] [2]
In 2020 the restaurant was named one of America's Classics by the James Beard Foundation; [3] [2] in their announcement the foundation called it a "lodestar...among Denver's thriving Mexican food culture". [6] Eater Denver called it "the mother of all Mexican food institutions in Denver". [7] Andrew Zimmern called it "Denver's quinessential taqueria". [8] Conde Nast Traveler, naming it one of Denver's 20 Best Restaurants, said the green chili "represents the gold standard of the Southwestern staple". [9] Food & Wine, naming their burrito one of the best in the country, called their smothered chile relleno burrito "the breakfast dish of your dreams." [10]