Taquería restaurants in Mexico City
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Taquitos Frontera
One of a few late-night taquerías along Roma’s main drag, this is a humble alternative with cheerful staff, a smoky open grill and leather tables and chairs. In addition to the main attraction, there are great sides like frijoles charros (cowboy beans) and cebollitas (grilled green onions).
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El Charco de Las Ranas
Men in white bonnets work the big, gleaming grill at ‘the frog pond, ’ a modern branch of the renowned taquería located in the southern DF. Aside from the well-crammed tacos al pastor and huge alambres (kebabs of beef, peppers, onions and bacon) – best washed down with an ice-cold horchata – you might try the chicharrón de queso (rolled sheets of crispy fried cheese).
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Supertacos Chupacabras
Named after the mythical ‘goat sucker’ (something like the Loch Ness monster), this mega taco stall stands beneath a freeway overpass, but true mavens should not be deterred. The beef and sausage tacos (with ‘a secret ingredient of 127 spices’) can be enhanced by availing yourself of the fried onions, nopales and other tasty toppings that fill six clay casseroles in front.
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Taquería Los Paisas
This corner taco stand southeast of the Zócalo offers overstuffed steak, sausage and pastor (spit-roasted pork) tacos or campechano (mixed meat) tacos. Help yourself from the heaping trays of garnishes: mashed potatoes, pico de gallo (chopped tomato, onion and chili), cactus paddles and habanero-spiked onions, among others.
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El Califa de León
Practically hidden amid the surrounding ambulante activity, this standing-room-only joint is sought out by taco mavens from all over. Unlike at thousands of similar places, the twist here is that the beef is not chopped up but grilled in thin slices. The salsas – chipotle and salsa verde – are exceptional.
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El Borrego Viudo
At this busy neighborhood taquería near the Viaducto freeway (take a ‘San Ángel-M Barranca del Muerto’ pesero), the menu announces the taco variations in sparkly type: suadero (beef brisket), longaniza (sausage), tender tongue and the specialty – pastor, sliced off a huge cone by the entrance.
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Taquería Hola
Mid-morning, local snackers crowd this friendly hole in the wall for a stand-up chomp. Choose from a remarkable array of taco fillings, all temptingly displayed in clay dishes. Tacos are served on two tortillas, the second to catch the overflow, and are garnished on request with guacamole or crumbly white cheese.
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Tacos de Canasta Chucho
These bite-sized tacos are stuffed with fillings such as refried beans, chicharrón (fried pork skin) and mole (just the sauce), and arranged in a big basket. A couple of pails contain the garnishes: spicy guacamole and marinated carrot chunks and chilies.
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El Califa
This popular taquería on Condesa’s southern edge puts its own spin on the classic snack, grilling slices of beef and tossing them on handmade tortillas. Tables are set with a palette of savory salsas in sturdy clay bowls.
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Tacos Xotepingo
With seating inside the big dining hall, on the sun-dappled patio or alongside the formidable grill, this taco temple makes a great pit-stop after shopping at the Ciudadela crafts market, opposite.
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