Mexican restaurants in Seattle
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Agua Verde Café
On the shores of Portage Bay at the southern base of University Avenue, Agua Verde Café is a little gem that overlooks the bay and serves fat tacos full of lemony cod, shellfish or portabella mushrooms, plus other Mexican favorites. There’s usually a wait for a table, but you can have a drink and wait on the deck, or order from the walkup window. You can rent kayaks in the same building, in case you want to work off your dinner.
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La Carta de Oaxaca
This lively place serves the cuisine of Oaxaca, particularly black mole sauce – try the mole negro Oaxaqueno, the house specialty. You can sample the same stuff on tamales or go for a combination of various small plates. Seating is mostly picnic-style, and there’s a full bar – handy considering there’s usually a wait for a table.
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Bimbo’s Cantina
It’s moved, but not so far that you’ll get lost trying to find it when you need it. Bimbo’s slings fat tacos, giant burritos and juicy quesadillas until late. The space is less crammed now, but still has its kitschy knickknacks, including velvet matador portraits, oil paintings with neon elements and a hut-style thatched awning. The best feature of the restaurant is still the attached bar, the Cha-Cha Lounge.
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Mama’s Mexican Kitchen
Wildly popular, California-style Mama’s Mexican Kitchen is always packed. But that’s no surprise for a place that serves scrumptious burritos, huge combination plates and killer margaritas (cheapest during happy hour from 4pm to 6pm Monday to Saturday). It’s in a great location for people-watching, but the kitsch Mexican artifacts plastering the walls are equally absorbing. Velvet Elvises!
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Cactus
Instantly cheery, this Mexican-Southwest restaurant – with branches in Kirkland and Alki Beach – is a fun place to go and pretend you’re on a sunny vacation even if it’s pouring rain. A margarita and a king salmon torta or butternut squash enchilada will scare off the grayest clouds, and the jaunty staff and fun music do the rest.
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Rancho Bravo
A taco stand in the parking lot of Winchell’s Donuts, Rancho Bravo serves cheap, filling tacos and burritos that are pretty good anytime and awesome at 2am.
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