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Best Mexican Resturant you've tried

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While traveling we sometimes are pleasantly surprised.

Mine was while wandering around Los Angeles and finding El Tepeyac

in the "Boyle Heights" (aka "East LA" :whoopie: ) section of LA

http://manuelseltepeyac.com/

The Machaca Burrito is to die for:

Please share yours :cheer:
 
Moes Southwest Grill or some place in Sedona right on the main street.

Any number of places in Mexico.
 
ampaholic said:
While traveling we sometimes are pleasantly surprised.

Mine was while wandering around Los Angeles and finding El Tepeyac

in the "Boyle Heights" (aka "East LA" :whoopie: ) section of LA

http://manuelseltepeyac.com/

The Machaca Burrito is to die for:

Please share yours :cheer:
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Being an Angeleno, I have eaten at El Tepeyac for many years. It was even featured on Diners, Drive-ins and Dives on the Food Network Channel. Not much to look at, but the food is great and is a great example of local food. We are spoiled here in L.A. with so many great ethnic restaurants.

Another great Mexican restaurant I could recommend is La Tolteca in Azusa (www.latoltecaazusa.com) located about 15 minutes east of Pasadena.
 
In our area, Bakersfield, our favorite is a local, family owned restaurant called Casa Munoz.
 
Taco Bell?

Seriously though, we actually had a great meal at Tia Juana's Beach Cantina in Ka'anapali on Maui.
 
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Don't remember the name, but it's the place right next door to the Capistrano Surfside Inn in Capistrano, CA. Family owned & operated for like 50 years. Also, right near me in Hammonton, NJ is a place called Fiesta Mexicana. Really good food, and the local Mexican population eats there.
 
Another chance to crow about... Carlo's & Pepe's 17th Street Cantina in Ft. Lauderdale, between U.S. 1 & the bridge. Try the "Burro."
 
Talent312 said:
Another chance to crow about... Carlo's & Pepe's 17th Street Cantina in Ft. Lauderdale, between U.S. 1 & the bridge. Try the "Burro."
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To add to your Florida location recommendation: Yesterday's (4/29/11) South Florida Sun-Sentinel "Showtime" magazine had the results of a Readers Poll for Best Mexican Restaurants. I haven't been to any of the Readers Top 3, so I can't personally vouch for them.

First place was Casa Maya Grill, 301 SE 15th Terrace, Deerfield Beach, FL Ph:954-570-6101; www.casamayagrill.com

Second Place was LaBamba - several locations
www.labamba123.com

Third Place was Cancun Mexican Grill, 6300 N. Andrews Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, FL
www.cancunmexicangrill.net


Richard
 
Hacienda

Great setting and food. Roasted whole suckling pig,lots of seafood and no items you find at most so called Mexican restaurants.
Lots of Spanish influenced dishes and regional Mexian food. At the Scottsdale Princess and was and maybe still is the only 4 star AAA Mexican restaurant in the entire United States.
You can go two for one if ou have the Scottsdale preferred dining book and it is good for any item.
 
Boyle Heights is *not* "East LA." It is to the west of East LA, but its not East LA. I know this to be true; my parents both lived in Boyle Heights when they went to high school (Roosevelt) and they told me of it many times. My dad lived at 331 North Chicago. You can see where the two are located if you look on the MTA transit map.

Trivia: If you know East LA, do you remember a bus called "the dinky?" (answer below)

Fern

ampaholic said:
While traveling we sometimes are pleasantly surprised.

Mine was while wandering around Los Angeles and finding El Tepeyac

in the "Boyle Heights" (aka "East LA" :whoopie: ) section of LA

http://manuelseltepeyac.com/

The Machaca Burrito is to die for:

Please share yours :cheer:
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ANSWER: "The dinky" ran from Indiana and 7th to Brooklyn and took 6 minutes each way. It crossed seven transfer points in eight blocks.

F.
 
I must be easy as I can't recall ever having BAD Mexican food, either locally or while traveling. I'm sure it's out there . . . we must just be lucky!
 
Cachito De Mexico on Broadway in San Antonio. Everytime we go to San Antonio we go there at least twice. It is fantastic and very authentic. They also give you free sopapillas after your meal. :D
 
Fern Modena said:
Boyle Heights is *not* "East LA." It is to the west of East LA, but its not East LA. I know this to be true; my parents both lived in Boyle Heights when they went to high school (Roosevelt) and they told me of it many times. My dad lived at 331 North Chicago.
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From Wikipedia:

East Los Angeles is located at 34°1′53″N 118°10′7″W (34.031462, -118.168653).[3] East Los Angeles lies directly east of downtown Los Angeles.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the community has a total area of 7.4 square miles (19.3 km²), all of it land.

East Los Angeles is bounded by the city of Los Angeles to the west, the unincorporated area of City Terrace to the northwest, the city of Monterey Park to the northeast, the city of Montebello to the east, and the city of Commerce to the south. It forms part of the East Los Angeles region. The unincorporated area of East Los Angeles was once known as "Maravilla"[4] and also "Belvedere Gardens".[5] Encompassing the land east of the Los Angeles River, East Los Angeles is a central historical area of the City that has for many years has been anchored by communities such as Boyle Heights and Lincoln Heights



So can I sign you and Wikipedia to a celebrity death match? get your claymation ready!
 
Talent312 said:
Another chance to crow about... Carlo's & Pepe's 17th Street Cantina in Ft. Lauderdale, between U.S. 1 & the bridge. Try the "Burro."
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When we lived in the Fort Lauderdale area from 1977-85, we frequently ate at Carlo's and Pepe's. It was certainly the best Mexican restaurant in Florida that we found but not as good as those in California.
 
We have eaten at many good Mexican restaurants. What is the best is very hard to define as it depends on what people like. Also some restaurants will do certain dishes better than others and not so good on other dishes.

Our personal favorite locally is Casa Jimenez in Murrieta, CA. We have eaten Mexican food in many different states and all over Mexico. We used to own a Mexican Restaurant in San Jose, CA. My favorite Mexican food by far is what my wife, who is Mexican, makes.

My wife and I both agree that California has the best Mexican food but as I said, it all depends on people's preferences. Our Mexican relatives from Mexico also like the restaurants in California better than in Mexico.
 
BTW El Tepeyac is at: 34.047826,-118.197593:hysterical:
 
I've always thought of mexican food as "spicy" food. And when I am in the mood for spicy food, I want mexican. The problem is, I've gone to a few authentic mexican restaurants and been disappointed. It seems authentic mexican food isn't really as spicy as I would like it to be, but of course, who could eat like that every day? Atleast that has been my experience. So perhaps my idea of "good" mexican food is the americanized variety?
 
Geez, if it is in Wikipedia it must be right, huh? Its all unincorporated, so in that sense, I guess I get it. Of course since it is unincorporated, you could just as well call it Los Angeles. The post office calls the whole area we are talking about LA, just like where I lived (which was also unincorporated).

To show you how Wikipedia is, I've never heard anybody who lived in City Terrace or Lincoln Heights refer to themselves as living in East Los Angeles, either. City Terrace is way over by the Pasadena Frwy. My parents moved from Boyle Heights to City Terrace when they got married, way back in nineteen and forty. :) And I worked in the City of Commerce (the name is correctly all three words) for about a dozen years, on Triggs St.

Did you check the MTA Transit map? It disagrees with Wikipedia. But since I don't live there anymore, maybe I'm wrong.

Fern

ampaholic said:
From Wikipedia:

East Los Angeles is located at 34°1′53″N 118°10′7″W (34.031462, -118.168653).[3] East Los Angeles lies directly east of downtown Los Angeles.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the community has a total area of 7.4 square miles (19.3 km²), all of it land.

East Los Angeles is bounded by the city of Los Angeles to the west, the unincorporated area of City Terrace to the northwest, the city of Monterey Park to the northeast, the city of Montebello to the east, and the city of Commerce to the south. It forms part of the East Los Angeles region. The unincorporated area of East Los Angeles was once known as "Maravilla"[4] and also "Belvedere Gardens".[5] Encompassing the land east of the Los Angeles River, East Los Angeles is a central historical area of the City that has for many years has been anchored by communities such as Boyle Heights and Lincoln Heights



So can I sign you and Wikipedia to a celebrity death match? get your claymation ready!
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Fern Modena said:
Geez, if it is in Wikipedia it must be right, huh? Its all unincorporated, so in that sense, I guess I get it. Of course since it is unincorporated, you could just as well call it Los Angeles. The post office calls the whole area we are talking about LA, just like where I lived (which was also unincorporated).

To show you how Wikipedia is, I've never heard anybody who lived in City Terrace or Lincoln Heights refer to themselves as living in East Los Angeles, either. City Terrace is way over by the Pasadena Frwy. My parents moved from Boyle Heights to City Terrace when they got married, way back in nineteen and forty. :) And I worked in the City of Commerce (the name is correctly all three words) for about a dozen years, on Triggs St.

Did you check the MTA Transit map? It disagrees with Wikipedia. But since I don't live there anymore, maybe I'm wrong.

Fern
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Hey Fern -- OK we'll say is NOT in East Los Angeles - even though it is east of the Los Angeles River.

I used to live in Echo Park or Edendale as the post office calls it and we all considered anything unincorporated east of the LA river as "East LA".

Po-ta-toe, po-tot-oe - eh? :shrug:
 
Taberna de los Frailes

We are just back from Mexico. In Valladolid, had a meal on par with the best I've had anywhere, place is called Taberna de los Frailes.

http://tabernadelosfrailes.com/

Based on our waiter's reccomendation, we started with an appetizer of grilled watermelon and panela cheese. Who would have thought that would actually taste good? It was awesome.

I had Tsi'ik, a Mayan dish of shredded pork with radishes marinated in sour oranges. Served cold with tortilla chips, it was kinda of like pig salsa. Extremely tasty. Now I am looking to find this dish somewhere in LA.

Mr. H had an awesome chicken dish.

Bill for 4 people for lunch including alcohol was $55.
 
Fern Modena said:
Boyle Heights is *not* "East LA." It is to the west of East LA, but its not East LA. I know this to be true; my parents both lived in Boyle Heights when they went to high school (Roosevelt) and they told me of it many times. My dad lived at 331 North Chicago. You can see where the two are located if you look on the MTA transit map.

Trivia: If you know East LA, do you remember a bus called "the dinky?" (answer below)

Fern



ANSWER: "The dinky" ran from Indiana and 7th to Brooklyn and took 6 minutes each way. It crossed seven transfer points in eight blocks.

F.
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I love good Boyle Heights Trivia! My grandmother still refers to Cesar Chavez Avenue as Brooklyn Ave. ;)
 
It ain't "really" mexican (perhaps texmex) - but oh' my goodness doesn't a Tommy's run sound good?

I used to frequent the Tommy's at Rampart and Beverly -- worth a trip to LA just for that (well, until the heartburn the next day :hysterical: ).
 
You lived in Echo Park? I lived in Silverlake in the 1970's, neighbor.

Fern

ampaholic said:
Hey Fern -- OK we'll say is NOT in East Los Angeles - even though it is east of the Los Angeles River.

I used to live in Echo Park or Edendale as the post office calls it and we all considered anything unincorporated east of the LA river as "East LA".

Po-ta-toe, po-tot-oe - eh? :shrug:
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