El Taco De Mexico

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Stop in El Taco de Mexico during the worst crush of a busy rush, and you'll be in the most jumbled, bungled, mingled, noisy, crowded and cosmopolitan spot in the entire city. The narrow space (which includes a diner-style counter and a few hard plastic booths) will be full of wholesome kitchen smells and packed with people chasing after El Taco's reputation -- regulars from the neighborhood, Denver foodies with a yen for the simple charms of authentic old Mexico City flavors, cholos, gringos and everyone in between.

Cuisine(s): Mexican, South American

Hours: Sun-Thu 7:30am-10pm, Fri-Sat 7am-11pm

Price: $
Payment Types: cash

Features: Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Takeout, Catering, Wheelchair Accessible, Kid Friendly

Serving: Breakfast, Brunch, Dinner, Late Night, Lunch
Alcohol: None

Reservations: Accepted, Call-Ahead Seating Available

Parking: Lot Available

2010 | Best Green Chile

The clean-kitchen-obsessed women with permanent frowns on their faces who bust their asses at El Taco de México? They understand a lot more English than you might think, and if you're stupid enough to malign their green chile — which we've heard... More >
2009 | Best Sunday-Morning Mexican

Yeah, it's busy. Yeah, real estate at the counter (bests seats in the house) can be tough to come by, particularly on Sunday, when people are stopping in before and after mass, on their way to work or just going home. The ladies working said... More >
2008 | Best Hangover Breakfast

There's a flighty kind of magic in the air at El Taco de Mexico on its best weekend mornings, something frail and almost inexplicable, moments when the swirling white church dresses and the tock of cleavers in the kitchen and the fast, hard-edged... More >
2007 | Best Taste of Mexico City

All day, every day, whenever you need it and whatever you want: That's the defining joy of having a joint in town like El Taco de M�xico. Though the crowds ebb and flow, the work in the open kitchen is constant, with the women there always c... More >
2006 | BEST TACO

It's named El Taco de Mexico for a reason: Tacos are what this little Mexican lunch counter does best. All of the tacos on the menu -- from the most pedestrian shredded-beef variety to the gastronaut special packed with ropy calves' brains -- are... More >

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Westword Reviews and News

Some like it hot! Diego's and El Taco de Mexico win the Cinco de Mayo green chile contest

By Patricia Calhoun | Thu, May 12, 2011

Some like it hot! The festivities at this past weekend's Cinco de Mayo festival in Civic Center Park included the fourth annual green chile contest. And the winners are: Judges' awards: First More >
Who has the best green chile in Denver? El Taco de Mexico

By Patricia Calhoun | Fri, April 2, 2010

Green chile could well be this state's major contribution to the culinary canon. Unlike the stew of green chiles, and sometimes just green chiles, served in New Mexico, Denver's various green c More >
Bite Me

By Jason Sheehan | Thu, January 15, 2004

As an American, your odds of dying from Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease -- a variation of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad-cow -- are roughly one in a million. Odds of dying in a car accident? One in 242, according to the National Safety Council... More >
The Brains of the Operation

By Jason Sheehan | Thu, September 26, 2002

So where'd you go for lunch?" I asked. "We ended up at El Taco de México -- it's got real Mexican Mexican food. You been there yet?" I shook my head. I've been eating like a pig since I came to town a few months ago, and despite the fact that I... More >

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s3pultura7

| Sat, November 06, 2010

This place is awesome!

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Dretsel Johnson

| Fri, September 10, 2010

This food is always good and fresh. Very tasty and the service and the price is right. If good Mexican food is in the works then stop by El Taco De Mexico you can't go wrong. I love the chicken taco plate.

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lola_hernandez26

| Wed, July 07, 2010

Can never go wrong with huevos rancheros for breakfast or tacos mid afternoon.

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vintagerenewal

| Sun, June 27, 2010

One of the best Mexican places in town, hands down! Great for anytime and also to pop in after lots of vino on first Friday.

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tannaruzicka

| Thu, June 24, 2010

Pork tacos. Cannot go wrong with these!

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