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La Barquita Restaurant
Jackie Mercandetti 

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2334 E. McDowell Road Phoenix, AZ 85006

602-275-5994 

 

2334 E. McDowell Road Phoenix AZ 85006

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  • Mexican
    Sun 8am-8pm, Mon-Sat 8am-9pm
    $$ $$
  • MasterCard, Visa
    Kid Friendly, Takeout
    Breakfast, Breakfast all day, Dinner, Lunch
  • Beer/Wine
    Not Accepted
    Lot Available
Description

In the seven years it’s been open, this small, unassuming Central Phoenix restaurant has developed a reputation as a neighborhood hangout. Its mostly Mexican clientele appreciates the affordable, authentic food of southern Mexico – more richly seasoned than flat-out spicy – plus a few good ol’ American classics. First-timers should save themselves the trouble of navigating its vast menu and order up house specialties like the unique Molcajete a la Mexicana (the equivalent of a Mexican stew on steroids), a hearty plato de carnitas, chiles rellenos stuffed with queso fresco, or the savory and mildly spicy Mexican goat stew, bírria.








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  • 2012 | Best Mexican Breakfast

    Mexican breakfast or American breakfast? You can get both at this small, unassuming neighborhood restaurant in Central Phoenix. Originally from La Barca, in the western Mexican state of Jalisco, chef and owner Jose Garcia cooks up Mexican breakfast favorites like chilaquiles, huevos rancheros, and eggs alongside nopales or machaca or scrambled with serrano chile, tomato, and onion. A fork is fine, but we like to pile the a.m. eats into warm homemade tortillas. There are a few good ol'... More »

  • 2009 | Best Birria

    Thanks to La Barquita's lengthy, covers-all-the-bases menu, there are plenty of reasons to stop by this affordable, no-frills neighborhood joint on McDowell. From crispy chicken-stuffed flautas to chile verde with pork to mouth-searing camarones rancheros (shrimp in spicy ranchero sauce), there's a dish for just about any craving. The real reason we come here, though, is to eat a dish you just can't find anywhere: birria. To put it less eloquently, in English, it's goat meat. The way La... More »

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