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2115 Larimer St. Denver, CO 80205

303-296-0563

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Westword
Recommended
Best Happy-Hour Tacos
Award Winner 2003

Cuisine(s): American, Mexican

Hours: Sat.-Sun., 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m.; Tues.-Thurs., 11 a.m.-4:30 p.m. (later closing time during Rockies games); Fri., 11 a.m.-6 p.m.

Price: $
Payment Types: MasterCard, Visa, cash

Features: Takeout, Private Party, Wheelchair Accessible, Kid Friendly

Serving: Breakfast, Lunch
Alcohol: Full bar

Reservations: Accepted, Recommended for Large Parties

Parking: Meters, Street

Description

Its menu boasts that Mexico City has been family-owned for forty years -- and every year shows in the depth of flavor this modest kitchen gives its green chile (offered hot or mild), its fried tacos, its steak and breakfast burritos, even that squeeze bottle of salsa. Although this stretch of Larimer has become almost unrecognizable over the past decade, with costly loft projects going up on all sides, Mexico City remains a down-home cantina full of guaranteed good food and good times.

2003 | Best Happy-Hour Tacos

For decades, the Mexico City Lounge has been famous for its steak tacos, with lunchtime crowds lining up for plates slicked with oil and topped with three flour tortillas stuffed with tender chunks of steak, melted cheese and slices of avocado. Now all this greasy goodness is also available at Mexico City's new happy hour, which runs from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday through Friday. The great deal on tacos (any two -- chicken, beef or those legendary steak -- for $3.50) and assorted beer bargains... More »
2001 | Best Tostada

In honor of the new century and the ever-improving ballpark neighborhood, Mexico City Lounge has done a thorough house-cleaning -- right down to remodeled bathrooms and a tiny expansion that put two tables in the former kitchen -- and moved the kitchen to the back of the old Larimer Square storefront. The change in kitchen locations apparently necessitated an oil change, too, because everything coming out of that kitchen tastes much brighter and fresher -- even the notoriously greasy and... More »

100 Favorite Dishes: Fried tacos from Mexico City Lounge

By Lori Midson | Fri, April 9, 2010

Best of Denver 2010 was released April 1, but Cafe Society is still counting down, in no particular order, our 100 favorite dishes. Send your own nominations to cafe@westword.com.Number 2: Fried tacos... More »
Drink of the Week

By Nancy Levine | Thu, July 15, 2004

In Mexico, I do what every travel guide tells you not to do -- I eat food bought on the street. Have I gotten sick? Yes, very. Was it worth it? Absolutely. At the restaurants that cater to the vacationing hordes, you can't find any of this street ... More »
Check, Please!

By Kyle Wagner | Thu, January 20, 2000

Q: I have lived in Colorado since 1983 and Denver since 1988, but my wife and I will be leaving the sprawl in about six weeks for Bend, Oregon. I was wondering if you could give me a list of your top ten favorite restaurants in the city -- not jus... More »
Mouthing Off

By Kyle Wagner | Thu, July 02, 1998

The rest of the best: Every year as we approach the Best of Denver finish line, some hot contender suddenly comes up short. This time around we lost our early favorites for Best Cheap Breakfast (although Speedy Gourmet, at 1430 Arapahoe Street, st... More »
Mouthing Off

By Kyle Wagner | Thu, May 14, 1998

Here today, gone tamale: Diners making their weekly pilgrimage to the Mexico City Lounge, 2115 Larimer Street, for last Wednesday's steak-taco fix were shocked--shocked!--to find the doors chained shut, with a note announcing that the restaurant w... More »
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Caitlin34 | Denver, CO | 15 Reviews

| Tue, June 2, 2009

Fried Tacos!
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MattS1242 | Denver, CO | 3 Reviews

| Fri, April 18, 2008

Tasty, Delicious, good service A++++

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Mexico City Lounge

2115 Larimer St. Denver, CO 80205

303-296-0563

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2003 | Best Happy-Hour Tacos

2001 | Best Tostada

By Lori Midson | Fri, April 9, 2010

By Nancy Levine | Thu, July 15, 2004

By Kyle Wagner | Thu, January 20, 2000

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