looking for good mexican food
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 12
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
looking for good mexican food
I will be in Dallas May 2nd to 4th for a sales meeting. Looking for a good mexican joint that 9 of us can go and enjoy good food, beer and time. Willing to drive up to 20 miles or so. No chain restaurants please. Will be staying at Adolphus. Thanks.
#3
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 2,566
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
One of the best places for good Mexican food and fun in the DFW area is Joe T. Garcia's in Fort Worth. Unfortunately, that is well over 20 miles from downtown Dallas.
My second recommendation would be Mariano's, which is the restaurant run by the man who invented the frozen margarita machine. We always have a good time there and we love the food! It is at 6300 Skillman near the intersection of Abrams Road in NE Dallas.
For more reviews, check out www.guidelive.com
My second recommendation would be Mariano's, which is the restaurant run by the man who invented the frozen margarita machine. We always have a good time there and we love the food! It is at 6300 Skillman near the intersection of Abrams Road in NE Dallas.
For more reviews, check out www.guidelive.com
#4
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 33
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Christie gave you some good advice... not by suggesting you have to go to Fort Worth to eat mexican food, but by steering you to the GuideLive website. There must be 1,000 mexican restaurants in the Dallas metropolitan area, and the website can give you lists by location and price.
Bear in mind that in a city the size of Dallas, there are many different kinds of mexican food, just as in New York there are many kinds of Italian. Mexico has as much regional variation as you could imagine... Mexico City cuisine is currently popular in Dallas...
If you go from the Adolphus hotel to the West End, you'll find a couple of casual Mexican Places... it's an easy walk from the Adolphus... or you can walk up to Pacific Avenue and catch a DART train at the Akard Street station.
Bear in mind that in a city the size of Dallas, there are many different kinds of mexican food, just as in New York there are many kinds of Italian. Mexico has as much regional variation as you could imagine... Mexico City cuisine is currently popular in Dallas...
If you go from the Adolphus hotel to the West End, you'll find a couple of casual Mexican Places... it's an easy walk from the Adolphus... or you can walk up to Pacific Avenue and catch a DART train at the Akard Street station.
#5
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 2,711
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Back in January my Dallas friends took me to Los Amigos Mexican Restaurant and Taqueria, Harry Hines Blvd.As nearly always, I was staying at the Anatole and we up I-35E,exit @Mockingbird, to Harry Hines, about 15 minutes or less.Very excellent and authentic, as most taquerias are.
#8
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 144
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I lived in Dallas for five years and just posted on a thread a couple of days ago regarding the best restaurants in cities...hands down my favorite place for Mexican in Dallas (I pine for it weekly) is Mi Cocina. They have killer margaritas, great food, and an upscale but relaxed atmosphere. They have a location in Highland Park Village on Preston which is sort of "the flagship" and I frequented the Kingsley/Skillman intersection location as it was in my neighborhood. Please give it a try so I can live vicariously through you!! Closer to your hotel is Gloria's, technically the cuisine of El Salvador, but has some real unique entrees as well, and a delicious bean dip served alongside the customary salsa and chips at the table. It is at the intersection of Lemmon and Inwood, if I remember correctly, but a phone book or a visit to the concierge should nail it down. Dallas is a great place for tex mex, so happy eating!
#9
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 4,203
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Yuk... Mercado Juarez is awful.
My favorite place is Tacos Y Salsa in Sachse but if in Dallas I love Desperado's on Greenville, not too far from downtown.
Monica Aca Alla is AWESOME too... and even closer, in the deep Ellum area just east of the hotel.
My favorite place is Tacos Y Salsa in Sachse but if in Dallas I love Desperado's on Greenville, not too far from downtown.
Monica Aca Alla is AWESOME too... and even closer, in the deep Ellum area just east of the hotel.
#10
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 74
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Haha, this has been a fun thread. So far, most of the places I've heard here I hate, although I have heard others say that they like them.
Monica's is definitely good, as is Glorias, but I wouldn't go there if you were looking for true mexican and/or tex-mex.
Here are a couple non-chain places that I got to often and are close(I'm sure others hate them):
Sol's Taco Lounge - deep ellum area
Chuy's (sort of a chain, but not like crappy Don Pablos or something): knox/henderson area
Mattito's: very good - nice area, somewhat upscale, but still laid back
Mariano's is not bad, but they are a little overpriced.
Hope that helps.
Monica's is definitely good, as is Glorias, but I wouldn't go there if you were looking for true mexican and/or tex-mex.
Here are a couple non-chain places that I got to often and are close(I'm sure others hate them):
Sol's Taco Lounge - deep ellum area
Chuy's (sort of a chain, but not like crappy Don Pablos or something): knox/henderson area
Mattito's: very good - nice area, somewhat upscale, but still laid back
Mariano's is not bad, but they are a little overpriced.
Hope that helps.
#11
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 2,566
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Oh, one more: Luna de Noche. There are several locations, with the most accessible one from downtown being their new location in North Park Mall, and the second being the one at 75 and Forest Lane. It's a local favorite for many good reasons! Excellent margaritas and imaginative food.
#12
Join Date: Nov 2003
Posts: 4,874
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I happen to like Mercado Juarez, but it is awfully far to go from downtown. Is Monica's still open? I thought she moved to Addison.
From downtown I'd go to Chuy's or Uncle Julio's...both have a fun atmosphere.
I can't stand Mi Cocina.
From downtown I'd go to Chuy's or Uncle Julio's...both have a fun atmosphere.
I can't stand Mi Cocina.
#13
Join Date: Dec 2005
Posts: 10,694
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I'll second Uncle Julio's. Of course I've not been to any other Mexican restaurant in Dallas (I haven't been there that often) but I have been to Uncle Julio's several times with co-workers when in town and we all enjoyed it. Loved the carne asada, the camarones that were grilled and wrapped in bacon..I can't remember the name of the dish...great guacomole etc etc. It's towards Love Field isn't it?
#14
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 6
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Mi Cocina was THE place to go when I lived there in 1997. There was a place I liked better, but for the life of me, I can only picture it in my head...can't recal the name or location...I think it was on upper Greeville, but not sure! It had a long narrow patio outside, limited parking and was always packed inside...we loved going there for happy hour. Good luck...all I know is that I don't recall ever having a bad meal in Dallas - that place knows how to eat!
#15
Join Date: Nov 2003
Posts: 1,014
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Mexican Inn is a local restaurant which has branched out of Fort Worth. There is a new one on the way to the DFW airport from FW. I can highly recommend the top shelf margaritas and their hot "fritos" they make instead of tortilla chips - Wow!
http://www.mexicaninncafe.com/bedford_ap_frwy.htm
http://www.mexicaninncafe.com/bedford_ap_frwy.htm
#17
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 74
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Monica's is still open in Deep Ellum, they just added a location in Addison.
Omahamama, are you thinking of Ozona? Or perhaps Mariano's (used to be upper Greenville). Ozona is pretty bland, but the patio is nice & they have $2 margs on Mondays.
Omahamama, are you thinking of Ozona? Or perhaps Mariano's (used to be upper Greenville). Ozona is pretty bland, but the patio is nice & they have $2 margs on Mondays.
#18
Join Date: Nov 2003
Posts: 4,874
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I know that the OP is here in Dallas right now, so this won't be relevant to him, but I wonder if Monica's is still open in Addison. We subsribe to a listing of all lawsuits filed in Dallas County and look what was filed against Monica's yesterday: "Lease action where the defendants have failed to pay over $971,000 in rent towards their Belt Line Rd. restaurant space."