Fox Restaurant Concepts brings their reliable Mexican playbook to E Washington St in Downtown Phoenix. Blanco leans into the cantina side of things — tacos, tequila, and a room that keeps the energy u...
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Bacanora
Mexican / Sonoran · Grand Avenue · James Beard Semifinalist | Eater Phoenix 38
René Andrade's hot-pink Grand Avenue room is the Sonoran cooking case study Phoenix has been waiting for — a Santa Maria grill running steak, chicken, and elote at full char, and a back bar pouring ba...
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Glenrosa
Border-Town Mexican · Tempe · James Beard Semifinalist (Samantha Sanz) | Eater Phoenix Best New Fall 2025
Two-time James Beard semifinalist Samantha Sanz, working with Victor Davila, turned a Tempe golf course room into one of the more thoughtful Mexican restaurants in the metro — pueblo-style interiors, ...
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Barrio Cafe
Modern Mexican / Oaxacan · Central Phoenix
Chef Silvana Salcido Esparza's Mexican fine-dining institution since 2002 — James Beard semifinalist consideration, Oaxacan and Yucatecan specialties done correctly, and one of the most-important chef...
René Andrade's downtown follow-up to Bacanora is the easier-to-book half of the operation — same open-fire, Sonoran-style cooking, brighter and pinker, plants where the bar used to be. Pollo asado pla...
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El Caprichoso Hot Dogs
Mexican / Sonoran Hot Dogs · West Phoenix · Eater Phoenix 38
Most Phoenix Sonoran-dog arguments end at El Caprichoso — a West Phoenix truck working under a tent, bacon-wrapped dogs piled with beans, tomato, onion, mayo, jalapeño salsa, the works. Cash-friendly,...
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Mariscos Playa Hermosa
Mexican Seafood · Garfield · Eater Phoenix 38
Two decades in, the Maldonado family's Garfield cantina is still the room you go to when you want Mexican seafood served loud — octopus tacos, aguachiles, lobster enchiladas, and michelada-class drink...
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Chilte
Modern Mexican / Global · Grand Avenue · Eater Phoenix 38
Lawrence Smith and Aseret Arroyo built their permanent room inside the revamped Egyptian Motor Hotel on Grand Avenue, and the whole menu turns on the native chiltepin — modern Mexican cooking with a g...
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Marisco Boys
Mexican Seafood · Central Phoenix · Eater Phoenix Best New Fall 2025
Mariscos follow-up from the Taco Boys team, drawing from Puerto Penasco and the Gulf of California in a Hermosillo-glam dining room in Central Phoenix. The charola seafood tower makes a statement, and...
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The Original Carolina's Mexican Food
Mexican · South Phoenix
The flour tortillas at Carolina's are the best argument anyone can make for why Phoenix is a serious food town. Thin, pliable, blistered right, sold by the bag to locals who treat them like a birthrig...
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El Bravo Mexican Restaurant
Mexican / Sonoran · North Phoenix
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88
Los Dos Molinos
New Mexican · South Phoenix
88
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Oaxacan / Mexican · North Phoenix
87
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Mexican / Modern · Tempe
87
Ghost Ranch: Modern Southwest Cuisine
Southwestern / Mexican · Tempe
87
Taco Guild
Mexican / Modern · Central Phoenix
87
Los Sombreros
Mexican · Scottsdale
87
Otro Cafe
Mexican / Brunch · Uptown
86
Chino Bandido
Chinese-Latin Fusion · North Phoenix
86
Barrio Queen — Surprise
Modern Mexican · Surprise
86
El Horseshoe Restaurant
Mexican · West Phoenix
85
Nogales Hot Dogs No. 2
Sonoran / Mexican · East Phoenix
85
Tee Pee Mexican Food
Mexican / Sonoran · Arcadia
85
Chico Malo
Modern Mexican / Sinaloan · Downtown Phoenix
85
Kiss Pollos Estilo Sinaloa
Mexican / Sinaloan · Glendale
85
Diego Pops
Modern Mexican · Old Town Scottsdale
85
La Santisima Gourmet Tacos
Mexican / Tacos · Coronado
85
Mi Patio Mexican Food
Mexican · Central Phoenix
85
Via Delosantos
Mexican · North Phoenix
85
Mr. Mesquite Taqueria
Mexican / Sonoran · Coronado
85
SumoMaya
Mexican / Asian · Scottsdale
84
Comedor Guadalajara
Mexican · South Phoenix
84
La Pasadita Hot Dogs
Sonoran / Mexican · West Phoenix
84
Taco Chelo
Mexican / Tacos · Tempe
84
Gallo Blanco
Mexican · Garfield
84
Joyride Taco House
Mexican / Tacos · Uptown
84
Bahia Kino Mexican Seafood
Mexican / Mariscos · East Phoenix
84
Tortas El Güero
Mexican / Tortas · West Phoenix
84
Rio Mirage Cafe — Surprise
Mexican / Sonoran · Surprise
84
Rosita's Place
Mexican · Garfield
84
Taqueria Pico de Gallo
Mexican · Melrose
84
Los Reyes De La Torta
Mexican / Tortas · North Phoenix
83
Lupita's Hot Dogs
Sonoran / Mexican · North Phoenix
83
Micky's Hot Dogs
Sonoran / Mexican · Mesa
83
El Hefe Super Macho Taqueria
Mexican / Nightclub · Old Town Scottsdale
83
Revolu Modern Taqueria
Mexican / Modern · Old Town Scottsdale
83
Macayo's Mexican Kitchen
Mexican / Southwestern · Central Phoenix
83
Tia Rosa's
Mexican · Ahwatukee
83
Valle Luna
Mexican · North Phoenix
83
Cien Agaves Tacos & Tequila
Mexican · Old Town Scottsdale
83
El Encanto
Mexican · Cave Creek
83
Estelle
Rooftop Bar / Mediterranean-Mexican · Old Town Scottsdale