🌮 Best Tacos in Phoenix

Nadia Holguin and Armando Hernandez are Chihuahua natives, and their Mesa taqueria is a direct line to the food they grew up on. The menu is rooted in Chihuahuan traditions that most Arizona Mexican s...

Tacos Calafia traces back to founder Adolfo Torres, whose family ran a taqueria in Tijuana; he grew up learning the business working weekends with his father before opening a food truck in Peoria in 2...

A Mexican taqueria on North 43rd Avenue in Phoenix built around tacos al carbon and grilled meats. The kitchen focuses on charcoal-grilled fillings served on house tortillas, with salsas and sides on ...

Small 16th Street storefront since 2008 doing Mexico-City-taqueria food — beef-cheek, chapulines, and an off-menu taco mara that has earned Phoenix Mexican-food-obsessive cult status. Order at the cou...

A regionally serious taquería masquerading as a college-campus spot. Handmade tortillas, al pastor off a real trompo, murals worth the walk. Taco Chelo's bet is that the person who drove in from Phoen...

Upward Projects' taco joint on Uptown Plaza — bright primary-color patio, casual walk-up format, and a menu of crispy and soft tacos that doesn't try to be more than it is. The neighborhood taco-on-a-...

Saddlebag Trail's taqueria-by-day / open-air club-by-night — massive patio, DJ nights, margaritas poured aggressively. Tacos are legit enough to anchor a pre-game. The Entertainment District's most re...

The Green Woodpecker opened in 2022 inside Phoenix's Park Central Mall complex on Central Avenue, taking its name from a florist who sold flowers out of the same site for decades. The open kitchen car...