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Compare the number of West Indian restaurants to the number of Thai and sushi spots in the city. West Indian is not a "cool" dish yet among the SWPL crowd.
I see what you're getting at. No, West Indian hasn't become trendy, but that doesn't mean there aren't upscale West Indian places nor that you necessarily have to go deep into Brooklyn.
Flatbush and Crown Heights don't seem that removed to me.
There's a 3rd El Farolito in SF as well, in the Excelsior, and two more Taqueria Can Cun locations, but the market street one is probably the best taqueria period in the downtown area. I blew some new england relatives' minds when i took them to El Farolito (Boston and Connecticut Mexican food just doesn't compare, apparently). Can't forget La Taqueria either, which is my personal favorite (been there since the 70s)...Farolito probably matches it actually due to lower prices and a larger menu, but LA Taqueria has better Carne Asada IMO, and the best damn green hot sauce you will ever have. Pancho Villa is pretty good too. Also, the Super Taqueria chain in the south bay kicks ass as well, as does this one chain in San Diego that i can't remember the name of (you know your state has lots of Mexicans when even the local mexican chain restaurants tend to be good). I've also had some of the best mexican food ever when I was in Salinas, and Desert Hot Springs. That's one thing i like about states like CA, AZ, NM, TX, etc: you can find really good Mexican food even in small cities, or towns in the middle of nowhere.
And i shouldn't have posted in this thread while hungry.
There is also an El Faralito on 4th Street in San Rafael now, but its only fair. No questions asked, the best one is the one on 24th and Mission.
I would say Santa Fe- where you will get the most authentic and delicious Mexican food. Santa Fe offers all mexican cuisines in one place.
Not so sure I agree with that. While the New Mexican cuisine in Santa Fe is beyond delicious (far better than Tex-Mex or Cal-Mex), for authentic Mexican, Santa Fe isn't the place to look. The best cities are those with the largest number of foreign born Mexicans in them: LA, Chicago, Houston, Dallas, Phoenix, San Diego, El Paso, San Antonio, and the Bay Area.
Now if you want to Tex-Mex or Cal-Mex, that may be a different answer.
Who actually ever been to Mexico to eat there food? Yea, Santa Fe's food is the tastiest but it's as Mexican as Panda Express is real Chinese. You want authentic Mexican food. El Paso and LA wins this hands down. Chicago....why?
Which US city has the best Mexican food? What makes it different from Mexican food offered somewhere else? Are there different variations or different regional Mexican cuisines offered in the restaurants in the city of your choice? Also feel free to mention any particular Mexican restaurant that you like.
San Diego
Los Angeles
Bay Area
Phoenix/Tucson
Albuquerque/Santa Fe
El Paso
San Antonio
Houston
Dallas
New York
Chicago
Somewhere else
You forgot Austin
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