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10 of the Best Mexican Restaurants in New Orleans

Mexican restaurants are staking claim to a growing share of the New Orleans dining scene. They aren’t taquerias in the full sense, but tacos are leading the charge.

New Orleans is a city whose culture and cuisine have captivated the American imagination for generations.

Authors and travel writers have described the city as a place steeped in French and Spanish traditions, it is not all that surprising that Americans have come to associate New Orleans primarily with European cultures.

There are dozens of reasons why you must visit New Orleans at least once in your lifetime. Amazing food being just one of them!

One of the most lively and eccentric cities in the world, New Orleans is a haven for live music and boiled crawfish and no holding back spicy food that you cannot resist.

If you are someone who likes spice and flavour you are sure to love Mexican food.

The taco is a perfect flavour delivery system encased in a corn or flour tortilla, stuffed with anything imaginable and then dressed with spicy salsa, crisp onions and refreshing cilantro, what鈥檚 not to like?

New Orleans鈥檚 taco scene is currently thriving. Look up these 10 best Mexican restaurants in New Orleans.

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2018 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70130, United States

Phone: +1 504-569-0000

Serving quality drinks and food since 1997. If the trippy menu, heavy ink, and funhouse-meets-punk-music- club environment are any indication they’ve been lightin’ up ever since.

Loosely based on the San Francisco mission-style burrito joints that were hot in the 鈥�80s and early 鈥�90s, Juan’s differentiated itself with Creole-laced, Tex-Mex-ish food to order and finished a la minute on the grill.

Devoted to local food culture and value pricing, Juan’s has expanded over the years to offer its Hecho en NOLA sensibilities from four locations around town, two of them on Magazine Street.

Hugo Montero and Linda Stone, the restaurant’s owners, have given New Orleans the Mexican restaurant it has long craved.

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4518 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70115, United States

Phone: +1 504-309-5797

It is a Sophisticated taqueria serving cocktails & elevated riffs on Mexican street food in a modern space.

This Uptown Mexican spot serves tasty tacos and a host of other delicious options that are all made from scratch. 

To wash it all down, they also feature a selection of more than 100 mezcals and tequilas.

Owner Dave Wright, who learned about Mexican food growing up in Northern California, serves eight different taco fillings – including a fantastic fried fish – wrapped in corn tortillas made in house from corn boiled in slaked lime.

The setting is as casual as an east Texas honky tonk, which belies the studied sophistication of much of the cooking.

There are more than 100 different tequilas and mezcals to choose from.

Looking for some crispy tacos with tender and flavorful meat? try Del Fuego NOLA

Must Try: fried fish tacos, duck enchiladas in mole, queso fundido con chorizo verde

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301 N Peters St, New Orleans, LA 70130, United States

Phone: +1 504-267-4406

Famous for made-to-order Mexican food and Latin cocktails whipped up in a casual counter-serve eatery.

Felipe’s Mexican Taqueria is a fast-casual Mexican restaurant serving scratch-made tacos, burritos, nachos, quesadillas and more.

Felipe’s is known for the best Mexican food and margaritas in the French Quarter. The rocks margarita is made with hand-squeezed key limes and 110% blue agave tequila.

The frozen margarita is made with hand-squeezed limes and oranges. Felipe’s Taqueria is family-owned and based in New Orleans

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4. Panchitas Mexican Criolla Cuisine

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1434 S Carrollton Ave, New Orleans, LA 70118

Phone: +1 504-281-4127

It is a quaint, homey restaurant with sidewalk seats dishing up an array of traditional Mexican plates.

Breakfast is served all day here! With its incredible selection of huevos dishes, it will be the best meal of the day.

A homey and cosy eatery with sidewalk seats, Panchita鈥檚 Mexican Criolla Cuisine is famous for dishing out a wide variety of delicious traditional Mexican plates.

The enchiladas in particular are very sumptuous and hit the right spot. Chips are served free and the house-made salsa is fabulous.

A popular hangout among school students this eatery is just the place to go for homemade Mexican food.

Must try: tacos, burritos, enchiladas and fajitas.

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930 Poydras St., New Orleans, 504.304.6615

Phone: +1 504-304-6615

A smart, chic and authentic restaurant that embodies the warmth of traditional Mexican cooking, and the fun and genuine hospitality that defines New Orleans.

Johnny S谩nchez bridges traditional Mexican food with a cutting-edge, modern approach to dining that utilizes the very best, locally sourced ingredients.

This collaboration between John Besh and the Mexican-American celebrity chef Aar贸n S谩nchez.

The cooking is, as you might expect, notably ambitious, particularly by taqueria standards.

Everything from the pork belly tacos to the arroz con pollo clearly comes from the hands of a chef trained in high-end restaurant kitchens 鈥� as executive chef Miles Landrem is.

Must try: The inventive Mexican eats.

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3636 St Charles Ave, New Orleans, LA 70115, United States

Phone: +1 504-899-4200

Like to eat in style? Dine at this boisterous spot that has a large patio that offers St. Charles Avenue views. This is just the place to go if you are craving for some Tex-Mex fare.

The New Orleans location opened in 1997 and has become a landmark in fine quality foods with a festive Mexican atmosphere.

Superior鈥檚 authentic Tex-Mex food is made from scratch every day with only the freshest ingredients.

Superior Grill has been rated consistently as one of Louisiana鈥檚 best Mexican restaurants since 1983 when our first establishment opened in Shreveport.

Their tortillas are hand-rolled with care all day long. For added flavour, all of their meats are cooked over a mesquite grill.

The waiters are friendly and professional and the service is excellent. The bar has a lot of frozen drinks and the restaurant also has a happy hour. All dishes are flavoursome and the experience is superior.

7.  鈥� French Market

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81 French Market Pl, New Orleans, LA 70116, United States

Phone: +1 504-525-9752

New Orleans’ most authentic Mexican kitchen. Inspired by family recipes from the Mexican State of Michoac谩n, the extensive menu makes even the most critical mouths water. Exotic drink enthusiasts will indulge in our refreshing cocktails

Staff members at El Gato Negro recommend a pairing of a fresh-squeezed margarita alongside any tasteful dish.

Menu favourites include stuffed avocado, grilled homemade chorizo, aged skirt steak, Chihuahua original burritos, ground chuck quesadillas and more.

The wine and drinks menu at El Gato Negro contains handpicked favourites to be included alongside any hearty dish.

Seasonal margarita flavours are available for a limited time and include blueberry, blackberry, strawberry and more.

8.  Tacos & Beer

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1622 St Charles Ave, New Orleans, LA 70130, United States

201 E. Thomas St., Hammond, 985.542.7430

2142 First St., Slidell, 985.641.4969

Phone: +1 504-304-8722

This local mini-chain began when Gilbert Valencia opened the first location in Slidell in 2009. He partnered with brother-in-law Jose Valencia to open two more; the first New Orleans location arrived on St. Charles Avenue last December.

Tacos & Beer is, as its name suggests, as many bars as they are restaurants, but the menus, which focus on the flavours of Jalisco, reward careful examination.

Ask for molcajete mixto, a relatively rare dish that arrays grilled meats around a hot stone bowl (it’s called a molcajete) of molten cheese and salsa verde.

Must try: Al pastor and lengua tacos, shrimp soup, molcajete.

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3984 Tchoupitoulas St, New Orleans, LA 70115, United States

Phone: +1 504-266-2961

Neighbourhood eatery spotlighting tacos and fresh margaritas in a rustic outdoor dining space.

The unassuming, cream-coloured storefront quickly gained popularity for thin-style tortillas made onsite, vegetarian-friendly tacos, a wide range of salsas and fresh frozen drinks served in a 30 seat, weather-protected 鈥渕argarita garden.鈥�

Barracuda is a nearly two-year-old Tchoupitoulas Street counter-service operation from Brett Jones, who was previously the operations manager at Dinner Lab and worked as a manager in the kitchen and front of house at Ruby Slipper.

There’s just something about their flour tortillas! The texture, the CRUNCH and they don’t skimp on the steak!

Their tacos are street style and really stick to the basics (meat, onion, cilantro, optional sauce). But truly the ingredients are top-notch.

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833 Conti St, New Orleans, LA 70112, United States

Phone: +1 504-525-9200

A popular, late-night destination featuring a range of Mexican meals and margaritas in a casual setting.

Located in New Orleans’ historic French Quarter and open until 4 a.m, Cu帽ada is the perfect late-night bite.

Their menu is filled with authentic Mexican flavours and classics including elote, tacos, quesadillas, enchiladas and much more.

You can also try good chips and guacamole, vegetarian tacos and beef tongue – a special offer of this place.

Make sure to save some room to pair your meal with one of their many margarita choices.

Must try: Beef tongue

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Why did it take so long for Mexican food to explode in New Orleans? The new breed of Mexican restaurant operators weren’t exactly in a rush to bring the food from Mexico.

Mexican-American restaurants in New Orleans go back as far back as the late 20th century. But the recent spate of new area Mexican restaurant openings is unprecedented in its rapidity and volume.

Mexican flavours and ingredients are permeating all corners of New Orleans cuisine, infusing vibrant and varied tastes into the daily diet.  Tacos and enchiladas are commonplace now.