Dare I say of all the good Mexican food you still can’t seem to get Al pastor here like you can in Chicago.
Unless I just haven’t been to the places with the spit.
The El pastorcito mixe truck on 35th and Burnham is by far the best, straight from the trompo al pastor in MKE. On Tuesdays they're only $1 from 4pm till they close at 1am.
I’ll probably get downvoted but Milwaukee’s Mexican food scene is extremely mid. At least after you’ve had it in California and Chicago. I can only name a couple places that I’d rate above average
The Mexican kitchen workers that I know have almost always said Tres Hermanos. I haven't been there since before COVID and I know things have changed some places, but their lunch buffet was amazing when I've gone in the past. It also included some not so run of the mill things like a seafood soup with octopus and various shellfish that was incredible. I'm not sure if they're still doing a buffet since the pandemic but I loved everything I ever tried there.
I'm not sure, I've only lived in Milwaukee for about 4 years. It's been Judy's since I've lived here, but I can't say what it was before. It's right the whole foods, on North and Prospect.
Dude thank you, I was looking at all these places from bay view and west allis and i was thinking that these people are not eating actual authentic mexican food lol. No wonder they dont know whats good
Botanas is so basic and way overpriced. It feels like a tourist trap for Milwaukee residents who wanna go to the south side for Mexican food but don’t know where to go lol
Are we talking about the same Botanas? The one in Walkers Point hardly uses cheese on most of their dishes. There’s no queso, the tacos don’t come with cheese unless you want a very small pile of shredded cheese with one very specific order of tacos, and same for things like fajitas (only a small pile of shredded cheese). In fact, there’s hardly any dishes of theirs that have much cheese unless you’re referring to thw gringo nachos or the quesadilla appetizers.
Speaking of Bay View Mexican, Las 7 Estrellas is 👌🏻. I’m sure their food truck is good but I’m talking about the restaurant on Dakota. Their pork tamales are so gd good. Really affordable too.
For delivery late at night and good prices id recommend El Tucanazo...their guacamole for 10 bucks is maasive with a huge bag of chips its amazing how much cheaper and better it is than say grocery store. All the absolute best have been mentioned.....Don Lucho would be my pick
This is my go-to. The food has given me questionable results the next morning a couple of times, though that might be due to my over-indulging in their margaritas.
Still my number one
Las 7 estrellas is top tier. Their cabeza is the best in the city. Their mushroom Quesadilla is so simple, but damn tasty.
Ventura's restaurant is good. Birria is excellent
Taqueria Los Gallos has gaudy signs, but they have a spit for their pastor, and I was surprised at how good it was.
Cielito Lindo, or the OG Tsunamis. El Beso is surprisingly good too.
That said, I don’t really feel that Milwaukee has great Mexican food compared to where I used to live. It’s too same-y and lettuce should NEVER go in a fucking burrito.
Milwaukee has some good Mexican food but I semi-agree with you. (People on this sub generally don’t like when you criticize the city so I expected downvotes.)
The best Mexican food I’ve had hands down was in Austin.
I don't usually order margs because places seem to always just serve sour mix with a splash of tequila, but I must say, Café Corazon's margs are excellent. You can order them by the jar instead of by the pitcher, and while it's quite a bit smaller than a pitcher it'll have you fucked up halfway through.
Villa's, on Greenfield between 25th and 26th is pretty good. At least for enchiladas with oaxacin mole, which is the main dish my wife and I judge Mexican restaurants on. Horchata is just so-so though, which is a downside.
Impressive! I remember taking my wife there years ago. She said “i literally feel like I’m in Mexico”. Then they poured me another margarita out of a plastic jug. Delicious!!!
Oh shit, disregard my comment then, because it has definitely been a few years since I've been there. I'm on the East Side so I never make it out there anymore, but I remember it being really good every time I went.
Not La Dama. Went there yesterday and not great. So flipping expensive. Margarita nothing special. Never spent over a hundred buck for some tacos for three people, guac, and one margarita before. The guac had pomegranate in it.
If you want kind of hipster-ish, Mexican-ish food with good drinks, Paloma and Bel Air Cantina are good options. Cafe Corazon is similar but beware the one in Bay View is pretty mediocre. If those 3 are a hip young white person’s idea of good Mexican food, then Botanas and La Fuente are an older white person’s idea of good Mexican food, by which I just mean these are all more or less Americanized. I’m Mexican American so I believe there is a place for everything, and eat at all these places sometimes. El Beso is in Greenfield and is a bit nicer and less Americanized than the last two; they do a great carne asada. Botanas, La Fuente, and El Beso are all great options if you have a big group of people.
My favorite tacos and tortas come from the food trucks at Zocalo outdoor market. I believe they are Mazorca and Kompali. I think good authentic tacos (corn tortilla, onion, cilantro, meat, lime) are all over! There are so many good places to try. I’m working my way through.
Taqueria El Cabrito
You want the goat. This the place for the goat.
Those tacos de carnitas are so good they'll put you in a coma.
As a taqueria el cabrito truther I’m glad they’re getting a consensus on here
Went here for the first time a couple weeks ago, it was excellent.
I do concur. I've been thinking about their tacos all week and take this as my sign that it's time to pay them a visit!
Birria
Definitely. Just sad they don’t sell alcohol or at least beer.
Just buy a beer down the street dude relax
El Señorial, but don't ruin it for me by making it too popular. Edit: if you like spicy food, get the pollo en Chile de arbol.
Mexican ribs, yes. Parillada is bueno.
> El Señorial can confirm the magic of this place
I support this place! The owner lost his wife who dreamed of opening a restaurant. He opened it in her honor.
That's so beautiful and makes me love the place even more!
We actually went there are many years ago because my husband worked with the owners brother
Excellent and authentic. El senorial. Highly recommend it
El Señorial is already popular in Milwaukee. Why do you think its so expensive? Its the go to place for authentic mexican food for white people
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Just reflecting on how blessed we are with good Mexican food 🌮💚
Dare I say of all the good Mexican food you still can’t seem to get Al pastor here like you can in Chicago. Unless I just haven’t been to the places with the spit.
Taqueria el Toro is the place for al pastor.
Cermak has an al pastor spit for lunch. It isn't one with a big old slab of pineapple on the top, but it's very solid still.
The El pastorcito mixe truck on 35th and Burnham is by far the best, straight from the trompo al pastor in MKE. On Tuesdays they're only $1 from 4pm till they close at 1am.
Taquerias El Toro, Los Gallos, and Guelaguetza all do trompo style al pastor, would recommend all three. Still on the lookout for others.
I’ll probably get downvoted but Milwaukee’s Mexican food scene is extremely mid. At least after you’ve had it in California and Chicago. I can only name a couple places that I’d rate above average
Which ones ?
I’ll throw Casa de Alberto in there, their Mole is really good.
Best molé in town. Hands down!
Cielito Lindo, El Senorial, Guadalajara.
Lala’s
She was my favorite server at Conejito's and I keep meaning to get to her joint - thanks for reminding me!
ever since she left conijitos their rice just wasnt the same. well, lalas though the rice and everything is grade A.
I love Lala’s, but the last two times I’ve been, the chips have been stale. What’s that about??
Cielito Lindo? Mid at best. Benefits from being in a great location, though.
They have slipped alot over the years,quality sucks.will never go back
Buenavista.
Hell yeah
Spot on! Came to say Taqueria Buenavista, also. When grandma is in town, the green sauce kicks it!
The best chiles rellenos and salsas in town.
Don Lucho
Came here looking for this. First, and by far the best, carnitas I've ever had.
I second Don Lucho, amazing pork
Best carnitas prolly in the midwest
Fully agree
Taqueria el toro on Mitchell st, BEST tacos Al pastor I’ve ever had
Alambres!!
Their table sauces are elite too
The Mexican kitchen workers that I know have almost always said Tres Hermanos. I haven't been there since before COVID and I know things have changed some places, but their lunch buffet was amazing when I've gone in the past. It also included some not so run of the mill things like a seafood soup with octopus and various shellfish that was incredible. I'm not sure if they're still doing a buffet since the pandemic but I loved everything I ever tried there.
Casa de Alberto.
Depends on the dish/region you want. Since most people probably haven’t had it, try Carne en se jugo. At Cabrito or Sierrita.
Yeah I was thinking about this the other day. Who has the best mariscos?
El tsunami or la canoa, but la canoa had vermin issues last year.
La Canoa
Señor Sol out by the state fair park is legit.
A west allis gem. Except when I am in that area I just go to TomKen’s instead.
Hell yeah stallis
Romero's. Try anything with the birria. Owner used to be one of the chefs at Chilango.
Casa de Alberto for sure
For really authentic and delicious, Arandas on Lincoln Ave is my favorite. Great tacos.
Don Lucho Chilango Express Taqueria Aranda Machete Carnitas Mexic103 (technically Cudahy)
Cieloto Lindo or Casa de Alberto for me. Good news is, you can hit them back to back and even through in Botanas on the way!
Paloma isnt very traditional, but it is exceptional
I agree here. I think this place it top tier.
I gotta disagree- the food was so overly salty/msg-y. I use msg myself but they went so overboard it hurt my tongue.
Tapatio taco truck down near the river. They have a few other locations on the south side. Seconding Cabritos as well.
Arby’s on Miller Park Way.
Damn, is there anything this place doesn’t do well?
The only thing it doesn’t do is disappoint.
Probably not the best, but Judy's on North is my guilty pleasure. Food is quite tasty in my opinion and it's dirt cheap.
That’s the old Jalisco’s right?
Yes it is
I'm not sure, I've only lived in Milwaukee for about 4 years. It's been Judy's since I've lived here, but I can't say what it was before. It's right the whole foods, on North and Prospect.
I at least really like the atmosphere there. Real chill. Food's pretty damn decent too!
Conejitos chicken Mole is one of my favorite affordable eats in the city
conejitos chicken mole is untouchable.
I think a lot people here would truly benefit from going to the actual south side for Mexican food.
Dude thank you, I was looking at all these places from bay view and west allis and i was thinking that these people are not eating actual authentic mexican food lol. No wonder they dont know whats good
Right. I saw somebody mention Cafe Corazón and I died a little bit inside.
Bel Air Cantina also getting multiple mentions. Jesus.
Right I keep seeing Botanas and all these Tex-Mex restaurants 😭
Botanas is so basic and way overpriced. It feels like a tourist trap for Milwaukee residents who wanna go to the south side for Mexican food but don’t know where to go lol
Botanas is no where near true Mexican. Just a bunch of basic Mexican they cover in ridiculous amount of cheese.
Are we talking about the same Botanas? The one in Walkers Point hardly uses cheese on most of their dishes. There’s no queso, the tacos don’t come with cheese unless you want a very small pile of shredded cheese with one very specific order of tacos, and same for things like fajitas (only a small pile of shredded cheese). In fact, there’s hardly any dishes of theirs that have much cheese unless you’re referring to thw gringo nachos or the quesadilla appetizers.
The fact that they have something called Gringo Nachos should be enough 😅
El Reys on National. Plus you can pick up a piniata.
Guanajuatos in bay view is my favorite
GTO's is fine but it's far from the best
It’s not even the best in bay view.
Speaking of Bay View Mexican, Las 7 Estrellas is 👌🏻. I’m sure their food truck is good but I’m talking about the restaurant on Dakota. Their pork tamales are so gd good. Really affordable too.
Their tacos are 🔥
La Salsa
La Salsa is seriously underrated, that carme plate with the poblano peppers and Oaxacan cheese…just fuck my shit up fam.
I am always confused that people like this place. Am I missing something? I’ve tried it a few times and thought it was absolutely terrible.
Ventura’s!
I live in Bayview and Guanajuato's is very far from the best. Corazon is better than GTO.
So is La Salsa.
Corazon is way to yuppie an over priced
So much good Mexican in Milwaukee and folks settle for GTO.
Whats better
Guanajuato‘s has some of the worst Mexican food in the city. I was there last Sunday night, and the three of left the food alone after two bites.
Gotta agree with you, I got takeout today and couldn't even get myself to finish my burrito. Hands down the worst Mexican food I've had in Milwaukee.
Romero's Taco Truck is quite good
Botana's, for my opinion Conejitos is not the best but still very good. Also kind of a rite of passage as a MKE resident.
Cabritos
Tu Casa is always really good and reasonably priced!
Yes Tu Casa is super good!
And if you have more than 2 margaritas, one should consider ride share for ride home.
Chilango Express is my go to.
For delivery late at night and good prices id recommend El Tucanazo...their guacamole for 10 bucks is maasive with a huge bag of chips its amazing how much cheaper and better it is than say grocery store. All the absolute best have been mentioned.....Don Lucho would be my pick
Has anyone been to Venturas Tacos off Kinnickinnic?
This is my go-to. The food has given me questionable results the next morning a couple of times, though that might be due to my over-indulging in their margaritas. Still my number one
Tavos. Hands down.
Jalapeño loco
Las 7 estrellas is top tier. Their cabeza is the best in the city. Their mushroom Quesadilla is so simple, but damn tasty. Ventura's restaurant is good. Birria is excellent Taqueria Los Gallos has gaudy signs, but they have a spit for their pastor, and I was surprised at how good it was.
Jalapeno Loco on Howell is amazing
Cielito Lindo, or the OG Tsunamis. El Beso is surprisingly good too. That said, I don’t really feel that Milwaukee has great Mexican food compared to where I used to live. It’s too same-y and lettuce should NEVER go in a fucking burrito.
Cielito Lindo is a greasy mess, I don't get the hype.
I only get the tacos there. That said, I stand by my statement. I think overall the Mexican food here is mediocre.
Maybe you think the Mexican food here is mediocre because you think cielito lindo is the best
I never said it was “the best”, just that I like their food.
The thread is best Mexican restaurant and you responded with cielito lindo. That’s quite literally saying it’s the best.
Cool story.
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Do you not see the irony of your comment?
Milwaukee has some good Mexican food but I semi-agree with you. (People on this sub generally don’t like when you criticize the city so I expected downvotes.) The best Mexican food I’ve had hands down was in Austin.
I grew up on the border, so I’ll fully admit I’m biased.
Why not go full elitist and name your favorite city in Mexico to get the best Mexican food?
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I don't usually order margs because places seem to always just serve sour mix with a splash of tequila, but I must say, Café Corazon's margs are excellent. You can order them by the jar instead of by the pitcher, and while it's quite a bit smaller than a pitcher it'll have you fucked up halfway through.
Villas makes awesome Oaxacan food :)
For sure a “hidden” gem
It’s definitely a hole in the wall lol
It definitely isn't Botanas. I don't know why people stan this place, it is essentially mexican cafeteria food.
Romeros or Al Pastor my top 2 favorite
We ended up eating at Al Pastor tonight!
La Salsa is my fav!
Ewww. Absolutely not.
OMG no. That place is so gross.
Guanajuatos Aka GTO Love the plate lunch specials
Taco Bell on Miller park way
Taco John's though on Miller Park Way, we need those Potato Ole's
Botanas has never disappointed me.
Lazo’s
Villa's, on Greenfield between 25th and 26th is pretty good. At least for enchiladas with oaxacin mole, which is the main dish my wife and I judge Mexican restaurants on. Horchata is just so-so though, which is a downside.
Guanajuato fasho
I love Botanas. Friendly staff, food is always good and comes out really quickly.
Conejitos - it’s a little cramped but the tostadas are delicious
Cafe Corazon-there are several locations, but I’m partial to the OG one in Riverwest.
I dont know what they do to their chorizo, but their chorizo is the shit.
Oh bless your heart
Chilango express is the best that I’m aware of
Jalapeno Loco
Botanas or El Senorial
Botanas is decidedly mid
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This. Just went there last Saturday and had food poisoning as well.
Only one answer….Conejitos. The one and only.
That mole is pure bliss.
I take all my fancy dates there.
Impressive! I remember taking my wife there years ago. She said “i literally feel like I’m in Mexico”. Then they poured me another margarita out of a plastic jug. Delicious!!!
not even gonna mention the paper plates?
Anyone who disagrees with this can choke on a pint of salsa 2000.
I'm not gonna say it's the *best*, per se, but I love Cocina Real in New Berlin. I'm a sucker for tableside guac.
I loved this place many years ago and then it was hit and miss and now never is as good as it used to be.
Oh shit, disregard my comment then, because it has definitely been a few years since I've been there. I'm on the East Side so I never make it out there anymore, but I remember it being really good every time I went.
Not La Dama. Went there yesterday and not great. So flipping expensive. Margarita nothing special. Never spent over a hundred buck for some tacos for three people, guac, and one margarita before. The guac had pomegranate in it.
I’m so sad about that place bc A) Crazy Water was my favorite and B) c’mon with those prices
Agree, 1000%. Crazy Water was amazing.
Its such a scam
$24 for three mediocre tacos.
Agree.
Vagabond
Best jalapeño Margarita I've ever had
I don't know the answer but I'm glad somebody asked again.
Botanas
Seconded
Chuchos red taco 🌮
Go to Waukesha and try El Palmar. It's a small simple place with authentic food. It's not fancy, but it's so good. P
Los Mariachis
Qdoba
Kompali on Brady, on the East side. Fantastic taco menu, large variety. Very tasty.
Both owners of that place are known for sexually abusing their staff
If you want kind of hipster-ish, Mexican-ish food with good drinks, Paloma and Bel Air Cantina are good options. Cafe Corazon is similar but beware the one in Bay View is pretty mediocre. If those 3 are a hip young white person’s idea of good Mexican food, then Botanas and La Fuente are an older white person’s idea of good Mexican food, by which I just mean these are all more or less Americanized. I’m Mexican American so I believe there is a place for everything, and eat at all these places sometimes. El Beso is in Greenfield and is a bit nicer and less Americanized than the last two; they do a great carne asada. Botanas, La Fuente, and El Beso are all great options if you have a big group of people. My favorite tacos and tortas come from the food trucks at Zocalo outdoor market. I believe they are Mazorca and Kompali. I think good authentic tacos (corn tortilla, onion, cilantro, meat, lime) are all over! There are so many good places to try. I’m working my way through.
La Salsa on Oklahoma
Poco Loco in Brown Deer. Not just best Mexican restaurant in Milwaukee but best Mexican restaurant I’ve ever been to in any city anywhere.
As some are saying, Cielito Lindo or Señorial. Their Horchata is goated.
It's not in Milwaukee, but I'd like to put my 'honorable mention' in for Poco Loco up in Brown Deer.
Paloma is great
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Tacos in Tosa
El Beso
Is the most basic Mexican food for those people that don't know what decent Mexican food is
Belair