Comments on: What’s Your Favorite Latino/Mexican Restaurant?

By: alaaro

alaaro — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:08:55 +0000

Rinconcito II and Taqueria DF are the winners in CH.

Guapos, Cactus Cantina/Lauriol (same owners) are both good too.

Actually, I like Chevy’s too. Hmm. My Mexican palate isnt too refined.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:47:46 +0000

Guapos, Guapos, Guapos in Tenleytown! This is coming from a Native Washingtonian. By far the best margaritas and enchiladas in the city.

By: PT Varnum

PT Varnum — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 13:31:30 +0000

El Limeno (or LMNOP,as my kids and I call it). It’s only about a minute and a half away and the food is always tasty and plentiful and the service good.

By: Park Road Guy

Park Road Guy — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 05:21:05 +0000

Their menu is quite eclectic, but for a delicious assortment of latin inspired food, try Ceiba down by Metro Center. It’s pricey, but tasty. They have a good mojito, crab nachos and great empenadas. Purists need not apply.

By: JennyTinDC

JennyTinDC — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 19:44:51 +0000

Margarita’s is the best I’ve had since coming to DC which isn’t saying much since I am from the West. They can pull off a decent mole poblano and have a seriously spicy salsa which are my gauges of good Mexican. Cafe Oaxaca also does a nice job for an upscale restaurant. I will have to check out Tacqueria DF.

Tips on great mole are appreciated.

By: a

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 01:13:20 +0000

You know you’ll always get a lot of responses when you mention Lauriol…. honestly, I love it and when I don’t feel like dealing with the crowds I just get Cactus Cantina.

By: st

st — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 22:11:51 +0000

“bland as frozen-fish-stick-surprise prepared by an a nihilist Amish cook who just broke up with his true love on the slopes of Mt. McKinley during the steel-gray twilight of the polar night”

This is quite elegant, but, yes, I’m afraid it is still hyperbole (or “hyperbole” if you prefer). And I am left to wonder – if you are a nihilist, can you remain Amish? Their whole thing seems to take the existence of an objective morality quite seriously. And is their food really so awful? And would an Amish man ever use something so modern as a frozen fish stick? And what is he doing on Mt. McKinley (which is south of the Arctic Circle, and thus, by night or day, not “polar”), anyway? All of which leads me to the ineluctible conclusion that the carne asada at Cactus Cantina is awesome. QED.

By: Kalia

Kalia — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:03:56 +0000

Riverdale…UGH.

By: odentex

odentex — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 19:40:28 +0000

Sorry, but Mixtec served me a dish of alleged “tacos” that were exceptionally unpleasant due to disgusting consistency, smell, taste, and preparation (a “superfecta of bad dining”, if you will), and brought out “enchiladas” that were so awful that Lil’ Gal literally had to spit into a napkin after taking one bite. It isn’t “hyperbole” to suggest such concoctions “aren’t food” if they are, in fact, inedible.

In fairness, Cactus Cantina’s fare didn’t induce an immediate gag response like Mixtec, but it was as bland as frozen-fish-stick-surprise prepared by an a nihilist Amish cook who just broke up with his true love on the slopes of Mt. McKinley during the steel-gray twilight of the polar night. So, for lumping CC in with Mixtec without explaining the difference, I do apologize — but CC still serves unimpressive food for too much dinero, and seems to cater to loud, stoodenty types — so, no thanks.

As DireWolf pointed out the last time we were talkin’ food, everyone has their own opinion, and what makes me want to hurl might taste like warm peach cobbler to you, but don’t expect me to agree.

Especially if you’re wrong.

By: st

st — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:58:36 +0000

“both places should be ashamed to call the slop they serve “food” let alone “Mexican”.”

Too strong, mijo. Your argument loses force when it is so obviously hyperbolic.