Best local Mexican Restaurant

Avoid Lobos on 5th Ave at all costs - I think my mom's weekly taco night when I was growing up was better.

i really like La Taqueria as well, so much that i havn't bothered to try any other places.. oh but Uncle Moe's which i usually go to in manhattan, has a 5th ave park slope location. and they have really good stuff, but its a counter service type place.. not a sit down get waited on place.

La Taqueria is also the closest one from flatbush ave and since im usually taking the bus for train from PLG it was the one I went to the most. But it is delicious and i love the huge paintings they have there.

Los Pollitos Dos on 5th Ave.

BrookFetish wrote: Went to Mezcal's on 5th last night...it was good.

We used to live near their other branch in Caroll Gardens and liked it. Very friendly.

marthajoy wrote: Los Pollitos Dos on 5th Ave.

agreed!

OK... weird posts, like the one above, are probably coming from a spambot, testing the waters. It's coming from an IP based in Spain. I keep waiting for it to unleash its torrent of electric pixillated death. I would ban the IP right now, but I'm really curious how this will play out.

Since the spambot brought up the topic of Mexican restaurants:

1. If you haven't been to Mezcal's on 5th Ave., go.

2. Santa Fe is fun for large parties. The food isn't anything special. If you get invited, definitely go.

3. Still waiting to check out Toys-R-Us Burrito Bar on Flatbush Ave. NFP, sorry we could not accept the margarita invite. Next week?

4. Maria's Mexican Kitchen is definitely worth the trek to 4th and Union:
http://www.dailyheights.com/mediawiki/index.php/Restaurants_and_Bars,_Park_Slope

beyond:

Castros on Myrtle

On Fourth Ave between 10th and 11th St there's a takeout place with really nice flowers (no carnations, no roses, no pathetic bundles of ugly little cheap flowers) AND really good tamales and other food. Really good agua frescas, tamarindo and jamaica YUM.

Vegetarian tamales too. No sign -- just a couple of tables outside and the flowers.

They're open late - 11p.

I vote Maria's on 4th and Union- hands down bar none, maybe the best Mexican in Brooklyn

As much as I like those guys that run the place . . . the Cafe Mexicano tamales are pathetic. I was really really jonesing tamales a couple times and ate them there...

The good ones in Brooklyn are in Sunset Park, but the guy on Fourth Ave (10th/11th) has good ones closer by.

I agree with JG and others Maria’s is the best! Café Mexicano next door is, also very good, but too small to be a destination spot.
After a concert at The Brooklyn Conservatory my wife and I went across the street to Santa Fe. I‘ve eaten at Santa Fe many times. Last Saturday will be my last visit. The food never was great, but it was acceptable. Saturday the chips and salsa were inedible. My wife’s fajita was boring, as was my quesadilla. Of course, starting with an inedible appetizer is hard to overcome. Plus the drinks were bad!
It’s too bad, because the décor, ambiance and service are all great.
We should have walked the two blocks to Y Canteen where our $50+ tip would have gotten us a fabulous Japanese dinner.
Has anyone had better luck with Santa Fe recently? Maybe it was an off night.

quig wrote: Hands down - Maria's on Union/4th

Based on the confidence of your post I tried Maria's this weekend. Quite good! Interesting options I haven't seen on other menus. I had the poblano combo. Yum!

The guacamole is overpriced... but delicious, I must admit.

Idlewild wrote: Tacos New Mexico. 5th Avenue between 12th and 13th.

I agree. Tasty comida and good jukebox for sampling some genuine Mexican music. Medusa likes the food there, too.
(The name was Tacos Nuevo Mexico--have they Anglicized?)

Cafe Mexicano food is more memorable than La Taqueria.

Maria's also memorable but fancy.

JG has the order exactly right. Don't miss brunch at Marias, the pomegranate Margarita is awesome. Also the cafe con leche is a real treat.

Although I suspect most people use Los Pollitos Dos for take-out or delivery, eating in there is quite nice. Very intimate atmosphere. If you want to get the best chickens, pick them up in person. I sometimes get underdone birds when I order.

La Taqueria has superb food, but their delivery performance is abysmal in my experience. If you can't eat in, be prepared to wait twice as long as they quote you and possibly get an inaccurate order. I tip delivery folk very well, so that can't be the issue.

very eager to try some of the suggestions posted here.

as to the old standbys, la taqueria does what it does very well--cal-mex burritos and tacos, fresh tortillas, good choices, quickly.

santa fe is an over-priced, under-good margarita bar, bearing little resemblance to a mexican restaurant.

if you happen to be in the windsor terrace area, elora's, on ppw and 17th st., is very good, home-style mexican cooking, with excellent margaritas and an endless supply of fresh tortilla chips.