Mexican Restaurant · Sunset Park · 3 tips and reviews
Village Voice: Get the Bistec con Nopales-the roasted paddle rides atop a grilled sirloin steak like a surfer paddling out to catch a big wave. A perfunctory salad with limon wedges and avocado completes the picture
137 4th Ave (btwn E 13th & E 14th St), New York, NY
Mexican Restaurant · Greenwich Village · 349 tips and reviews
Village Voice: Winner of Best Burrito in the Village Voice 2011 Best Of issue! Spring for the guac topping - it's the perfect addition to the perfect burrito.
2330 W North Loop Blvd (at Hancock Dr.), Austin, TX
Mexican Restaurant · Allandale · 80 tips and reviews
Village Voice: SXSW Recommendation from Sietsema-The premises are cavernous and elegant, the margaritas strong, and the food often memorably delicious.
Tex-Mex Restaurant · South Lamar · 146 tips and reviews
Village Voice: SXSW Recommendation from Sietsema- some of the best Tex-Mex in the world. Chili con queso (a spicy dip made with a cheese that owes a big debt to Velveeta) is legendary, and so are their enchiladas.
Mexican Restaurant · Hell's Kitchen · 43 tips and reviews
Village Voice: Try the cemitas-sandwiches on round seeded rolls traditionally made with cactus pulp but Sietsema's fave is milanesa res, a razor-thin beef cutlet similar to Texas chicken fried steak, only thinner.
Mexican Restaurant · Theater District · 394 tips and reviews
Village Voice: This Choice Eats attendee brought Suadero (Brisket Taco) and Negra Modelo (braised brisket with tomatillo salsa and horseradish crema)- both were big hits!
Mexican Restaurant · Upper West Side · 205 tips and reviews
Village Voice: Elegant evocations of regional Mexican fare, from the legendary mole known as manchamanteles ("tablecloth stainer"), to mixiotes, lamb shanks braised with dried chiles and tequila in parchment.
Mexican Restaurant · Belmont · 36 tips and reviews
Village Voice: One of the best mole poblanos in town, so thick and rich, sending up grace notes of nut & cinnamon as it engulfs your chicken enchiladas. The chiles rellenos are oozing buckets of stringy white cheese
137 4th Ave (btwn E 13th & E 14th St), New York, NY
Mexican Restaurant · Greenwich Village · 349 tips and reviews
Village Voice: Cal Mex has never been better here than at this San Francisco-style burrito joint. The carne asada tacos are one of our faves, bulging with tender marinated steak. Don't forget to spring for the guac
1556 2nd Ave (btwn E 80th & E 81st St), New York, NY
Mexican Restaurant · Yorkville · 219 tips and reviews
Village Voice: Inspired by the regional Mexican cooking of Chicago's Rick Bayless, Cascabel is filled with scrumptious surprises, from the taco stuffed with homemade chorizo to the massive chile-braised beef rib.
Mexican Restaurant · Bushwick · 8 tips and reviews
Village Voice: Try the chicken tinga huarache- freshly made masa is used as a platform for refried beans, julienned greenery, squiggles of crema, & tinga, a fiery stew made w. chicken in a chipotle sauce.
333 Lafayette St (btwn Bleecker & E Houston St), New York, NY
Mexican Restaurant · NoHo · 166 tips and reviews
Village Voice: Get the fish tacos- segments of breaded & fried mahi mahi are in a griddled, slightly crisp tortilla, w. shredded green cabbage and chopped onion, & finished off w. a slick of pico de gallo and crema.
Mexican Restaurant · Hell's Kitchen · 43 tips and reviews
Village Voice: Try Chicken Mole Enchiladas-homemade mole on a half-chicken, or on three chicken enchiladas ($11.50), along w/ achiote rice, refried beans topped w/ crumbly cheese, & a dab of sauce-style guacamole