Seviche's Ceviche
La Diabla Pozole
Lainie Bayless and Meagan O'Connor of Topolobampo
Yeyo's Tortillas de Huazontle
With all of the Mexican restaurants peppered throughout the United States, coming up with a list of the Top 50 isn’t an easy task. But it’s just what the folks at Mashable have done with The Best Mexican Restaurant in Each State ranking.
“Across America, there are thousands of Mexican restaurants run by passionate chefs who have dedicated their lives and careers to celebrating traditional Mexican or Mexican-inspired cuisine,” the report notes. “In fact, some of the most decorated and celebrated chefs in America practice their art at Mexican restaurants. That means that no matter where you might be in America, there's usually a good Mexican restaurant not too far away.”
We couldn’t agree more! And what we’ve learned after covering the industry for almost three decades is that those chefs come from every state and every category in the industry.
We’ve even featured several of those on Mashable’s list, including the following five:
Arkansas: Yeyo’s El Alma de Mexico in Bentonville (see Chef Rafael Rio’s recipe for Tortillas de Huazontle from our January/February 2024 issue)
Colorado: La Diabla Pozole y Mezcal in Denver (featured in the cover story about pozole in our November/December 2024 issue)
Illinois: Toplobampo in Chicago (see the Q&A with Chef de Cuisine Meagan O’Connor and General Manager Lanie Bayless)
Kentucky: Seviche in Louisville (featured in our cover story about ceviche in November/December 2017 issue)
Ohio: Momocho in Cleveland (featured in the cover story about side dishes in our September/October 2023 issue)
To see the full list, click here.