Mexican Food and Cooking

Exploring La Superior's Hot, Williamsburg-Centric Scene

Why do some $1 beer specials attract the loft-living artist while others lure in the fresh-out-of-school frat boy? What makes one restaurant popular with polo shirts and another a hit with the skinny-jean set? And why do people use three different subway lines just to get somewhere when there are so ... More >>

Coppelia's Havana Salad, One of Our 100 Favorite Dishes

Later this year, we'll pen our Best of New York issue, our annual love letter to what's great in this town. When that paper hits the streets, you'll find our picks for the very best this city has to offer when it comes to dozens of cuisines, restaurants, dishes and drinks. Until then, you can get a ... More >>

Mole Poblano Goes Mainstream: Cosi's Sandwich Fail

Cosi's bread looks like an alligator, or maybe tree bark. Those of us who fervidly celebrate the joys of immigrant cooking and its eventual assimilation into the standard American diet―think tortilla chips and guacamole, beef stroganoff, wonton soup, and IKEA's bouncy Swedish meatballs―may sti ... More >>

Huazontle, a Mexican Spring Green That's Rarer Than Ramps

While seasonal foodie rapture over ramps and fiddlehead ferns is starting up, there's another vegetable that's also having a moment--and is even harder to find. Huazontle, a sturdy edible weed from Mexico that you won't find in farmers markets, remains even more elusive. The leafy green branches hol ... More >>

A Sole Cup of Birria at Tacos El Bronco

Those who have tasted a good bowl of birria, the Mexican soup from Jalisco made from toasted chiles and roasted goat, know it's a soup that inspires a rapture more consuming than what tweens feel for Justin Bieber. In Los Angeles there are entire restaurants dedicated to birria -- the soft simmeri ... More >>

Q&A: Julieta Ballesteros of China Latina, Part 2 -- Let's Eat Ant Eggs!

Yesterday, we interviewed Julieta Ballesteros about her newest venture, China Latina. She talked about the marriage of Latin and Chinese cuisine and where she gets her inspiration. Today, Ballesteros reveals that she will eat anything that people give her including one of her favorite dishes from Hi ... More >>

Despite the Buzz, Wahoo's Fish Taco Is Actually Kinda Meh

Transplanted West Coasters were pretty pumped when Wahoo's Fish Taco opened its doors at 333 Park Ave South (212-466-3330) a few weeks ago, its first outpost east of the Mississippi River. The fast-casual Cal-Mex chain dates from 1988 and its branches in California, Hawaii, Colorado, and Texas soon ... More >>

Rojo Guacamole at Toloache 82

Lauren ShockeyChristmas-colored guac at Toloache 82​While doing some reconnaissance for our 10 Best Upper East Side Restaurants, we paid a visit to Toloache 82, the newest branch of the Toloache empire, which opened several weeks ago. Inspired by the colors of the Christmas season, we opted f ... More >>

Happy National Taco Day! Find NYC's Best Tacos

It's National Taco Day, apparently! While New York City might not be Los Angeles when it comes to scoring premium carne asada off the street, there are still lots of excellent taco options to try. Plenty of new spots have opened since we listed the 10 Best Tacos in New York a couple of years ago, wi ... More >>

Dish No. 74, Plus a Look Inside the New Dos Toros

​Dish No. 74 in our countdown is the crispy carne asada taco at Dos Toros. If you're accustomed to the cramped and tumultuous Dos Toros on Fourth Avenue, the new branch at Father Demo Square will tranquilize you. There are more than twice as many tables for eating in, plenty of room for the ... More >>

Open and Closed: Say Hello to West End, Goodbye to Café Flo

Restaurants and bars, they come and they go. Here are a few making their debuts and bowing out this week. Vai, the Upper East Side spot that just got a Soho outpost, has closed. The building is reportedly being torn down. [Grub Street] Café Flo in Astoria did not survive a four-alarm blaze that r ... More >>

Where Do I Find Oaxacan Cheese?

dishtip.comQuesillio Oaxaca​Jason T. asks: Where in NY can I get authentic Oaxacan cheese? Looking for a queso fundido made with Oaxacan cheese. Thanks in advance. Dear Jason: I concur in your appreciation for Oaxacan cheese. Even though we have few actual Oaxacans in town (and no actual Oax ... More >>

Tacos Morelos Truck Brings Tacos Placeros to Williamsburg. Double Yum!

​Now you don't have to go to East Elmhurst to enjoy a taco placeros, just take the L to the Bedford stop. Four years ago on an extreme taco run from Corona to Woodside on Roosevelt Avenue - intent on sampling every at least two tacos from every store, truck, and cart - my gang and I stumbled ... More >>

Fany Gerson Talks About the Sombrero Effect, the Future, and Filling All Those Ice Cream Carts

​Yesterday, we spoke with Fany Gerson about the many things she has planned for La Newyorkina, the Mexican frozen-treats stand that she debuted in New York last summer. Today, the pastry chef extraordinaire talks about the so-called Sombrero Effect, the future, and keeping all of those ice cre ... More >>

Eating Goat Eyeball Tacos in Staten Island

​The eyeball-popping parking lot mural was a harbinger of what was to follow. It was a gothic conclusion to a very gothic day. It started out with a trip on the Staten Island Ferry to New Brighton, to a neighborhood overlooking New York's Upper Bay that was once the site of a Revolutionary Wa ... More >>

MEXICO RISES

Paying tribute to our neighbors over the border

Nine Cuisines Missing from NYC

positiveictafrica.wordpress.comA typical Kenyan meal featuring the staple starch called ugali and fried fish​Morgan S. asks: I've been told you can get every cuisine in the world in New York City. Is that true? Dear Morgan: Well, almost. We've got at least 80 distinct cuisines by my estimate, ... More >>

Make Raymond Mohan's Grilled Sweet Summer Corn on the Cob, from Coffee Shop

Grilled sweet summer corn... get it while it's still hot.​Last week may have felt like a wet autumn was upon us, but this week summer is back in full force. So, get thee to the Greenmarket for the last of the summer corn and use it to make this recipe for Grilled Sweet Summer Corn on the Cob b ... More >>

Dish #100: Flor de Calabaza Quesadilla at Zaragoza Grocery

​Welcome to 100 Dishes to Eat Now: Fork in the Road's handy list of some of our favorite dishes--old standbys and new finds alike--compiled daily. Today's pick: The flor de calabaza (squash blossom) quesadilla ($3.50) at Zaragoza Grocery in the East Village.

Pix from Cascabel Taqueria on the Upper East Side

​Morsels to go with your micro-brew: "quesadilla authentica" on the left, gorditas to the right. Today, Counter Culture wrestles its way into Cascabel Taqueria, a micro-eatery on the Upper East Side with an excellent beer list (including bottles from Sly Fox, Goose Island, Lagunitas, and othe ... More >>

Make Julian Medina's Guacamole Trio from Toloache

Guac, tres ways.​It's Cinco de Mayo this week and so you might be inspired to whip up a guacamole for the occasion. Julian Medina of Toloache suggests you do three: a traditional version with a touch of heat from jalapeño; a fruity version with pomegranate seeds, mango, sweet onion, apple, an ... More >>

Tacos at El Aguila in East Harlem

​The overstuffed tacos at El Aguila include carnitas (left) and barbacoa (right). If you're a Mexican taqueria occupying actual real estate, how do you compete with all the trucks that set up shop as soon as the sun goes down?

Make Rosa Mexicano's Super Bowl Sunday Mexico City Hot Dog (Perro Caliente Mexicano)

Forget football. Super Bowl Sunday is all about the food.​ Super Bowl Sunday is all about gut-bombing grub, American beer, and exorbitant advertising spots. (Oh yeah, there's also a football game involved.) Rosa Mexicano's culinary director Chef David Suarez has come up with a special dish for ... More >>

¡Ask a Mexican! In Praise of Fast Mexican Fare

Cookbook Tester: Antojitos by La Palapa's Barbara Sibley and Margarite Malfy

Sauteed shrimp in a fiery salsa​Barbara Sibley and Margaritte Malfy are the co-owners-and-chefs of the two La Palapa restaurants in the East and West Villages. Antojitos, published this fall, is the first cookbook from the duo.

Incredibly Cheap Eats--Tlacoyos

I wrote about El Centenario Grocery and Deli back when it really was a grocery and deli, with just a counter in the rear where a lone, hardworking cook turned out reliable Mexican standards, including great barbacoa tacos. Walking by the other day, I peeked inside and was surprised to find that al ... More >>

Killing Hunger at El Almacén

Argentinean in Williamsburg offers Mexican and Italian, too

Vegetarian Delights of NYC--Salsa Verde Tamale

Step into Don Paco Lopez Panaderia and the warm smell of sugar and butter envelops you. The bakery specializes in dozens of different sorts of Mexican sweet rolls and cakes, and there's selection of Mexican candies, including extra-spicy Pulparindo (amazing!). But on the other side of the store, ... More >>

Vegetarian Delights of NYC--Chiles Rellenos

Tulcingo del Valle's chile relleno is a vegetarian masterpiece One of the cornerstones of Pueblan cooking is the chile relleno--a fresh, deep green poblano pepper slit and stuffed with cheese, dipped in an egg batter, and then fried. The process is tricky--believe me, I've tried it--becau ... More >>

Fish Taco Food Porn

Fish, especially cheap fish tacos, might not seem the most likely candidate for food porn, but to me they are thing of pure beauty. The crisp cabbage, the bright red and green salsas, the rainbow of trimmings. With my Baja salsa research expedition over, I'm spending Monday back in New York hungry f ... More >>

Incredibly Cheap Eats--Huaraches

Too good to throw at George BushThe quality under-$5 meal is elusive. Under-$5 snacks that can be eaten as a meal are plentiful, but a really good, belly-filling meal for less than the cost of the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel toll is harder to find. Thus, I submit for the Incredibly Cheap Eats record, t ... More >>

Fork in the Road Hates the Snake, Loves the Fry Bread

Got Rattlesnake? Ellis Bar Does.

This Fifth Avenue spot brings a mixed bag of real Southwestern food to New York

Endless Summer: Cheap Mexican in WBurg That's Actually Good

Our Man Sietsema: 'Bubble, Bubble, Toil, and Trouble'

It's a Good One: Holy Tamale

My Lovely Lady 'Rita

The story of Cinco de Mayo and the Maligned Margarita

Seafood Aria

In midtown, something fishy and cheesy this way swims

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