5 editor picks in Denver.
5 mexican places in Denver we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Denver | Mexican across every city.
Mexican food is woven into Denver's everyday eating, from sit-down cantinas to green-chile counters. La Loma downtown and Adelitas Cocina y Cantina on South Broadway anchor the full-service end, while Chubby's holds down the neighborhood plates.
La Loma in Denver is a Castro-family Mexican kitchen since 1973, moved from its longtime Osage Street Victorian to Broadway in 2018, the Denver template.
OrderSmothered green chile burrito with sopapillas.
TipThe bar pours classic margaritas; ask for the Pueblo green chile (hotter than the mild version).
Adelitas Cocina y Cantina in Denver is Adelita Diaz's South Broadway regional-Mexican dining room since 2011, with a mezcal-and-tequila bar.
OrderThe chiles en nogada in fall and the cochinita pibil; mezcal flight pours from rare Oaxacan agaves.
TipWalk-in at the bar; reservations for the dining room go on Resy. The cantina pours late on weekends.
Chubby's in Denver is the West Highland Mexican counter on 38th Avenue, a 1971 family shop open until 3 am for the bar-and-shift-worker burrito trade.
OrderSmothered chorizo burrito at 1 am.
TipDrive-through line runs longer than the walk-in counter on Friday nights; bring cash for the fastest service.
Cafe Mexicali is federal boulevard mexican-american kitchen with a counter-service approach to enchiladas and tacos, a mile high family room since 1996.
TipThe smothered cheese enchilada plate and the bean tostada are the room's most ordered items; the salsa bar has six house salsas.
Chubby's in Denver is the West Highland Mexican counter on 38th Avenue, open until 3 am with smothered burritos under $12 and a long late-night line.
OrderSmothered burrito
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