El Taco de Mexico ★ 4.6
El Taco de Mexico in Denver is the Santa Fe Drive Mexican counter since 1986, a James Beard America's Classics winner with cabeza, lengua and tripa tacos and a green chile burrito.
Try: Lengua tacos and chile rellenos
Tacos Tequila Whiskey in Denver is the City Park taqueria, a 2014 small-room operation with carnitas, lengua and chorizo tacos and a mezcal-and-bourbon bar.
Address: 1514 York St, Denver, CO 80206
El Taco de Mexico in Denver is the Santa Fe Drive Mexican counter since 1986, a James Beard America's Classics winner with cabeza, lengua and tripa tacos and a green chile burrito.
Try: Lengua tacos and chile rellenos
Chubby's in Denver is the West Highland Mexican counter on 38th Avenue, a 1971 family-owned shop open until 3 am for the smothered burrito night-shift trade.
Try: Smothered green chile burrito
Santiago's in Denver is the Colorado chain Mexican counter, a Front Range green-chile fixture since 1991 with 30 Front Range locations and a smothered breakfast burrito on every menu.
Try: Green chile breakfast burrito
Biker Jim's Gourmet Dogs in Denver is the Ballpark district hot-dog counter on Larimer, with elk, rattlesnake, reindeer and other wild-game sausages topped with kraut or chile.
Try: Wild-game sausages
Las Delicias in Denver is the Uptown Mexican counter and family room since 1974, with carne adovada burritos, chile rellenos and a Westword Best of nod.
Try: Carne adovada burrito
Maria Empanada in Denver is Lorena Cantarovici's South Broadway empanada counter since 2013, an Argentine bakery-cafe with hand-folded beef, chicken and vegetable empanadas.
Try: Argentine empanadas