12 New Mexican Restaurants in NYC to Try

Open Since: Dec. 28
Type of Cuisine: California-style Beach Food, gourmet tacos and cocktails.

This laid-back spot serves both families looking to grab a quick and easy dinner and groups looking to enjoy frozen margaritas and snacks. The menu is very taco focused, with a dozen options, but there’s also a whole roast chicken and make-your-own salad bowls as well. A taco pick-up window is on its way.

Open Since: Nov. 12
Type of Cuisine: Mexican

After serving up his signature cemitas at Smorgasburg for the last few years, owner Danny Lyu opened this brick-and-mortar eatery where the 10-layered Mexican sandwich is the main focus of its menu. In addition to cemitas, the restaurant offers burritos, tacos, milkshakes and other treats.

Open Since: Dec. 3
Type of Cuisine: Mexican

Fatty Daddy Taco is bringing its signature Mexican fare to Smith Street with its newest taqueria in Brooklyn. The eatery, which also has a location on Ninth Street and Fifth Avenue in Park Slope, is known for its burritos, tacos, tortas and cheesy quesadillas. Fatty Daddy took over the former location of Sample, a local bar.

Open Since: Dec. 18
Type of Cuisine: Mexican

A serious carnitas chef has come to Prospect Heights, bringing the Bronx favorite El Atoradero to Washington Avenue. Chef Denisse Lina Chavez and her partners told Eater that the new spot will have a soft opening starting this week, with a full menu by the end of January. Menu items at the new location will be posted to Instagram, the team said.

Open Since: mid-February
Type of Cuisine: Mexican

This is the second location for Two Lizards. The original post is on the Upper East Side. Owner Juan Liz told DNAinfo this fall that customers can expect the same “authentic Mexican food” including guacamole, tacos, fajitas and enchiladas.

Open since: November 2015
Type of cuisine: Tex-Mex

You’d be more than happy if you just got tacos at this new Union Square Tex-Mex joint, but why not go a little further and try expand your horizons with some fresh ceviche?

Open Since: Oct. 10
Type of Cuisine: Regional Mexican from the Yucatan Peninsula
Tacombi opened its fourth location in the funky pagoda-style building at the corner of Bleecker and Cornelia streets last month, with 70 seats and a little bar area enclosed in exposed brick walls complemented by decorative hand-painted tiles and string lights — an appropriately West Village version of the Tacombi’s Nolita garage. The unique menu designed by former Peels chef Jason Debriere adds unusual Yucatan specialties, like a puffed tortilla filled with suckling pig, to the usual and well-loved fare of fish tacos and the like.

Open Since: Last week of October
Type of Cuisine: San Francisco Street Food

The owner of La Bodega decided to transform his Latin restaurant into a new Mexican food place that specializes in “authentic San Francisco street food.” The menu includes steak and onion stir fry, slow roasted pulled pork, short rib chili nachos and sweet potato pancakes.

Open Since: Oct. 27
Type of Cuisine: Mexican

The upscale restaurant, which has three other locations in Manhattan, serves up their twists on Mexican classics. The new location is two floors: a more formal upstairs and a downstairs that focuses on tacos and tequila.