Taqueria Los Cocuyos Mexico City

Awards

MICHELIN Guide

Bib Gourmand, 2024

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OAD

North American Cheap Eats Restaurants 2024, 6

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Chef

Rigoberto Juarez

Cuisine

Mexican

• 2024

Dinner at Taquería Los Cocuyos

on 25 Mar 2024

by Tales on the table

I had to be persistent to finally have the ultimate @taquerialoscocuyos experience. During my first trip to Mexico City, this world-famous taqueria was at the very top of my list, and it didn’t take long for me to head towards the city’s historic center looking for this unassuming taco stand. However, upon arrival I was a little frustrated as they had run out of chopped onions and cilantro, which are available on basically all taquerias for customers to shower their food with before... More

I had to be persistent to finally have the ultimate @taquerialoscocuyos experience. During my first trip to Mexico City, this world-famous taqueria was at the very top of my list, and it didn’t take long for me to head towards the city’s historic center looking for this unassuming taco stand. However, upon arrival I was a little frustrated as they had run out of chopped onions and cilantro, which are available on basically all taquerias for customers to shower their food with before savoring it. Tough luck. However, it really impressed me how their tacos still stood out from the rest, even without that freshness and acidity provided by these two ingredients, that I consider essential on most of my tacos.

A few years later, when I finally made my way back to CDMX, I’m sure you can guess where my first stop was. Only to be frustrated yet again, since I unadvisedly showed up early in the day and most of the meats weren’t fully cooked yet. At that time in the day, they were only serving longaniza (sausage) tacos. So I ordered myself a pair and moved on. Once more, the tacos were sensational, but I felt that I still needed to try the other varieties served there.

And since the third time’s the charm, on the very next day I decided to head there again, this time at a proper hour. And this was when I finally had my well deserved taco feast. The place serves a great variety of tacos, cooked on a bubbling meat jacuzzi. And some of the options are definitely not for the faint of heart... eye, cheek, tripe, and more are all featured here. The tacos are served on warm corn tortillas, with your choice of fatty and tender meat, that is oozing its own juices and is then chopped before being put on the tortilla. The house offers great salsas and ... a much needed kick from the onion & cilantro combo to close the deal.

I was so excited that I even forgot to take pictures. So thanks to my buddy @rafaeldevitto for sending me his.

#loscocuyos #talesonthetable #mexicanfood #streetfood #mexicocity #mexico #tacos #taqueria

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