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Enjoy cafesitos, street tacos, and homemade tortillas at Alturas Mexican Cafe. The family-owned taqueria in The Heights, serves authentic Mexican dishes with recipes spanning generations. One such secret family recipe its the cafe\u2019s rich mole, served over a slow cooked chicken thigh and leg topped with sesame seeds. Ralat also highlighted the pambazos, quecas, and cafe de olla. <\/p>\n
\nBar Xolo<\/p>\n
The bar and kitchen head by two Mexico City natives, Chef Javier Becerra and Angel Bautista, Bar Xolo brings the spectrum of CDMX spices and spirits to Montrose. Housed in sophisticated digs, Bar Xolo offers a contemporary take on CDMX cuisine, with options like the Tacos Oscar, comprised of potato, caviar, and house-made cheese. <\/p>\n
\nHuncho\u2019s Tacos<\/p>\n
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Huncho\u2019s Tacos is a Sugar Land-based taco joint that serves 100% Halal cuisine. It\u2019s menu features an eclectic mix of staples, like Al Pastor and carne asada, alongside more creative options like its birria ramen and rib-eye tacos \u2013 both fan favorites. <\/p>\n
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At Maximo, Adrian Torres elevates modern Mexican cooking with house nixtamalized masa and creative plates.<\/p>\n
Among the Houston taco hotspots highlighted in Texas Monthly\u2019s 2026 roundup, Torres stands out at Maximo\u2014a modern Mexican destination previously honored with a Michelin Bib Gourmand\u2014for authentic techniques like in-house nixtamalization and inventive dishes such as masa-encrusted fish and duck carnitas.<\/p>\n
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One of the Houston standouts on Texas Monthly\u2019s 2026 list, Zaranda delivers a wood-fired, coastal Mexican experience from Hugo Ortega.<\/p>\n
Zaranda is Hugo Ortega\u2019s upscale restaurant offering a West Coast take on Mexican coastal flavors with wood-fired dishes and seafood. The menu ranges from tacos and tostadas to items from the Zarandeado menu, with pescado recommended as a standout.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Texas Monthly just released its 2026 edition of the best new taquerias in Texas, featuring five tasty Houston…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":301083,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1634,56,58,57,3570,52702],"class_list":["post-301082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-cocktails","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-tacos","tag-tequila"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=301082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301082\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/301083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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