The coastal city of Fort Lauderdale, Florida is a cosmopolitan place, home to many different types of excellent foods. Mexican food in Fort Lauderdale is no exception, and there are many great places to go for tacos, burritos, and margaritas. Read on to discover the best places to get amazing Mexican food in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
The Drunken Taco | Courtesy of The Drunken Taco
The Drunken Taco
Bar, Restaurant, Sandwich Shop, Mexican, Fast Food, $$$
Right on Fort Lauderdale Beach, The Drunken Taco is a Mexican restaurant and bar known for having the greatest selection of tequilas in the United States with over 249 types. The Drunken Taco is full of fun, it’s website includes a list of how to order tacos, shoot tequila, and people watch for its customers. It’s also a great place for tacos and is known for its fish tacos, but there are also creative tacos like ‘smoky apple tacos’ and ‘Caribbean pork tacos.’ In addition you’ll find fajita platters, sandwiches, and delicious flavored margaritas.
Eduardo de San Angel, owned by Chef Eduardo Pria, is a high class, sophisticated Mexican restaurant serving carefully crafted food. The restaurant serves gourmet, Mexican-inspired dishes like gulf shrimp ceviche, cilantro soup, sautéed chicken with chiles atop a corn tortilla, chile flavored crepes, achiote rubbed pork loin medallions, roasted poblano peppers filled with blue crab, boneless pork chop in a chile-citrus barbecue glaze, and yellowfin tuna in a key lime oil sauce. Eduardo de San Angel also serves a large selection of wines.
Nacho Bizness International Taco Bar is a mobile Asian and Mexican fusion taco cart that is usually stationed in Fort Lauderdale’s Bubier Park on Las Olas Boulevard. Nacho Bizness is known for its unique taco fillings like Dr. Pepper skirt steak, Korean pulled pork, Jamaican jerk chicken and grilled mahi mahi. In addition, they serve burrito and burrito bowl versions of all of their tacos as well as quesadillas. Don’t miss the tasty ginger lemonade to complement the burritos and tacos.
Azteca Fresh Mexican Grill is a restaurant right by the beach in Fort Lauderdale that serves flavorful, authentic Mexican dishes. It’s best known for its fresh, handmade tamales. In addition to tamales, they also serve all the Mexican foods you’d hope for such as enchiladas, carnitas, chicharrones, empanadas, nachos, ceviche, tacos, taquitos, quesadillas, fajitas and chimichangas. There are also more American foods like burgers, wings, and coconut fried shrimp. For drinks, don’t miss the popular margaritas.
Dos Caminos is a modern Mexican restaurant on Seabreeze Boulevard that serves authentic Mexican food and over 100 different types of tequila. Dos Caminos makes their guacamole fresh and customizable by order, and have several popular guacamole flavors such as mango and bacon jalapeño. Dos Caminos serves a variety of Mexican dishes such as ceviches, steak asada, quesadillas, mole short ribs, tacos, empanadas, and chicharrones, and for dessert, they offer Mexican favorites like tres leches cake and churros, as well as fruit ceviche.
