Tlaxcal Cantina & Taquería Gastronòmica
Mexican · El Born, Barcelona · €€
Open since 2013
Born Mexican cantina opened 2013 — endorsed by Paco Méndez and Jordi Gasó, with tlaxcales rooting the menu in pre-Hispanic tradition. Taco de lengua, aguachile with real heat, chilaquiles in green salsa, tres leches at the close; €11 lunch menu.
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Opened around 2013 with the explicit aim of serving Mexican traditional cooking rather than tourist-Mex versions Endorsed publicly by Mexican-trained Barcelona chefs — Paco Méndez (Come, Hoja Santa) and Jordi Gasó (Pakta) name-check it
Cantina-and-taquería register — informal seating, outdoor tables, tacos and tlaxcales (pre-Hispanic corn cakes that give the place its name) Beer-and-margaritas drinks programme — cantina-energy rather than cocktail-bar precision
Taco de lengua, aguachile, chilaquiles in green salsa; carnitas; guacamole and pico de gallo at the open Tlaxcales — the pre-Hispanic corn cakes; tres leches as a properly soaked closer
Cantina register — informal indoor tables and outdoor terrace in El Born, with the open-kitchen energy of a Mexico City taquería.
Lunch menu around €11 — among the best-value Mexican meals in central Barcelona
What the critics say
- Tlaxcal Cantina & Taquería Gastronómica — Time Out Barcelona
- Tlaxcal Mexican food in El Born — Foodie in Barcelona
- Time Out Barcelona (Spanish) — Tlaxcal Cantina & Taquería Gastronòmica
- Restaurants mexicans a Barcelona: el millor, dos que mai fallen i una novetat (Tlaxcal, Jaiba MX, ...)
Visit
- Address
- Carrer del Comerç, 27, Ciutat Vella, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
- Phone
- +34 932 68 41 34
- Website
- instagram.com/tlaxcalbcn
- Reservations
- Book a table
Nearby restaurants in El Born
- Orvay — Mediterranean & Wine Bar, €€
- Fismuler — Market-fresh Mediterranean, €€€
- 7 Portes — Catalan Seafood & Rice, €€€
- Llamber — Asturian Modern, €€€
- Cal Pep — Classic Tapas Bar, €€€
More Mexican in Barcelona
- Fonda Pepa — Catalan-Mexican Fusion, Gràcia, €€
- Xuba Tacos — Mexican Tacos, Eixample, €€
- Oaxaca — Mexican, El Born, €€
- Come — Mexican Haute Cuisine, Sant Antoni, €€€€
- Pikio Taco — Mexican Tacos, Eixample, €€