{"id":21959,"date":"2013-02-23T22:26:30","date_gmt":"2013-02-24T04:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nmgastronome.com\/?p=21959"},"modified":"2024-11-21T11:18:50","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T17:18:50","slug":"tacos-mex-y-mariscos-albuquerque-new-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nmgastronome.com\/?p=21959","title":{"rendered":"Tacos Mex Y Mariscos &#8211; Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_21961\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21961\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/TacoMex01.gif?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21961 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 490px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 490\/328;border: 4px solid black; margin: 3px;\" data-src=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/TacoMex01.gif?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1\" alt=\"Taco Mex Y Mariscos on Fourth Street\" width=\"490\" height=\"328\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/TacoMex01.gif?lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 490w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/TacoMex01.gif?size=128x86&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 128w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/TacoMex01.gif?size=256x171&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 256w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/TacoMex01.gif?size=384x257&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 384w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21961\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Taco Mex Y Mariscos on Fourth Street<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">The taco landscape across the Duke City may well be a tale of two tacos. At one extreme we have <a title=\"Zacatecas Tacos &amp; Tequila\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nmgastronome.com\/?p=20923\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zacatecas Tacos &amp; Tequila<\/a>, the upscale, gourmet taco eatery situated in fashionable Nob Hill. In February, 2013, Zacatecas Tacos was named a semi-finalist for the <a title=\"James Beard Foundation\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jamesbeard.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">James Beard Foundation<\/a>&#8216;s &#8220;best new restaurant&#8221; in America honor. Zacatecas Tacos represents the &#8220;self-actualization&#8221; of tacos&#8230;tacos which are all they can be&#8230;tacos which have been elevated to the nth degree of creativity and deliciousness&#8230;tacos at a price point heretofore not achieved in Albuquerque by what is essentially a street food favorite.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">The antithesis of Zacatecas Tacos &amp; Tequila may well be Tacos Mex Y Mariscos, a timeworn restaurant on heavily trafficked Fourth Street.\u00a0 Situated in an edifice which previously housed everything from a Thai restaurant to a sandwich shop, Tacos Mex Y Mariscos is as humble as Zacatecas Tacos is ostentatious.\u00a0 It&#8217;s as much a &#8220;cheap eat&#8221; as Zacatecas is pricy.\u00a0 The menu at Tacos Mex is simple and unsophisticated compared to the complex and urbane menu at Zacatecas.\u00a0 From all conceivable appearances, Tacos Mex Y Mariscos is the pauper to Zacatecas&#8217; prince.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21963\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21963\" style=\"width: 475px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/TacoMex02.gif?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21963 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 475px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 475\/318;border: 4px solid black; margin-top: 3px; margin-bottom: 3px;\" data-src=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/TacoMex02.gif?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1\" alt=\"TacoMex02\" width=\"475\" height=\"318\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/TacoMex02.gif?lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 475w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/TacoMex02.gif?size=128x86&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 128w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/TacoMex02.gif?size=256x171&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 256w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/TacoMex02.gif?size=384x257&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 384w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21963\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">A busy Saturday afternoon at Taco Mex Y Mariscos<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">There&#8217;s even a socioeconomic dichotomy between the customers who habituate these two contradistinctive taquerias.\u00a0 Zacatecas Tacos is frequented by a decidedly chic and urban crowd while Tacos Mex is\u00a0 beloved by entire families, many of whom are immigrants more comfortable speaking in Spanish.\u00a0 The one commonality between guests at both taquerias is a love for terrific tacos and they can get them at both Zacatecas Tacos and Tacos Mex.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">The kicker is that one purveyor of terrific tacos isn&#8217;t any more authentic or more Mexican than the other.\u00a0 Both honor Mexican culinary traditions and do so very well.\u00a0\u00a0 If there&#8217;s one word which best\u00a0 distinguishes the tacos at Tacos Mex from the tacos at Zacatecas, it would be &#8220;campesino,&#8221; a word for a peasant or farmer.\u00a0 The tacos proffered at Tacos Mex subscribe to the timeless campesino practice of using whatever ingredients were available at the time to feed the family, often through times of abject poverty and hardship.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21965\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21965\" style=\"width: 475px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/TacoMex03.gif?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21965 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 475px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 475\/318;border: 4px solid black; margin-top: 3px; margin-bottom: 3px;\" data-src=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/TacoMex03.gif?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1\" alt=\"TacoMex03\" width=\"475\" height=\"318\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/TacoMex03.gif?lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 475w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/TacoMex03.gif?size=128x86&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 128w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/TacoMex03.gif?size=256x171&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 256w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/TacoMex03.gif?size=384x257&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 384w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21965\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Tostadas de Ceviche Mixto<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">To less-than-intrepid diners, those ingredients might constitute adventure eating.\u00a0 To aficionados of authentic Mexican food, those ingredients signal an invitation to deliciousness.\u00a0 Among the &#8220;adventurous&#8221; ingredients are lengua (beef tongue), cabeza (head), buche (pork stomach),\u00a0 tripas (intestines), longonisa (sausage) and birria (goat meat).\u00a0 The menu also includes tacos crafted with more familiar ingredients: carnitas (cubed pork), al pastor (spit-roasted pork), chorizo (spiced pork sausage), carne asada (grilled beef) and shrimp.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">The value-priced tacos are terrific, some of the very best in town.\u00a0 Two corn tortillas are engorged with the ingredients of your choosing as as well as onions and cilantro if you want.\u00a0\u00a0 Then you can mosey on over to the salsa bar for pico de gallo, a guacamole-salsa, a tomatillo salsa or a fire-roasted tomato salsa, not that they&#8217;re needed.\u00a0 It&#8217;s hard to say one taco is better than the next because they&#8217;re all so very, very good.\u00a0 With each successive taco you eat, you&#8217;ll likely discover a new favorite.\u00a0 For now&#8230;and probably because it was the last one sampled, my favorite is the al pastor.\u00a0 Weather permitting, on weekends Tacos Mex will set up the spit grill outdoors.\u00a0 It&#8217;s like a sweet Mexican smoke signal beckoning the hungry masses.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21967\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21967\" style=\"width: 476px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/TacoMex04.gif?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21967 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 476px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 476\/320;border: 4px solid black; margin-top: 3px; margin-bottom: 3px;\" data-src=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/TacoMex04.gif?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1\" alt=\"TacoMex04\" width=\"476\" height=\"320\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/TacoMex04.gif?lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 476w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/TacoMex04.gif?size=128x86&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 128w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/TacoMex04.gif?size=256x172&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 256w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/TacoMex04.gif?size=384x258&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 384w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 476px) 100vw, 476px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21967\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Tacos: Carnitas, Al Pastor, Chorizo, Longonisa<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">The mariscos menu includes a number of Mexican seafood favorites including <em>tostadas de ceviche<\/em>&#8211;one made with camarones (shrimp) and one a mix (mixto) of seafood: shrimp, fish and squid.\u00a0 A generous smear of mayo tops the tostada, both as a &#8220;binder&#8221; to hold the seafood ingredients and as a contrast to the briny seafood flavors. Unlike some ceviche, this one is light on the citrus flavor which is perfectly fine because you can squeeze on as many limes as you&#8217;d like.\u00a0 The shrimp is whole, not chopped.\u00a0 In addition to seafood, the tostada is topped with slices of ripe avocado and finely chopped tomatoes, cilanto and onion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">As if tacos and mariscos aren&#8217;t enough, the menu offers a wonderful array of caldos (soups): posole, caldo de siete mares (seafood stew), menudo and <em>caldo de res<\/em>, the Mexican comfort food favorite.\u00a0 Caldo de res will warm you up, fill your belly and make you feel good all over when it&#8217;s made well.\u00a0 Tacos Mex prepares a very good caldo de res.\u00a0 Swimming in a large bowl of light beef broth are perfectly prepared vegetable favorites such as potatoes, carrots, zucchini, cabbage and corn-on-the-cob as well as very flavorful shank bones and their meat.\u00a0 Garnish the caldo with onions and cilantro and you&#8217;ve got a soup as nurturing and comfortable as a Vietnamese pho.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24231\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24231\" style=\"width: 472px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/TacosMex06.gif?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24231 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 472px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 472\/386;border: 4px solid black; margin-top: 3px; margin-bottom: 3px;\" data-src=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/TacosMex06.gif?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1\" alt=\"TacosMex06\" width=\"472\" height=\"386\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24231\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Tacos: Longonisa, Lengua, Brisket, Pollo<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">Tacos Mex Y Mariscos offers a number of aguas frescas (literally fresh waters) to wash down all the rich, delicious food you&#8217;ll enjoy.\u00a0 The <em>horchata<\/em> is as sweet as milk left over from a bowl of Captain Crunch cereal and it doesn&#8217;t have the &#8220;powdery&#8221; aftertaste of some horchata.\u00a0 Also available are a number of Mexican carbonated beverages, including Mexican Coke a Cola.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21969\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21969\" style=\"width: 475px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/TacoMex05.gif?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21969 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 475px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 475\/327;border: 4px solid black; margin-top: 3px; margin-bottom: 3px;\" data-src=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/TacoMex05.gif?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1\" alt=\"TacoMex05\" width=\"475\" height=\"327\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/TacoMex05.gif?lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 475w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/TacoMex05.gif?size=128x88&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 128w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/TacoMex05.gif?size=256x176&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 256w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/TacoMex05.gif?size=384x264&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 384w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21969\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Caldo de Res<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">Tacos Mex Y Mariscos is located on my well-beaten-path to <a title=\"Mary &amp; Tito's Cafe\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nmgastronome.com\/?p=331\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mary &amp; Tito&#8217;s Cafe<\/a>.\u00a0 Because Mary &amp; Tito&#8217;s is nonpareil in its excellence, I drove by Tacos Mex with hardly ever giving it a second thought.\u00a0 My mistake!\u00a0 Tacos Mex is a destination restaurant in its own right, a taqueria good enough to be mentioned in the same breath as a Duke City restaurant nominated as one of America&#8217;s best new eateries for 2013.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\"><strong>Tacos Mex Y Mariscos<\/strong><br \/>\n5201 4th Street, N.W.<br \/>\n<strong>Albuquerque, New Mexico<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>LATEST VISIT<\/strong>: 17 May 2013<br \/>\n<strong>1st VISIT<\/strong>: 23 February 2013<br \/>\n<strong># OF VISITS<\/strong>: 2<br \/>\n<strong>RATING<\/strong>: 18<br \/>\n<strong>COST<\/strong>: $$<br \/>\n<strong>BEST BET<\/strong>: Horchata, Caldo de Res, Tostadas de Ceviche Mixto, Tacos: Al Pastor, Carnitas, Longoniza, Chorizo <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The taco landscape across the Duke City may well be a tale of two tacos. At one extreme we have Zacatecas Tacos &amp; Tequila, the upscale, gourmet taco eatery situated in fashionable Nob Hill. In February, 2013, Zacatecas Tacos was named a semi-finalist for the James Beard Foundation&#8216;s &#8220;best new restaurant&#8221; in America honor. Zacatecas Tacos represents the &#8220;self-actualization&#8221; of tacos&#8230;tacos which are all they can be&#8230;tacos which have been elevated to the nth degree of creativity and deliciousness&#8230;tacos at a price point heretofore not achieved in Albuquerque by what is essentially a street food favorite. The antithesis of Zacatecas Tacos &amp; Tequila may well be Tacos Mex Y Mariscos, a timeworn restaurant on heavily trafficked Fourth Street.\u00a0 Situated in&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24231,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[440,2583,262,222,57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-albuquerque","category-closed-in-2023","category-closed","category-mariscos","category-mexican"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tacos Mex Y Mariscos - Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED) - Gil&#039;s Thrilling (And Filling) Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nmgastronome.com\/?p=21959\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tacos Mex Y Mariscos - Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED) - Gil&#039;s Thrilling (And Filling) Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The taco landscape across the Duke City may well be a tale of two tacos. 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