Barrio Café

Regional classics from one of the country’s most acclaimed Mexican chefs

Mexican · $$

MEET THE CHEF

Chef Silvana Salcido Esparza of Barrio Café

Is this the most exciting Mexican restaurant in America? Food lovers rave about badass Chef Silvana Salcido Esparza's Phoenix café, which reimagines regional classics with bold flavors and bright, fresh ingredients.

FROM

Phoenix, AZ

WHY WE LIKE IT

She calls it comida chingona — “bad-ass cuisine.” We call it the finest traditional Mexican in the country. At her iconic Phoenix café, eight-time James Beard nominee Chef Silvana Salcido Esparza makes some of the best tacos, pollo en mole, and guacamole we’ve ever tasted. Bad-ass, indeed.