Tips for Dining, Eating, and Food Shopping in Minneapolis and St. Paul
Start New Threadcan anyone point out a decent Mexican/Guatamalan/Equadorian/Hispanic restaurant along Lake St east of 35W? there are alot and I would like to give some a try. anyone been?
By buenosds
on Feb 12, 2011 01:53 PM
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Any of the vendors in Mercado Central at Bloomington & Lake
Los Ocampos (inside mid-town global market or across the street)
Manny's Tortas for a Cubano (at Hiawatha & Lake or in Mercado Central)
La Loma for Tamales (Mercado Central or Midtown Global)
Personally, I like the tacos mexican style (two soft corn tortillas, meat, diced raw white onion and cilantro with some salsa). I like Pork Al Pastor but there are usually many other good choices. At Los Ocampos, I like the sopes, masa dough/batter fried on a griddle then topped with stuff.
There are a ton of choices. It'd be easy to gain 20 lbs and spend a month trying them all.
Oh, and La Loma (at least in Midtown Global) sells 4-packs of frozen Tamales you can bring home and steam on a weeknight for a quick and tasty meal.
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Manny's Tortas
920 E Lake St Ste 125, Minneapolis, MN 55407
La Loma Restaurant
1510 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN 55407
Mercado Central
1515 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN 55407
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I really like Pinada. I just usually get their carnita tacos (corn) with salsa verde. Very simple and very good.
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Pinada is 2 blocks east of 35W on the south side of the street.
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Sorry, the actual name of the restaurant is Pineda Tacos.
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Pineda's Burritos are excellent, as are all of the recommendations here. However, you can't mention Midtown Global Market and not La Sirena Gorda. Those octopus tacos are destination food for me.
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Midtown Global Market
920 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN 55407
La Sirena Gorda
920 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN 55407
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Gorditas el Gordo is the best for tlacoyo, gordita and haurache. Hands-down. Done.
La Loma for tamales, Taco Taxi for tacos Mexicanos. La Sirena Gorda for caldo and all things seafood.
Ecuadorian and Columbian: Central in NE.
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La Sirena Gorda
920 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN 55407
Taco Taxi
1511 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN 55407
La Loma Restaurant
1510 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN 55407
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