El Burrito Mercado

The absolute best Mexican food in MN. I've visited many other good Mexican restaurants, but I've always compared them to El Buritto.I've been a customer since I was 16 and a babysitter for a lady in the neighborhood. I'm 75 and still visit El Buritto at least monthly.Yesterday lunch w hubby in the cafe. Then picked up a dozen tamales for the freezer. Already looking forward to next visit.

This was a very solid Mexican joint that had very flavorful tacos. Personally, I got the quesabirria tacos which had a side of consomé, and the consomé was very flavorful, so dipping the birria tacos into the consomé was an extremely pleasant experience. The meat was very tender and the tortillas were the right consistency, not too crispy and not too soft. The lengua taco had a good amount and size of lengua meat, which made it a very good experience consuming such as well.My spouse had the tamale platter which had two chicken tamales along with rice, refried beans, and some veggies. She mentioned that the tamales were dry, which made her decide to bring one tamale back and used hot sauce at home. She also had the chicken tacos, but didn't comment on whether or not she thought they were good.For some reason I wasn't able to locate any sauces, red or green, to go with my food, so it would be nice if I had them.

Tonight was my daughter's early birthday celebration- - super excited for the Mariachi band singing especially for birthday celebrants. We were ALL excited, FULL of anticipation and starving.I ADORE outstanding Mexican, Italian and Mediterranean food! I love love Barbacoa long stewed in a well seasoned sauce. I ate the best beans in Tulsa Oklahoma in a giant used bookstore with this tiny Mexican open restaurant in a corner. The best Mexican cooked fish in an old old restaurant in 1970, downtown Los Angeles. Still can taste it with my eyes closed!The Mariachi Band was the BEST I have ever heard, and this HUGE bass guitar with the full rounded deep back had a WONDEROUS sound, and what PERFECT singing!!! Even better than the original OLD Old town 1980's-90's in San Diego, CA!And... a gentleman guest in our dining room stood up near the bands departure and honored us with his almost perfect Operetta trained beautiful deep exhalted voice ( see video).So why the rare for me 2 stars?? The food. The service was impeccable, ambiance genuine boisterous happy!I am sorry, two bites I could not eat the enchiladas which were small thin. The red and green sauces were sharp tasting and I felt almost from a can. Almost zero seasoning. I politely packed it up, tossed when I got home.The light brown beans cooked with bacon were very good in this tiny cup. Rice no flavor. I ate the beans.Mom was born in LA. I grew up eating traditional long stewed enchiladas home made sauce with great seasoning and Don Miguel Mole of course added. The sauce is the BEST part. Love it on home made tamales.

My friend and I came here for dinner before a concert at the Xcel. I was excited to see so many food options on their menu. I ordered the birria tacos and churros - both were delicious! We also shared the chips and guac which was tasty as well. Plenty of people were enjoying a quick dinner and/or browsing around the market and buying items from their refrigerator/deli section. The staff were super nice and friendly!

I really wanted to like this place but my experience wasn't that great. When you first walk in it's a nice size market with mostly food but there were trinkets and other items as well. To the right of the market they have a walk up counter where you can order food. This is where the issues started. The cashier was very rude, didn't greet us, she walked away on her cellphone came back to the counter and proceeded to be on her phone before looking up and still didn't say anything just looked at us. We ordered the nachos which I asked for no beans (of course it came out with beans -_-) If you walk further right there's a bar and if you keep walking there's a patio. We ended up getting a table on the patio and ordering a drink. The waitress was a little better. Also when we sat down another waitress came and dropped chips and salsas off at our table as if it was a complimentary thing, we were charged for them even though we did not ask for them nor eat them because we had a plate full of nachos. They had a food truck/stall outside that offered a more limited menu. They also had live music/cover band playing music which was nice. I know it's outdoors but the trash cans so close to the tables drove me crazy. So many flys. Other than that the patio was really nice! I'll give the Service 2/5 stars. Food 2/5 stars -wish they would have listened and not but beans on our food. Drinks 3/5 starsAtmosphere 4/5 stars

Had a great experience on the patio at El Burrito Mercado today! The chilaquiles all day platter was really really good! Everything about it was delicioso. The Paloma and vampiros are good but I've had better, stronger, bigger ones for the same price. . Really wished the salsas were spicier or at least offered a spicier variety to the customer. Birria tacos were good but wish it came with 3 tacos instead of two! Consomé was really good too but it would've been more filling had the order come with rice and beans on the side.

Truly authentic Mexican grocery and restaurant. I love this place and today went out of my way to pick up ingredients for enchiladas. While there, I also picked up fresh guac, shrimp ceviche and fresh mole. Everything is wonderful and super friendly staff. It's a really clean market and the selection is muy bueno!Def recommend!

There are tons of great options. We went for brunch and loved the eggs and adobo. we had 15 people and they reorganized the tables for us with no problem. You can order at the market or the restaurant. Very nice outdoor seating, often with live entertainment. I want to come back and try everything.

This is one of the best Mexican in the metro. Make sure you get there ahead of the dinner rush or you might be waiting. However, there's cool kiosks to order from if the line is long. I didn't try them, but they were available to use.It's located inside of a Mexican grocery store... which initially turned me off. How could a GREAT restaurant have this location. Restaurants in grocery stores have a reputation for convenience not excellence. This is not the case here! The synergy with source ingredients seems perfect.The crispy tacos were our favorite. The homemade shells were authentic and crunchy. The salsas were spicy (the way I like it). The rice wasn't mushy, and the refried beans were salty and perfect.

Shopping for authentic Mexican food, this place is the best. Great meat market, cheeses and all of the accessories. Love this place