Barrio Café

Top choice in Phoenix


Barrio's staff wear T-shirts emblazoned with comida chingona, which translates as 'fucking good food,' and they don't lie. This is Mexican food at its most creative: how many menus have you seen featuring guacamole spiked with pomegranate seeds, buttered corn with chipotle, aged cheese, cilantro and lime, or goat's-milk-caramel-filled churros? Drinks are half-price from 2pm to 5pm daily. No reservations.

There's another location, which does take reservations.