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El Horseshoe Restaurant
Mexican
Sandwiched between carburetor and machine shops on Buckeye Road, this cash-and-linoleum Mexican diner has been feeding the neighborhood long before the concept of "hole-in-the-wall chic" existed. Breakfast is the reason to show up: chilaquiles drowning in red or green salsa, Sunday menudo, and hearty caldo stews that have no interest in being photogenic. Phoenix New Times has named it Best Mexican Diner, and Eater flagged the machaca as one of Phoenix's most iconic dishes.
Three honors, in evidence:
The record strongest first
- Phoenix New Times 2023 · Best Chilaquiles · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2024 · Best Mexican Diner · Best of Phoenix
- Eater Machaca · The Most Iconic Dishes in Phoenix
One number, weighted & current 68
How we scoreThe dishes from the writeups
- Menudo Phoenix New Times, 2023
- Chilaquiles Phoenix New Times, 2023
- Caldo de res Phoenix New Times, 2023
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