Top 10 Best Taco Spots in the World

A legendary late-night stand near the Zócalo dishing out tacos de cabeza — cow head meat including ojo, lengua, and cachete — to crowds until 3 AM nightly.

Birria tacos dipped in consommé and crisped on the griddle, served from a family-run Jalisco institution that predates the birria taco trend by decades.

Michoacán-style carnitas slow-cooked in copper pots with lard, orange peel, and Coca-Cola, shredded to order into double corn tortillas of staggering richness.

Chef Wes Avila's fine-dining-meets-street-food concept elevates tacos with sweet potato, uni, and foie gras fillings that blur the line between taquería and tasting menu.

Mission District icon crowned America's best burrito shop, but the carne asada tacos — no rice, no beans, just perfectly grilled meat and salsa — are the real treasure.

Adobada tacos sliced straight from the trompo into fresh tortillas at this Tijuana institution, where the al pastor rivals anything across the border for a fraction of the price.

Mexican chef Paco Méndez brings Michelin-starred Mexican cuisine to the Gothic Quarter, with cochinita pibil and mole negro tacos that have Spaniards rethinking their own cuisine.

A Borough Market taquería run by the Hart brothers who spent years in Mexico City perfecting al pastor on a proper trompo, bringing authentic taco culture to London.

Enrique Olvera's Flatiron restaurant serves duck carnitas tacos and corn husk meringue that prove Mexican cuisine belongs in the upper echelon of global fine dining.

A legendary late-night stand near the Zócalo dishing out tacos de cabeza — cow head meat including ojo, lengua, and cachete — to crowds until 3 AM nightly.

Birria tacos dipped in consommé and crisped on the griddle, served from a family-run Jalisco institution that predates the birria taco trend by decades.

Michoacán-style carnitas slow-cooked in copper pots with lard, orange peel, and Coca-Cola, shredded to order into double corn tortillas of staggering richness.

Chef Wes Avila's fine-dining-meets-street-food concept elevates tacos with sweet potato, uni, and foie gras fillings that blur the line between taquería and tasting menu.

Mission District icon crowned America's best burrito shop, but the carne asada tacos — no rice, no beans, just perfectly grilled meat and salsa — are the real treasure.

Adobada tacos sliced straight from the trompo into fresh tortillas at this Tijuana institution, where the al pastor rivals anything across the border for a fraction of the price.

Mexican chef Paco Méndez brings Michelin-starred Mexican cuisine to the Gothic Quarter, with cochinita pibil and mole negro tacos that have Spaniards rethinking their own cuisine.

A Borough Market taquería run by the Hart brothers who spent years in Mexico City perfecting al pastor on a proper trompo, bringing authentic taco culture to London.

Enrique Olvera's Flatiron restaurant serves duck carnitas tacos and corn husk meringue that prove Mexican cuisine belongs in the upper echelon of global fine dining.