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Best of St. Louis 2009
Food & Drink
Best Enchiladas
Taqueria el Jalapeño
The enchiladas michoacanas at this hole-in-the-wall taqueria aren't your run-of-the-mill enchiladas. Take corn tortillas, top with chopped onions and queso de Monterrey, fold into wedges and fry on a flattop to a light golden-brown crisp. Top the wedges with more cheese, lettuce, tomato, potato, carrot, jalapeño, sour cream and a fiery red-chile sauce. The combination of flavors is remarkable: spicy, sour, verdant, savory. These work together to create that rarest of things in our area's Mexican restaurants: Something completely unlike anything else.
Tags: Food & Drink, Taqueria el Jalapeno
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Taqueria el Jalapeno
- 10009 St. Charles Rock Road, St. Louis North St. Louis County MO 63121
- 38.69270;-90.31664
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314-426-9951
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