Best of St. Louis 2019
Food & Drink
Staff Pick
Best Mexican Restaurant
Mi Tierra Bonita
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- JENNIFER SILVERBERG
- Mi Tierra Bonita satisfies.
In 2018, Mi Tierra Tienda y Taqueria in Fairmont City, Illinois, relocated — but diners needn't go far to find it, as Mi Tierra Bonita is located just next door to the original. Mi Tierra first hit the local food scene radar in 2013, when then-Riverfront Times food critic Ian Froeb lauded menu items such as the barbacoa taco and the torta milanesa, a sandwich stacked with paper-thin steak that's been coated in breadcrumbs and fried to crispy perfection. At Mi Tierra Bonita, the expanded dining room means that even more lucky customers can congregate over those beloved menu items as well as chicken mole, fajitas and chimichangas.
Previous Winners
- 2015 Best Mexican Restaurant - La Tejana
- 2014 Best Mexican Restaurant - Chava's
- 2013 Best Mexican Restaurant - Mission Taco Joint
- 2012 Best Mexican Restaurant - Siete Luminarias
- 2011 Best Mexican Restaurant - Milagro Modern Mexican
- 2010 Best Mexican Restaurant - Milagro Modern Mexican
- 2009 Best Mexican Restaurant - Pueblo Nuevo
- 2008 Best Mexican Restaurant - Taqueria los Tarascos
- 2007 Best Mexican Restaurant - Señor Pique
- 2006 Best Mexican Restaurant - Casa Lupita
- 2005 Best Mexican Restaurant - Pueblo Solis
- 2004 Best Mexican Restaurant - Lily's Mexican Restaurant
- 2004 Best Mexican Restaurant - Lily's Mexican Restaurant
- 2003 Best Mexican Restaurant - Arcelia's Comida Authentica
- 2003 Best Mexican Restaurant - Arcelia's Comida Authentica
- 2001 Best Mexican Restaurant - Salina's Mexican Restaurant
- 2001 Best Mexican Restaurant - Salina's Mexican Restaurant
