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We’ve been singing the praises of the fast casual taqueria Barrio since it opened in Tremont a few years back and then expanded to Lakewood, downtown, and Progressive Field. Locals who frequent the popular eatery know and love its build-your-own tacos, house margaritas, and rock bottom prices.

But Barrio’s fan-base is extending beyond the Cuyahoga County boarders, most recently grabbing accolades from national pub Gayot, which named Barrio one of the 10 best taco stands in the country.

Here’s a snippet from Gayot’s recent review of the restaurant:

The beauty of Barrio Lakewood lies in its blissful simplicity. Aside from a handful of starters and sides, tacos take center stage. Diners are asked to order via pencil and paper —- a smart move given the infinite number of possible combinations. Every aspect of your taco is customizable: hard or soft, corn or flour, braised beef or spicy, house-made chorizo, and the list goes on. There are a dozen salsas and sauces from which to choose, including a chipotle crema, habanero mango, and fiery Barrio Secret.

There you have it. Congrats, Barrio!

This article appears in Aug 19-25, 2015.

Alaina Nutile is the Web Editor who oversees all digital content and social media initiatives for Cleveland Scene Magazine and Detroit Metro Times. Before joining the staff in June 2013, she interned at Business Insider in New York City, and at La Hora in Quito, Ecuador. Alaina is a graduate of Kalamazoo College in Michigan, where she double majored in English and Spanish. Her interests include Japanese food, Breaking Bad, and career development advising.

4 replies on “Barrio Lands On National List of Best Taco Stands”

  2. Sorry, but you can’t be a top taco place when you don’t even offer corn soft tortillas. Flour tortillas are fine if you want to be a tier below the best, but they are not when you want to fight it out with the big boys.

    Having said that, their guacamoles are excellent, particularly the one with watermelon and so is the selection of salsas as well as the service and atmosphere.

  3. Actually Barrio does offer a soft corn tortilla…they are readily available by request as they are used to make the fresh fried hard shells that are on the menu!

  4. Their atmosphere is cool, the tacos are good, fresh, very Chipotle quality which most love not me, I like corn tortillas, more authentic style tacos but all in all good. It’s enough to want to come back except despite not being a frequent drinker, probably I have been to BARRIO over 10 times, but their bartenders are mean, or bitchy, horrible dispositioned people ‘n I never can get why. I’ M not a dick or anything, this has always been my experience. Hoping just typing this will go somewhere towards changing that, cuz its cool to see a Cleveland chain get some cheers! Try it, chances are, you will be a fan. And the murals are awesome.

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