Margaritas Mexican Restaurant

The inspiration

Margaritas Mexican Restaurant grew out of one family's Zacatecan heritage, carried from central Mexico to Pasadena¹ . The kitchen keeps a family album of heirloom recipes and techniques passed down from the founders, and the menu is meant to evoke the flavors of mercados, corner taquerias, and seaside palapas^1,2 . The restaurant has been serving this food on Rosemead Boulevard since 1977^2,1 .

What to order

• Combination plates: tacos, enchiladas, and chile relleno assembled from the traditional side of the menu .
• Pozole and soups: Zacatecas-rooted comfort dishes worth seeking out .¹
• The lunch buffet: a hearty way to sample a range of the kitchen's cooking .²
• A margarita: the restaurant's namesake drink, alongside the brunch spread that press calls a longtime staple .¹

Why you should try it

For a visitor staying in East Pasadena, this is a chance to eat food from a Latino-owned, family-run kitchen that has been doing the same thing on the same corner for nearly fifty years¹ . Come hungry, order a margarita, and see why guests walk in as customers and leave, as the family likes to say, feeling like part of the household² .