We mapped 65+ Latin and Mexican restaurants, bakeries, trucks and markets across the Memphis metro — Colombian smoked chicken, Salvadoran pupusas, Venezuelan golfeados, and enough Mexican taquerías, cantinas and family-run cocinas to fill a map of their own.

Last updated September 20, 2026. A project of 901 Today, Memphis's free daily newsletter.

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📍 4818 Summer Ave. (also 8101 Cordova Rd., Cordova) · Mexican · $

The Summer Ave. institution since 1999, run by the Castelan family since 2004 (the sons started in the kitchen at 14). Order the goat barbacoa tacos and, on weekends, the menudo. Instagram

📍 3937 Summer Ave. · Mexican (Querétaro family) · $

Pollo al carbón is the play: guajillo-marinated whole chickens smoked about two hours over charcoal imported from Monterrey, Friday–Sunday only, and they routinely sell out by late afternoon (call 901-323-7003). Started as "Chilitos" in a Macon Road gas station in 2006. Memphis Flyer

📍 4091 Summer Ave. (also 6635 Winchester Rd. and 830 N. Germantown Pkwy. Suite 105, Cordova) · Mexican ice cream · $

The Gonzalez brothers' father worked for La Michoacana in Chihuahua; their Mid-South stores turn out 36 ice cream flavors and about 50 kinds of paletas from a Walls, Miss., factory and hold nothing more than three days. Get anything with mango and chamoy. Memphis Flyer

📍 5015 Summer Ave. · Mexican tortilla factory · $

Fresh tortillas by the pound out front, lamb barbacoa tacos at the counter — a standout in the Memphis Flyer's reader taco roundup. Memphis Flyer

📍 4900 Summer Ave. · Mexican (Veracruz-style) · $

A truck with an attached ice cream shop: street tacos, paletas and "dorinachos." Jarocho means from Veracruz, and the menu shows it. Choose901

📍 4556 Summer Ave. · Mexican street tacos · $

Women-owned, grew from a truck into a sit-down spot. The move for adventurous eaters: the quesadilla de huitlacoche (corn truffle). Tasting Table

📍 3698 Summer Ave. · Colombian · $

Firewood-smoked pollo asado from a recipe out of Cali — the owners' uncle runs 30 El Fogón del Pollo locations in Colombia. A half chicken runs about $10.50; the pineapple-topped Colombian hot dog is the sleeper hit. Daily Memphian

📍 665 Avon Rd. (just off Summer) · Colombian · $

Same family as El Pollo Latino; they sold Colombian food at a Winchester fair for two years before opening in 2015. Order the bandeja paisa and don't skip the baked goods. Instagram

📍 5883 Summer Ave. · Colombian + Mexican · $$

Founded in 2003 by Maryuri "La Negra" Rodríguez and Mirna García, with 50-plus dishes and weekend dance nights. The picada colombiana feeds a table; the empanadas have a citywide reputation. mitierramemphis.com

📍 4509 Summer Ave. · Venezuelan / Colombian · $–$$

Family-owned. Ceviche in front, and next door a bakery for golfeados — Venezuelan cheese-topped sticky buns you will think about later. Yelp

📍 658 Stratford Rd. #102 at Summer Ave. · Salvadoran · $ · Cash only

Pupusa power. Ana "Anita" Martínez went from a flea-market trailer and a Jackson Ave. food truck to a Summer Ave. restaurant in 2018; the pupusas revueltas and loroco-and-cheese are the order. Edible Memphis

📍 6105 Summer Ave. · San Diego-style Mexican · $ · Mon.–Sat. 11 a.m.–7:30 p.m.

SoCal in Shelby County: carne asada fries, California burritos, fried fish tacos and a lineup of house sauces. elenastacoshop.com

📍 5255 Summer Ave. · Mexican diner · $ · 7 a.m.–10 p.m. daily

The Daily Memphian's Chris Herrington called it "Waffle House meets La Guadalupana." Breakfast chilaquiles at 7 a.m. is the Summer Avenue power move. Daily Memphian

📍 1456 Wells Station Rd., Berclair · Honduran · $

Tucked among auto shops off Summer. "Catracho" is slang for Honduran; the baleadas and tacos dorados are the reason to find it. rinconcatrachorestauranttn.com

📍 3896 Macon Rd. · Mexican bakery + restaurant · $ · 7 a.m.–10 p.m.

Pan-demonium. Bakers arrive at 2 a.m.; owner Marisela Pérez says they have "a reputation for being the most expensive bakery in town, but also the best one." Pan dulce, roscas, and chilaquiles on house tortillas. Edible Memphis

📍 6110 Macon Rd. (Shelby Crossing) · Cuban · $$ · Sun. & Tue.–Thu. 11–10, Fri.–Sat. 11 a.m.–3 a.m.

Havana native Roberto Ferie opened it in 2025, and with Havana's Pilón now closed, this is Memphis's main Cuban table: cafeteria-style platters, a proper Cubano, plantains, and late hours on weekends. habanaclubbarandgrilltn.com

📍 3492 Covington Pike · Peruvian · $$ · 10:30 a.m.–9 p.m. (check Mondays)

Lomo saltado, ceviche, and the city's most reliable Peruvian menu. sabrosoperutn.com

📍 3135 Austin Peay Hwy. · Mexican street food (truck) · $

A Raleigh-area food truck built for the adventurous — the signature is a pizza birria: a giant, cheese-pulled birria taco the size of a pizza slice, served with consommé for dipping. Quesabirria and torta cubana round out the menu.

📍 45 S. Main St. · 820 Cooper St. · 3108 N. Germantown Pkwy. #104, Bartlett · Cal-Mex · $

Manuel Martínez's shatteringly crisp Baja fried tacos made this a three-location empire. The garlic shrimp tacos and house guac are the regulars' order. macielstn.com

📍 662 Madison Ave. · Venezuelan · $ · Mon.–Fri. 11:30–8:30, Sat. noon–8:30, closed Sun.

Arepa-ting ourselves: owner César González, a Venezuelan journalist who founded the Spanish-language paper El Norte, learned to cook from his grandmother in Maracaibo and went from food truck to storefront ("Made in Memphis since 2015"). Naturally gluten-free arepas, tequeños, cachapas — and a private karaoke room called La Taguara. saborcaribememphis.com

📍 1322 Madison Ave., Midtown · 2860 S. Perkins Rd. · Mexican · $$

Named for the clay griddle. Sopes, Caldo 7 Mares, ceviche tostadas and a top-shelf margarita list. loscomalesmemphis.com

📍 286 N. Cleveland St. (Crosstown edge) · Mexican · $

The cheapest great taco in Midtown — mulitas, al pastor, and agua frescas across from the Concourse. Instagram

📍 1350 Concourse Ave. #157 · Immigrant-chef food hall · $

Not Latino-owned, but its stalls are chef-owned by immigrants — and Venezuelan arepas and tacos are on the menu. globalcafememphis.com

📍 4002 Park Ave. · 5689 Quince Rd. · Mexican · $$

Choose901 calls it "the motherland of authentic Mexican in Memphis," and the Hawaiian torta and ceviche back it up. Choose901

📍 3445 Poplar Ave. · Birria · $

Birria specialists — consommé, quesabirria, the works. Yelp

📍 5110 Poplar Ave. · Modern Mexican · $$$

The Gómez family (Tekila) opened this East Memphis room in February 2026 with modern Mexican cooking, tableside salsa, and a design by Mexican architect Filipao Nunes. The splurge pick. Memphis Flyer

📍 734 Mt. Moriah Rd. · Latina-owned bakery + boutique

Two Latina cousins — RM Petit Cakes and the ShopMucho boutique — under one roof, recently relocated from South Main. primasbakeryandboutique.com

📍 2006 Madison Ave., Overton Square · Mexican/Tex-Mex · $$

Memphis's longest-running Mexican restaurant. Molly Gonzales opened it in 1974 in a former Toddle House on Lamar Ave. and moved it to Overton Square in 1982, where it's stayed put ever since — her father is said to have run one of the city's earliest Mexican cafés back in the 1930s. The "award-winning" margaritas and Mr. Bruce's Nachos are the draw. mollyslacasita.com

📍 1492 Union Ave. · 402 Perkins Ext. · 9045 Hwy. 64 · Mexican · $$

A long-running multi-location cantina — Memphis magazine's restaurant directory has tracked it for years, and regulars mention servers who've been there 16-plus years. Chicken enchiladas and the queso-topped cheesy rice are the order.

📍 2809 Kirby Rd. · 2617 Poplar Ave. · Mexican bar & grill · $$

Two East Memphis rooms built around happy hour, a 12 oz. ribeye plate and, some nights, karaoke. The Kirby location's patio is the move on a nice evening.

📍 5007 Black Rd. (near Poplar/White Station) · Mexican · $

The Memphis outpost of a small Mississippi-rooted chain (Tupelo, Oxford, New Albany, Southaven) — salsa made from scratch every morning, guacamole made to order.

📍 782 Washington Ave., Downtown · Mexican · $

A fast-casual downtown counter — build-your-own bowls, burritos and tortas, with guac earning top billing right in the name.

📍 97 S. 2nd St., Downtown · 1805 N. Germantown Pkwy., Cordova · Elvis Presley Blvd., Whitehaven · 948 Cooper St., Midtown · Mexican · $

A homegrown four-location chain (not the New England one of the same name) with a foothold Downtown, in Cordova, Whitehaven and Midtown alike. The Fiesta Margarita and loaded fajita potato are the regulars' picks.

📍 5967 Knight Arnold Rd. · Mexican (Guadalajara-style) · $

Torta-lly worth it: '70s diner booths and the city's best torta ahogada and pambazo. Facebook

📍 5393 Knight Arnold Rd. · 1323 Getwell Rd. · Honduran · $

Two more Honduran stops for grilled meats (Asados) and the flour-tortilla baleada in its natural habitat (Almas).

📍 4668 American Way · Mexican bakery · $

Conchas, bolillos and cakes on the American Way corridor. Facebook

📍 4630 American Way · Guatemalan + Mexican · $

Owner Domingo Vásquez Ramírez turned a former Pizza Hut into one of the few places in town for Guatemalan hilachas and tostadas. Facebook

📍 2945 Millbranch Rd. (also 2798 New Brunswick Rd., 6195 Macon Rd., and Bartlett) · Mexican bar & grill

The reliable neighborhood cantina with locations on three sides of town. lacocinamexicanamillbranchtn.com

📍 7935 Winchester Rd., Hickory Hill · Mexican · $

A Hickory Hill regulars' favorite with a guarded lot and a straightforward menu — tacos, enchiladas, fajitas — done well enough that fans rank it alongside Guadalupana and Maciel's.

📍 1680 Winchester Rd. · 3659 Hickory Hill Rd. · 2841 S. Perkins Rd. · Mexican · $

A three-location quick-service chain across Hickory Hill and Perkins — fast, cheap and reliable for a lunch-break taco run.

📍 5855 Winchester Rd., Hickory Hill · Mexican-Guatemalan seafood · $$

The seafood specialist on this list. Every table gets a complimentary cup of vegetable soup before the food even arrives; the whole fried red snapper and gobernador shrimp tacos are why regulars keep coming back. One diner called it "the mecca of authentic Mexican food in Memphis."

📍 8100 Macon Station #102, Cordova · Oaxacan-inspired + Southern · $$ · Tue.–Sat., closed Sun.–Mon.

Jacob and Clarissa Dries' truck-turned-restaurant (they competed on Guy's Grocery Games) with a mezcal bar and a fried chicken taco that has its own fan base. elmerotaco.com

📍 1215 S. Germantown Rd., Germantown · 6300 Poplar Ave. #115 · Mexico City-style · $$ · Mon.–Sat. 10:30–8

Founder José "Pepe" Magallanes, a Mexico City native, opened in 2002 and has been profiled by the Southern Foodways Alliance. Elote, tacos and horchata are the standards. delimexicana.com

📍 2130 Whitten Rd., Bartlett (drive-thru) · trucks around town · Germantown · Birria tacos · $

Greg Díaz's taco-truck fleet became a Memphis phenomenon on the strength of its birria tacos and consommé; it's now growing into brick-and-mortar with a Whitten Road drive-thru and a Germantown spot, and the trucks still pop up at events like GPAC's Concerts in the Grove. Instagram

📍 7887 US-64 (Stage Rd.), Bartlett · Venezuelan · $ · Open daily from 9 a.m.

Truck-turned-storefront for cachapas con queso de mano, tequeños and a picanha burger. panekafoodtruck.com

📍 1375 N. Germantown Pkwy., Cordova (truck) · Mexican · $

An Estado de México family truck since 2023, everything from scratch; the quesabirria is the draw. Yelp

📍 6337 Summer Ave., Bartlett (truck) · Salvadoran · $

Mila and her mother run the truck; pupusas plus birria tacos. Facebook

📍 1150 N. Germantown Pkwy., Cordova (trailer) · Empanadas · $

Exactly what it says, with gluten-free options. Yelp

📍 2050 W. Poplar Ave., Collierville · Jalisco-style Mexican · $

Collierville's go-to Jalisco-style taquería. Facebook

📍 Stage Rd., Bartlett (also Millington) · Mexican · $$

Locally owned, and the rare spot that grows its own chile peppers out back — ask nicely and they'll make you something off-menu. Fajitas and carne asada are the standing order.

📍 6600 Stage Rd. #106, Bartlett · Mexican · $$

Fresh, made-to-order Mexican cuisine on Bartlett's Stage Road corridor.

📍 Bartlett · Mexican · $

A Bartlett regulars' spot for queso fundido, shrimp nachos and fajitas, with catering for parties on the side.

📍 5811 Stage Rd., Bartlett · Mexican · $$

Housed in a converted house near the train tracks, and serving the Bartlett area for 20-plus years. Order the Texas Gold margarita and the chipotle mango chicken.

📍 5653 Stage Rd., Bartlett · Mexican · $

A newer, family-owned addition to Bartlett's Stage Road taco row — fresh guacamole, chorizo queso fundido and a fajita nacho platter built for sharing.

📍 2095 Merchants Row, Germantown · 1016 W. Poplar Ave. #103, Collierville · 3448 Poplar Ave. · Mexican · $$

A three-location chain spanning Germantown, Collierville and the Poplar Plaza area — handcrafted margaritas, fajitas and enchiladas in equal measure.

📍 Germantown · Mexican · $$

The upscale pick in Germantown — a salsa flight (try the Caribbean mango) sets the tone for a menu that's pricier than the rest of this list but earns it.

📍 555 Perkins Ext. · 8057 US Hwy. 64 · 3875 Hacks Cross Rd. · Mexican · $$

A Mid-South mini-chain (with sister locations in Southaven, Olive Branch and Atoka) known for its Talavera-tiled dining rooms and a shrimp enchilada plate regulars specifically drive across town for.

📍 4816 Navy Rd. · Mexican · $

The newest addition to the map: this Mississippi-based mini-chain took over the former Oriental Noodle space in 2026, bringing its signature loaded nachos and creative fajitas (BBQ Nachos, Fajita Spaghetti) alongside tacos, enchiladas, burritos and seafood. What Now Memphis

📍 7712 Highway 51 N · Mexican · $$

A Millington mainstay marking 32 years in business this year — per a reader tip; hours and specialties aren't independently confirmed yet.

📍 9200 Goodman Rd. Suite 200, Olive Branch · Mexico City street food · $

Patricia and Alfonso Molina went from truck to storefront in 2024; taquito buckets and tortas. Instagram

📍 Next to Snowden Grove, Southaven · Modern Mexican · $$

The Gómez family's Southaven location — the same crew behind A Fuego Vivo. tekilamodernmx.com

📍 8230 Camp Creek Blvd., Olive Branch · Mexican · $$

A DeSoto County favorite with a devoted following — among the highest-rated Mexican kitchens on this side of the state line.

📍 1651 Goodman Rd., Horn Lake · Mexican · $$

Horn Lake's neighborhood cantina, with chori queso — cheese sauce mixed with housemade Mexican chorizo — as the appetizer worth ordering first.

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