Cinco de Mayo is typically a day of eating tacos and drinking margaritas, and we know just the spots for both! Check out these local Jackson Hole cantinas for a delicious salt-rimed cocktail, tacos and a side of your favorite chips, guacamole, queso, and fresh salsa.
El Abuelito Family Mexican Restaurant is known for their jumbo margaritas. Made with fresh limes and tequila, El Abuelito serves up a mean salted-rim margarita in several flavors; traditional, raspberry, blackberry, strawberry, peach, and banana. And make sure to request a side of chips and house-made cabbage slaw (find that recipe, here).
An order of tortilla chips and house-made salsa at Hatch Taqueria and Tequilas is the perfect way to start your Cinco de Mayo. Add a side of house-made guacamole, filled with avocado, red onion, cilantro, jalapeño, and fresh lime, or queso fundido, made with Oaxacan cheese, roasted hatch chiles, and pico de gallo, and let the celebration begin. Hatch signature tacos are made gluten-free and include options like seared yellowfin, chicken tinga, cameron, carne asada, and smoked pork, and each is served with homemade red or green salsa. Voted Jackson Hole’s best margarita, Hatch offers everything from the spicy hatch, a chipotle mango margarita, a blood orange margarita, and a mezcal margarita, and if you’re looking to switch things up, try the Mexican mule, made with blue agave reposado, fresh squeezed lime juice, and ginger beer.
Head straight to the streets of Mexico with Streetfood @ the Stagecoach‘s taco menu. Choose from carne asada, al pastor, chicken tinga, fish tacos with Mexican slaw, or chipotle cream shrimp with fried habanero onions. Order a la cart for $4 a taco, or get three for $10. And for an appetizer try the loaded al pastor fries, made with house cut fries, al pastor, cheese dip, onion, cilantro, and avocado cream. Grab a margarita or cerveza of choice from the Stagecoach and take a seat at the picnic tables located just outside the restaurant.
And if you can’t decide between queso or guacamole, dive into the Twisted Cowgirl dip at The Merry Piglets Mexican Grill and get a little taste of both. The queso mixed with ground beef and topped with a scoop of guacamole and pico de gallo is sure to satisfy all your Cinco de Mayo cravings. Treat yourself to a pint, a 32 ounce Big Pig, or a pitcher of top shelf margarita, made with Camerena reposado, or a spicy jalapeño, with jalapeño infused Sauza Gold tequila. And for the calorie counters out there, you can make any margarita a skinny!
Grab a margarita on the rocks at Fiesta Mexican Restaurant and choose from a wide selection of a la cart tacos served with corn tortillas, your choice of meat, cilantro and onions, a side of radish, limes, and your choice of red or green salsa. If you’re looking for the real deal, Fiesta offers everything from asada, longaniza, and pastor, to suadero, lengua, cabeza, and campechano. Order Fiesta delivery through Jackson Gold Menus and receive $5 off your order with promo code: FIESTA.
Enjoy a pitcher of margaritas seated outdoors at Picas Mexican Taqueria. Tacos can be ordered a la carte, or as a meal served with Mexican rice and black beans. Try the grilled wahoo or the Baja style wahoo tacos, dipped in beer batter, deep fried and topped with creamy limed cabbage, chipotle salsa, fresh tomatoes, and cilantro. Or the tacos al pastor, filled with pork marinated in achiote sauce, cooked with pineapple and onion, and topped with white onion, cilantro, and tomatillo avocado salsa.
