Cabo
With a menu boasting "Mix-Mex" grill, Cabo offers dishes featuring Yucatan and Southwestern spices. Fajitas, sandwiches and tacos are all offered with grilled shrimp, beef or chicken. Cabo "favorite" dishes include grilled mahi-mahi and yellowfin tuna. Kids meal offerings include chicken fingers and cheese quesadillas.
Cabo
419 Travis St.
Houston, TX 77002
713-225-2060
cabomixmex.com
Guadalajara Del Centro
An upscale Mexican restaurant, Guadalajara Del Centro offers an extensive menu featuring atypical Mexican cuisine, including dishes with chilean sea bass, tilapia and salmon. It is known for its enchilada marisco, a seafood enchilada topped with lump crab meat and an avocado cream sauce. One of its most popular dishes is fried green tamales. While most Mexican restaurants are known for their margaritas, the mojitos are the drink to try here.
Guadalajara Del Centro
1201 San Jacinto (Space 141)
Houston, TX 77002
713-650-0101
guadalajarahacienda.com/locations/downtown
Ninfa's
Great food and great service is what your friends will likely say after you take them to Ninfa's on Navigation. This "Original Ninfa's"--others have opened throughout the state--is an unparalleled classic Mexican restaurant in downtown Houston. "Mama" Ninfa Laurenzo started the restaurant in 1973, taking traditional Mexican food and turning it into creative Tex-Mex dishes, including her now-famous skirt steak fajitas. The menu offers fresh Gulf of Mexico seafood, including red snapper and jumbo shrimp. On a balmy night, it's especially nice to sit on the outdoor deck and enjoy a Ninfarita (margarita).
Ninfa's
2704 Navigation Blvd.
Houston, TX 77003
713-228-1175
mamaninfas.com
Article Written By Ann Oldenburg
Based in the Washington, D.C. area, Ann Oldenburg has been a reporter/editor/author since 1990. She has written for publications including "The Washington Post," "USA TODAY" and "TV Guide." She has a Bachelor of Arts in journalism from the University of Florida.
