Whether you’re planning a feast tonight or eating nothing but the worm, it’s about time to start the Cinco de Mayo festivities, and hitting Cabrito’s pop-up beach bar is far from your only option. Here now, our overstuffed torta of recommendations.
• Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with Flan Custard at the Shake Shack [Blondie and Brownie]
• AlwaysHungry’s Mexican Food Favorites [AlwaysPartying]
• Serious Eats’s Mexican Food Favorites [Serious Eats]
• Six Takeout Taquerias [Metromix]
• A funny song about guacamole [Serious Eats]
• Cinco de Mayo destinations with numbers next to them [Feast]
• A Taco Tour of Sunset Park [Serious Eats]
• A Foosball tournament! [Refinery29]
• Guest of a Guest rattles off the names of some Mexican restaurants. [GoaG]
• A new enchilada spot, Vamos al Tequila, is opening in Greenpoint in about ten days. [New York Shitty]
• Free beers and margaritas [89th and Broke]
• A margarita recipe from Milagro’s tequila ambassador. [BlackBook]
• Go!Go! Curry offers $5 curry and hosts an eating competition. [Midtown Lunch]
• A dozen specials, plus Guactacular 2010 [Wined and Dined]
• Another dozen-plus options, including three pub crawls [Zagat Buzz]
• The most extensive (and frattiest) list out there [MurphGuide]
• Gothamist throws out several recommendations [Gothamist]
• Top ten taco trucks [NYDN]
• Pinche Taqueria’s fish tacos are better than a fast-food chain’s. (Well, that’s settled!) [Fork in the Road/VV]
• Specials, mapped [Eater NY]
• Brooklyn options, including a “wrestling party” and guac-off [Brokelyn]
• Ivy Stark’s guacamole recipe [Serious Eats]