Best Tacos - Sonora Grill - 2013 Best of MN

Mexican immigrants Alejandro Castillon and Conrado Badilla are living the American dream. Ten years after moving north to Minnesota, the two lifelong friends are making the Midtown Global Market a major taco destination with their Sonora Grill. This scratch kitchen leaves nothing to others, starting with perfect tortillas and filling them with eye-rollingly tender braised pork, brazenly spicy red tempura shrimp, gently fried tilapia and slow-roasted, mouth-melting beef tongue. The toppings are tops in their class, too: jazzy pickled red onions, a coolly composed salsa verde, roasted red peppers, crisp cabbage and a richly nuanced chimichurri sauce. All that, for just $2.50. 920 E. Lake St., Mpls.; 612-871-1900, facebook.com/SonoraGrill