Taco María

Taco María is a restaurant brand opened by Chef Carlos Salgado in 2013 in Costa Mesa, California. It describes its cuisine as Alta California cuisine, a mezcla of Mexican and American cultures, and its name honors the María in every mother, daughter, tía, and abuelita in the founder's family. After ten years, Taco María closed its original Costa Mesa location at the end of July 2023, stating it had outgrown the original space and was planning its next chapter. The restaurant received recognition including a Michelin Star in 2023, 2022, 2021, and 2019, and James Beard nominations for Best Chef: California.

Chef Carlos Salgado opened Taco María in 2013, making a decision to honor his family's culture and hard work by making Mexican-inspired food with a reverence for its provenance, using the best ingredients available and techniques and values he learned in Michelin-starred restaurants. The restaurant opened to questions, most often about why a taco should cost more than a dollar or what place a prix fixe menu had in a Mexican restaurant, but a couple of months into that first year it became clear that Taco María was at the forefront of a larger movement of young Mexican chefs. After ten years, Taco María closed its original Costa Mesa, California, location at the end of July 2023, having outgrown the original space and reaching the end of its lease; the restaurant stated it was planning for the next chapter.

A modern Mexican-American restaurant at the forefront of a movement of young Mexican chefs; its cuisine is described as Alta California cuisine.

Product categories. Mexican-inspired food · tacos · prix fixe menu · tortillas

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