Readers have chosen Bellingham’s favorite taco restaurant. Here are the bracket results
After starting with a field of 16 restaurants and going through four rounds of voting, the Herald has an answer to the question it has been asking for the past month: What is Bellingham’s favorite place to grab a taco?
With a tight championship round victory, it’s finally time to announce the winner:
Bellingham’s favorite taco restaurant
Mi Rancho Meat Market
3092 Northwest Ave., Bellingham
What to know: Mi Rancho Meat Market is open seven days a week and operates primarily as a butcher shop specializing in authentic cuts of meat and Mexican ingredients.
Everything is made fresh, including the chips and salsa, which are served as you sit down. Not only was Mi Rancho Meat Market voted the best tacos, but it also features some of the cheapest. The restaurant’s traditional street tacos costs just $1 per taco and is served in a fresh corn tortilla with your choice of meat and a garnishing of onions and cilantro.
The three meat options are carne asada (marinated, thinly sliced beef), al pastor (pork marinated with pineapple) or chicken.
The Runner-up
Taco Lobo
117 W. Magnolia St., Bellingham
What to know: Taco Lobo is open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday through Saturday. Most tacos cost $3.25, but there is a wide variety to choose from, including chicken, pork, carne asada, veggie, and chorizo. You can also order Lengua (beef tongue) tacos for $4.50 each.
Rated four stars on Yelp, Taco Lobo’s owner also boasts about the restaurant’s “made-from-scratch sauces, tamales and tortillas, surrounded by lively art and big picture window views that look out into the heart of downtown.”
Bellingham’s other favorite tacos
Although only one restaurant could win, the bracket started with 32 restaurants, taquerias and taco trucks.
Check out the results of the previous rounds below and see if any other local favorites pique your interest:
This story was originally published January 12, 2023 at 5:00 AM.
