Mexican Cuisine

Ella Canta Martha Ortiz latest opening

Latest opening: Ella Canta

By Joe Lutrario

Martha Ortiz makes her international debut at the Intercontinental London Park Lane with this high concept, flamboyant and reassuringly expensive restaurant.

Opening of the week: Del 74

Opening of the week: Del 74

By Hannah Thompson

Jorge Felizardo, who co-founded Taberna Mercado with Nuno Mendes, has launched this buzzy addition to London's taco scene.

L-R James and Sam Hart and Crispin Somerville. Photo: John Carey

Corn Stars: The Hart Group on new taco restaurant El Pastor

By Joe Lutrario

Somewhere making its way across the Atlantic is a shipping container packed with three metric tonnes of corn. According to the calculator on Sam Hart’s iPhone, that should be enough to make 225,000 10cm tortillas, which should keep his soon-to-open Borough taqueria...

Mexican chef Martha Ortiz on her new London restaurant

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Mexican chef Martha Ortiz on her new London restaurant

By Stefan Chomka

The chef-patron at Dulce Patria in Mexico City – ranked number 48 on the Latin America’s 50 Best Restaurants list – will open her as yet unnamed restaurant at InterContinental London Park Lane next March. BigHospitality's sister publication Restaurant...

Wahaca to open fast-casual format

Wahaca to open fast-casual format

By Mark Wingett

Wahaca, the Mexican street food restaurant concept led by Thomasina Miers and Mark Selby, is to launch a new fast-casual format called DF/Mexico next month in London’s Spitalfields.

Business Profile: Wahaca

Business Profile: Wahaca

By Stefan Chomka

Wahaca founders Mark Selby and Thomasina Miers’ unconventional approach to business has created a burgeoning Mexican chain that’s showing no sign of slowing.

Las Iguanas

Business Profile: Las Iguanas

By Joe Lutrario

Back in 1991 Eren Ali bought a failed Italian restaurant on a Bristol back street. Two decades later, Las Iguanas is the biggest player in the South American space. 

Mexican restaurant chain Chilango to expand in 2010

Mexican restaurant chain Chilango to expand in 2010

By Emma Eversham

Chilango, the fast casual Mexican restaurant chain founded by Eric Partaker and Dan Houghton, will open two more sites outside the capital this year and is planning to open a 'handful' of central London sites