Trends · data through September 2026

Mexican Restaurants & Taquerias in Colorado

Iceflower tracks 1,331 stores from 1,026 Mexican restaurants & taquerias in Colorado. El Tapatio grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Santiago's Mexican Restaurant and Cochino Taco.

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked chains
1,026
Tracked stores
1,331
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked Mexican restaurants & taquerias

Ranked by year-over-year growth of share of tracked local spend. Arrows show movement in the rankings since last year. Each dot in the chart is one tracked chain: bigger market position to the right, faster growth higher up, more tracked stores in a bigger dot. Colors match the store map below. El Tapatio and Santiago's Mexican Restaurant sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 E El Tapatio ▲5 +19.9%
2 S Santiago's Mexican Restaurant logo Santiago's Mexican Restaurant - +17.7%
3 C Cochino Taco ▲4 +16.3%
4 T Tacos El Metate ▲6 +15.5%
5 T Tequila's Family Mexican Restaurant ▲5 +12.9%
6 M Mi Mexico - +2.4%
7 G Guadalajara Family Mexican Restaurant ▲1 +1.5%
8 3 3 Margaritas logo 3 Margaritas - +1.1%
9 H Hacienda Real ▲3 +0.2%
10 A Adolfo's Mexican Food - -0.0%
11 R Rio Grande Mexican Restaurant logo Rio Grande Mexican Restaurant ▲1 -0.4%
12 L Los Dos Potrillos - -2.1%
13 G Gomez Burritos ▼1 -4.1%
14 L Las Tortugas logo Las Tortugas ▲1 -5.3%
15 T Tacos Selene ▲1 -5.3%
  • Santiago's Mexican Restaurant
  • 3 Margaritas
  • Los Dos Potrillos
  • Cafe Mexicali
  • The Original Chubby's
  • Teocalli Cocina
  • El Tapatio
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

1,331 tracked store locations in Colorado. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Santiago's Mexican Restaurant (31)
  • 3 Margaritas (13)
  • Los Dos Potrillos (5)
  • Cafe Mexicali (5)
  • The Original Chubby's (3)
  • Teocalli Cocina (3)
  • El Tapatio (9)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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