Trends · data through September 2026

Mexican Restaurants & Taquerias in Washington

Iceflower tracks 1,206 stores from 970 Mexican restaurants & taquerias in Washington. El Antojo grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Tacos Tecalitlan and Ixtapa.

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
970
Tracked stores
1,206
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 Antojo and Tacos Tecalitlan sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 E El Antojo ▲7 +18.9%
2 T Tacos Tecalitlan ▲5 +18.1%
3 I Ixtapa ▲4 +12.8%
4 E El Rinconsito ▲4 +12.3%
5 I Inca Mexican Restaurant ▲2 +12.1%
6 A Atilano's Mexican Food logo Atilano's Mexican Food ▲5 +11.9%
7 S Santa Fe Mexican Grill ▲5 +11.6%
8 T Taqueria El Rinconsito - +7.1%
9 M Muchas Gracias Mexican Food logo Muchas Gracias Mexican Food - +6.3%
10 T Taqueria El Sabor ▲4 +5.9%
11 P Playa Bonita ▲1 +5.5%
12 M Mazatlan Mexican Restaurant ▲2 +5.2%
13 T Taqueria La Bamba ▲3 +4.8%
14 E El Sombrero ▲3 +4.4%
15 T Tacos El Rey ▲1 +3.8%
  • Puerto Vallarta
  • Moctezuma's Mexican Restaurant & Tequila Bar
  • Taqueria El Rinconsito
  • Cactus
  • Muchas Gracias Mexican Food
  • El Toro Mexican Restaurant
  • Mezcalitos Mexican Restaurant
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

1,206 tracked store locations in Washington. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Puerto Vallarta (9)
  • Moctezuma's Mexican Restaurant & Tequila Bar (3)
  • Taqueria El Rinconsito (13)
  • Cactus (3)
  • Muchas Gracias Mexican Food (3)
  • El Toro Mexican Restaurant (2)
  • Mezcalitos Mexican Restaurant (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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