Trends · data through September 2026

Mexican Restaurants & Taquerias in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

Iceflower tracks 285 stores from 232 Mexican restaurants & taquerias in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI. Taco Libre grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Hamburguesas El Gordo and El Loro.

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
232
Tracked stores
285
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. Taco Libre and Hamburguesas El Gordo sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 T Taco Libre ▲1 +14.6%
2 H Hamburguesas El Gordo ▲1 +8.6%
3 E El Loro ▼1 +4.9%
4 L Lago Tacos ▲1 -0.1%
5 E El Loro Mexican Restaurant ▲2 -1.1%
6 Z Zantigo logo Zantigo ▲1 -5.3%
7 A Acapulco Mexican Restaurant logo Acapulco Mexican Restaurant - -6.2%
8 B Barrio ▲1 -8.2%
9 E El Super Taco - -8.8%
10 T Teresa's Mexican Restaurant ▼6 -93.1%
  • Acapulco Mexican Restaurant
  • Taco Libre
  • El Loro
  • El Burrito Mercado
  • Centro
  • Lago Tacos
  • Don Julio
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

285 tracked store locations in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Acapulco Mexican Restaurant (6)
  • Taco Libre (5)
  • El Loro (5)
  • El Burrito Mercado (2)
  • Centro (2)
  • Lago Tacos (3)
  • Don Julio (2)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 E El Loro Mexican Restaurant 6
  • 2 A Acapulco Mexican Restaurant logo Acapulco Mexican Restaurant 6
  • 3 T Teresa's Mexican Restaurant 5
  • 4 E El Loro 5
  • 5 T Taco Libre 5
  • 6 H Hamburguesas El Gordo 3
  • 7 L Lago Tacos 3
  • 8 T Taqueria La Hacienda 3
  • 9 B Barrio 3
  • 10 Z Zantigo logo Zantigo 3
  • 11 E El Super Taco 3
  • 12 C Cielito Lindo 2
  • 13 T Taqueria El Primo 2
  • 14 M Maya Cuisine logo Maya Cuisine 2
  • 15 R Rancho Grande 2
  • 16 H Hermanos Locos Tacos 2
  • 17 F Fiesta Cancun 2
  • 18 P PURALIMA Cantina 2
  • 19 E El Camino Gourmet Tacos 2
  • 20 L La Loma Tamales 2
  • 21 E El Burrito Mercado 2
  • 22 C Centro 2
  • 23 D Don Julio 2
  • 24 P Pineda Tacos 2
  • 25 P Pajarito 2
  • 26 E El Parian 2
  • 27 L Las Margaritas Mexican Restaurant 2
  • 28 L La Casita Mexican Restaurant 2
  • 29 L La Poblanita 1
  • 30 E El Tequila Mexican Restaurant 1
  • 31 M Masa & Agave Cantina 1
  • 32 D Don Papi Chulo 1
  • 33 R Red Luna Taco Factory 1
  • 34 L Los Ocampo logo Los Ocampo 1
  • 35 B Bugambilias Cocina Latina 1
  • 36 L La Cocina de Ana 1
  • 37 R Rincon Mexicano 1
  • 38 L Los Portales Bar & Grill 1
  • 39 T Taqueria los Pachos 1
  • 40 T Taqueria Hidalgo 1
  • 41 E El Charrito 1
  • 42 A Antojitos La Mexicana 1
  • 43 D Delicias Tacos 1
  • 44 J Jalapeno Mexican Grill 1
  • 45 E El Nuevo Mariachi 1
  • 46 T Taco N Madre Taqueria Y Cevicheria 1
  • 47 M Mi Pueblo 1
  • 48 A Arizona Taco Co. 1
  • 49 P Palmar Mexican Restaurant 1
  • 50 B Burrito Corner 1

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