Named after a town in Puebla, this miniature maze founded in 2000 is both a grocery store and a cafe, via proprietors Maria, Pompeyo, and Ruben Martinez, with a taco stand in front and (for now unusable) seating in the rear. Check the chalkboard for daily specials, which recently included a nice tuck-in of albondigas (meatballs), each with a boiled quail egg at its center, and a delicious potato-and-chorizo taco made with a pair of blue corn tortillas. Outdoor dining available.

Once in the back of a bar, this taqueria has established a major street presence with a colorful window dispensing antojitos with the accompaniment of Jarritos sodas, beer, and powerful mixed drinks. Perhaps more notably, Borrachito (“little drunk”) has beaten the competition by being the first to trundle out a decent birria taco, flashily made with oxtail instead of goat or chuck roast. Choice of corn or flour tortillas (pick the former) and three salsas. Outdoor dining. Order online.

This thumb-size taqueria from Roberto Escamilla offers a perspective on Mexican food from the state of Guerrero, including green chicken tamales, deep-fried flautas, and a full range of taco fillings. Neither does it neglect Mexican-American specialties, with hard-shell tacos and some invented burritos based on culinary principles of various Mexican states. Shown is the transcendent burrito stuffed with seasoned ground beef. Order online.

This East Village favorite specializes in simple versions of Mexican-American antojitos, including nachos, burritos, enchiladas, tacos, and taco salads. One thing you can get here and few other places in town is a chimichanga (shown), which is basically a deep-fried burrito. There’s no rice in its version, but lots of cheese, beans, pico, and, in this picture, chicken (other fillings available). The gritty red salsa is great, and a couple of rudimentary standing tables are provided outside. Order online.

This darkened dive bar offers tasty Mexican fare at unexpectedly low prices — in other words, a bit cheaper than you might expect given the prime location. Neither does it stint on surprising options for the area, including buche (pork stomach) and cabeza (beef head) tacos. A burrito features the dried beef machaca found in the Southwestern United States, but rare here.

This place is descended from a Queens bar with a full menu of Mexican fare, some of it unique to the state of Morelos. It’s no longer associated with the original, and the menu here is reduced, but you can still find good hand-patted antojitos like huaraches (shown) and tlacoyos, and great breakfast chilaquiles and burritos, though it doesn’t open till 11 a.m. Outdoor dining available. Order online. Note: A trailer spawned by the restaurant parks at First Avenue and 13th Street.

Right across from Tompkins Square, near the epicenter of the tumultuous East Village outdoor dining scene, this bar, via chef Alex Stupak, specializes in Mexican spirits and drinks, and offers a list of tacos centered on the namesake twirling cylinder of pineapple-marinated pork. Further options include a celebrated cheeseburger taco. All sorts of playful snacks fill out the menu, such as a corn dog with huitlacoche mustard. Outdoor dining available.

Handily morphing from an Italian bakery to a Mexican bakery and finally to a taqueria, this venerable bare-bones institution open since the early ’90s was founded and is still owned by Pueblan immigrants Olivia Marin and Manuel Marmolejo. It produces some of the most wallet-friendly eats in the EV. My favorite is the chicken enchiladas with chile guajillo sauce, but the breakfast tacos and humongous burritos are similarly compelling. Cash only. Order online.

This sprawling spot from the veteran restaurateurs behind Cookshop offers a veritable index of Mexican regional cuisines. The menu effortlessly hops from ceviches to tlacoyos to carnitas to a Oaxacan mixed-meat grill-up. Many of the antojitos, reinvented by chefs Marc Meyer, Angel Andrade, and Chester Gerl, are whipped up in an open kitchen smack dab in the middle of the restaurant. Outdoor seating available. Order online.