Los Dos Potrillos joins Denver's booming Mexican food scene
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Denver's lengthy list of Mexican restaurants just got a little longer.
The latest: Los Dos Potrillos — a family-owned, homegrown chain known for its massive menu, many margaritas and house-brewed beers — recently opened its first-ever location in Denver proper, taking over the former Hacienda space on South Colorado Boulevard.
State of play: The newly renovated 8,000-square-foot spot marks a return home for the Ramirez family, who opened the first Los Dos in Centennial in 2002 but originally hail from Denver.
What they're saying: "It's a full-circle moment to come back" to Denver and "be able to serve the community," CEO Daniel Ramirez, son of founder Jose Ramirez, told Denver7.
Dig in: The molcajete ($30) is the menu's showstopper — a bubbling volcanic rock bowl brimming with grilled chicken, steak, pork, shrimp, onions and cactus leaves.
- If you're feeling festive (or reckless), try the margarita tree ($70), a tower of four house-favorite margs practically made for social media.
The big picture: As of March 2023, Denver County had more than 350 Mexican restaurants, per a Pew Research Center analysis of data from SafeGraph.
- That's roughly five per 10,000 people — and growing.
The big picture: Los Dos joins a booming Mexican dining scene in Denver — from old-school taquerias to buzzy mezcalerías — proving there can never be too many tacos.