Chuy's Fiestas

Whenever the craving for juicy aguachile and tender quesabirria hits, our internal GPS always leads us to Chuy’s Fiestas. The menu at this Mexican spot has everything from enchiladas rojas to pozole rojo, but you should focus on the seafood. The right strategy here is to load up your table with as many dishes as can fit, eat family-style, and wash it all down with one of their massive micheladas through a tamarind straw. Each dish, from the shrimp in the molcajete mixto to the aguachile, tastes like it was personally handed to you by a fisherman straight off the boat. If you luck out and stop by here on a sunny day, snag a spot in their surprisingly big back patio. While we can’t promise it’ll make you feel at one with the sea, eating some fish outside somehow always feels like a vacation.

Food Rundown

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Aguachile

Tangy seafood done right. Be sure to ask for it to be made actually spicy (if that’s your thing).

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Tacos

The shrimp and fish tacos are the stars (just make sure you get the tilapia and not the pan-fried). The cochinita pibil is tender and is the main exception to focusing on the seafood here.

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Quesabirria

A great mix of soft meat and crispy cheese, but focus on the seafood.

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Pozole Rojo

It’s hard to make a good pozole at a restaurant. This rendition is missing some of that deep broth flavor, but it will still get the job done if you’re having a craving for this bowl of soup.