Mamacita’s Taqueria

Only one day left to vote for “Best of WNC” and we’d love your votes! We hope we’re your vote for “Best Burrito” and “Best Taco” and “Best Mexican” but there’s so many categories you can vote for us in, like “Favorite Restaurant downtown” or even “Favorite Restaurant” in general. If you’re a fan of our margaritas, there’s “Best Margarita”! There’s always “Favorite Lunch” spot or “Favorite Quick Meal” or vote for us for “Favorite Takeout” or “Best Value.”

🤯🤯 So many categories, it’s a bit much but we truly appreciate your votes and support and believe it or not being voted Best of WNC truly helps the business 😘😘💙

https://mountainx.com/bestofwnc/

Come try a Birria Taco and see what all the fuss is about! 😋🤤

It’s “Best of WNC” season and we’d love your votes! We hope we’re your vote for “Best Burrito” and “Best Taco” and “Best Mexican” but there’s so many categories you can vote for us in, like “Favorite Restaurant downtown” or even “Favorite Restaurant” in general. If you’re a fan of our margaritas, there’s “Best Margarita”! There’s always “Favorite Lunch” spot or “Favorite Quick Meal” or vote for us for “Favorite Takeout” or “Best Value.”

🤯🤯 So many categories, it’s a bit much but we truly appreciate your votes and support and believe it or not being voted Best of WNC truly helps the business 😘😘💙

Today At Mamacita’s, a seafood classic from El Chapo’s coastal state of Sinaloa. These cheesy shrimp and poblano chile tacos were invented by a hotel chef as a special dish for a visit from the Governor…or so the story goes. Here in North Cackalackey we gabachos affectionately refer them as Tacos Al Guvnah! They rock our socks off and hope you love them too!
Buen Provecho y’all!

Today is National Crunchy Taco Day! And we got ‘em, Come Holler and we’ll get you all crunched up.

Having a party and need some food? Holler At Yer Mama for all your catering needs and turn your party into a fiesta!

National Margarita Day crept right up on us this year! Hope you put your Paid Time Off request in cuz we've got some Margaritas that need drinking, Come Holler!

Making pineapple salsa today and we came across this… what do YOU see on this charred piece a pineapple?

Come Holler At Yer Mama for your very own Taco Bar this Sunday for the Super Bowl! PLUS, Taco Bars are all 20% off, order in advance.

And did we mention our “Greatest Of All Time 7 Layer Bean Dip” tray?!? Feed you and 15 of your buddies for $25.

Make your Super Bowl Sunday moves count and Come To Mama!

We are offering 20% off all Taco Bar packages this Sunday for the Superbowl, more info here ---> https://www.mamacitastaqueria.com/catering-inquiries

AND we have created the "Greatest Of All Time 7 Layer Bean Dip Tray" special for this occasion - enough for you and 15 of your closest friends, it will even have the Swifties dripping with envy! We're talking refried black beans, guacamole, sour cream, tomato salsa, jack cheese, pico de gallo and pickled red onions and comes with a fresh fun bag of chips, all for just $25.

Come Holler At Yer Mama for Superbowl Sunday this weekend!

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Did you know Mamas is the only place to get a Birria Taco downtown?!? Come Holler.

Come Holler At Yer Mama for lunch today!

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Mamacita’s will be closed today for a staff holiday party 🎉

And we will be closed beginning this Friday 12/22 through Christmas Day, reopening Tuesday the 26th at noon. And we’ll also be closed New Years Day!

Jimmy Magik featured in the Asheville Independent Restaurant Association email newsletter for all the magic he produces at Mamas and more:

Culture conversations, Oktoberfest feasts + Mamacita's Man of Leisure Growing up in Naples, Florida, Cultura executive chef Eric Morris’s mother didn’t teach him to cook, but she did demonstrate how to stretch a budget. A single parent with her own business as a horticulturist, she often cooked what was easy and affordable. “Pretty regularly she’d buy a whole ...

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Pumpkin Pork Carnitas Tamales coming in hot today at Mamas! 🎃🎃🔥

In honor of Willie Nelson, who is performing a highly anticipated show in AVL this evening, we Present you with our special today:

Whiskey River Kickin’ Chicken Burrito - Borracha Chicken Burrito 🌯 served with a shot of Wild Turkey for $15

It’s Soup Season!!! Yes, Soup for you! Jimmy Magik and Dulce Castillo’s Love Child Chicken Tortilla Soup is on point, delicious, nutritious, and crave-a-lish! Get on the good foot and come to Mama!

Loving this locally made sticker we just came across! 💙🌮

This could have just as easily happened here in Asheville! Take care of your tacos and watch out for hungry bears!

Mother bravely shields her son as bear leaps on picnic table to devour tacos and enchiladas A Mexican mother bravely shielded her son after a bear leapt on a picnic table and devoured the tacos and enchiladas meant for the boy’s birthday dinner, inches from his face.

In today’s Employee Spotlight we’re giving an extra special, HUGE shoutout to the man himself, James Aka Jimmy Magik!

James has been a part of Mamacitas since the very beginning, in fact before the beginning. Our owner John met him as a carpenter’s helper, he was helping to frame Mamacitas during our initial construction. He had just left Salsa’s after seven years so we knew he could cook, as Chef Diaz over there is still one of Asheville’s most creative chefs. And we began talking about our love of good food and that conversation has never ended.

Things you might not know:

He use to ride wheelies on his Harley through downtown Sylva, NC (his hometown).

He’s a good boxer and used to be a bouncer.

He use to own a record company called Ruby Records in Raleigh!

He is one of the best Dad’s ever, who tries to leave early each weekend to go fish or hunt with his son, Clifford.

He had a drink named after him.

Our hot sauce is named after him, Magik Sauce.

John named his son after Jimmy, he’s that dear and special to him. A truly amazing person!

Thank you Asheville, for voting us Best of WNC again! ❤️🌮🌯

It is hot hot hot today! Cool down with Mama for Taco Tuesday 🌮

Pork Tamales on a rainy day? Any takers?
Come to Mama!

We want to wish a very Happy Birthday to our sister in salsa, the burrito boss, our taco-tastic GM Leisa Payne!

This is Francisco, he’s part of the original Mamacitas crew from our opening year in 2004! He helped us open Taco Temple, too.

He has several nicknames: Poncho, Franco, and Squirrel 🐿️ (squirrel because he loves to snack and stashes goodies all over the place).
He is an amazing cook, some of the best cooks in the world originate from Puebla, Mexico (which is where his family hails) and he often shares his family’s recipes such as Tacos Arabes with a chipotle Coca Cola salsa and some mind blowing chile-spiked Mexican meatballs “albondigas.” Puebla is beautiful and well worth checking out on your next trip to Mexico.

Franco is a beautiful soul and we sure love having him work with us.

It’s Brisket season baby! And today we have Brisket Burritos, Come Holler At Yer Mama!