Villa Y Zapata

Seriously, if someone wanted to find me, they'd have pretty dang good odds starting here. Weekly regulars, I've literally been coming here my whole life. Even when I was in college, whenever I'd visit home this was a must stop. The Verde sauce is great, the enchiladas are super awesome and have authentic sauces, honestly I could eat the taquitos every day. My favorite entres are the guisado de peurco, (that yummy verde!!) and the tinga poblana, which is a chipotle pepper seasoned dish with tons of filling ingredients. Easily make 2 meals of it. Don't be turned off by the neighborhood, the place has its own fenced lot. Just look for the Mexican flag building and do yourself a solid the next time you want good Mexican.

Best Mole in Cleveland. You can taste that it was fresh and made right. My gf searched high and low for months to find an authentic Mexican restaurant with mole and this is the real deal. Support your local businesses. We’re making this our regular place and you should too! Don’t lean too much into the bad reviews, they also review McDonald’s and Taco Bell…

Villa y Zapata is the first restaurant I remember going to when I was 2. That was 41 years ago. The food still has the perfect balance of heat and flavor and is served fast by a courteous staff. I only stop in once a year or so as it isn't super local but it is always a good meal at an acceptable price.

So pleased with this place! We kind of just fell into it on Cinco De Mayo (because Blue Habenero screwed me over, don’t ever go there, I’m so annoyed with them) but at this place we sat down within 5 minutes! They were very friendly. The food service was a little slow because they were slammed, but the chips and margaritas were plentiful so the wait was no problem. And the food was hot and wonderful! We’ll definitely be back here.