It’s Boom Time for Mexican Food in New York City

New York City has good Mexican food. It’s been that way for a while, notwithstanding complaints from transplants who grew up in places—looking at you, California and Texas—where it can be the default cuisine.

For a couple of decades, the city’s best Mexican restaurants have been far flung and under the radar: spots you might know only if you lived in, or were familiar with, more remote parts of Queens and Brooklyn. Word-of-mouth recommendations from friends could help, as could the rise in culinary roundups on the internet.