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Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in LEO Weekly. Updated September 2026.
El Mundo · Highlands
Open since 1995. The kitchen now runs solely out of the Bardstown Road room, having closed its original Frankfort Avenue location, and the menu still leans on grilled fish, chile rellenos and a margarita list ordered by the pitcher. Small room, long wait on a weekend.
Guaca Mole Modern Mexican · Ormsby Station
Opened in 2012 by the restaurateurs behind Havana Rumba. Guacamole is mashed to order in the molcajete, and the elotes callejeros come straight off the grill with lime and cotija. The room sits out at Ormsby Station and draws a suburban crowd that keeps the patio full through the summer.
La Suerte Louisville · Highlands
A Bardstown Road bar and restaurant with crossover cooking, where tacos and sushi share a menu without either feeling like an afterthought. Brunch is the draw: huevos rancheros, and chorizo gravy poured over biscuits. Later in the evening the room turns back into a bar, and the kitchen keeps going right along with it.
Gustavo's Mexican Grill, Hurstbourne
A locally owned kitchen with several rooms around the metro. The Hurstbourne Parkway location is the Louisville flagship, serving fajitas, molcajete plates and enchiladas to a steady weeknight crowd. Portions run large, and the salsa comes hot without anyone having to ask.