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🍴 Dish · Barbacoa

Best places for
barbacoa in Long Island & Queens.

Taco Island Mexican Cantina in St James tops the list. Every place in Long Island & Queens where reviewers actually named the barbacoa, ordered by the restaurant’s Sweet Score. To be clear: the number rates the place, not the dish — we can tell you who serves it and who’s well regarded, not which one makes it best.

4 scored · 13 mention it · 12 towns

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1Rank

Taco Island Mexican CantinaTop 10%

St James · Mexican · $

Top 10% of everywhere we track, on 157 ratings.

94Sweet Score
2Rank

Barbacoa Artisanal Burger HouseTop 25%

Cedarhurst · American · $$$

Sits in the upper quarter of everything we cover.

89Sweet Score
3Rank

Park Avenue GrillTop 25%

Amityville · American · $$

Rated above the Amityville median of 63.

87Sweet Score
4Rank

Guac Shop Mexican GrillLocal favorite

Garden City · Mexican

Well thought of in Garden City — 670 ratings.

55Sweet Score
5Rank

Oceanside brunch

Oceanside · Diner · $$

On the map in Oceanside.

No score yet
6Rank

Moe's Southwest Grill

Greenvale · Mexican · $

Mexican in Greenvale · 638 people have rated it.

No score yet
7Rank

Barito Tacos & Cocktails

Port Jefferson · Mexican · $$

Mexican in Port Jefferson.

No score yet
8Rank

Blue Tortilla Fresh Mexican Grille

Selden · Mexican

Mexican in Selden.

No score yet
9Rank

Bad Boy Burrito

Long Beach · Mexican · $

On the map in Long Beach.

No score yet
10Rank

Chipotle Mexican Grill

Deer Park · Mexican

Mexican in Deer Park · 1,073 people have rated it.

No score yet
11Rank

Chipotle Mexican Grill

Hicksville · Mexican

Mexican in Hicksville.

No score yet
12Rank

Chipotle Mexican Grill

Wantagh · Mexican

Mexican in Wantagh · 407 people have rated it.

No score yet
13Rank

Tulum Tacos & Tequila

Long Beach · Mexican · $$

Mexican in Long Beach · 10 people have rated it.

No score yet

That’s all 13 of them ✦

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