DENVER ( KDVR ) —National Taco Day is coming up in October, but Coloradans don’t need a holiday or Taco Tuesday to find some of the best Mexican food in the country.
National Taco Day falls on the first Tuesday of October — Oct. 1, according to the National Day Calendar . Yelp recently compiled a list of the best restaurants for tacos in each state , naming Tacos Aya Yay in Lafayette as the best taco spot in Colorado.
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This isn’t the first time the restaurant has been named among the best spots — Tacos Aya Yay was featured in Yelp’s list of the top 100 taco spots in the U.S. in 2022 . Plus, earlier this year, Yelp named Tacos Aya Yay, as well as Xicamiti La Taquería Bistro in Golden, among the top 25 best Mexican food restaurants in the country.
According to Yelp, chef José Pantoja and his wife Emily Martinez are from the Mexican states of Jalisco and Zacatecas. Yelp said the two have brought a “particular taco style” to their restaurant.