Best taco in Denver 2024: Venalonzo’s wins taco tournament | Food, Dining & Beer [Video]

After more than a month of competition involving 32 competitors, Centennial-based restaurant Venalonzo’s (6830 South Yosemite Street) has been named as having the Best Taco in Denver, emerging as Denver Gazette readers’ favorite in the inaugural 2024 Denver Taco Tournament.

“We make authentic Mexican food. It’s homemade. My brother and I wake up early and start cooking every day,” Venalonzo’s owner Nati Venalonzo told Colorado and Company last fall. “Hopefully everybody can come and check into us and thank you for coming.”

It’s perhaps unsurprising for a restaurant which billed itself as having “the best tacos in town” on their website prior to the competition. Venalonzo’s had also previously been named as one of Yelp’s Top 100 places to eat in the Southwest U.S.A.

Venalonzo’s has also proudly hosted political and restaurant industry figures including Colorado Governor Jared Polis, Colorado State Senator Tom Sullivan, Denver’s Consulate of Mexico, Colorado’s Hispanic Restaurant Association, …