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This year’s Best Mexican is an ace up the sleeve, for sure. If you don’t know El Rancho Grande, you should. It’s in the Cascade Village Shopping Center across from the water fountain. You can’t miss it because there’s a giant bucking bull out front. That’s Diablo, their mascot. The dining room is lined with big comfy booths, the bar is equipped with a handful of TVs, and the patio makes for good spectating. Besides the fun environment and the fast and super friendly service, the food is good – and you won’t go hungry because the portions are not small. Don’t expect to spend a fortune, either. With two happy hours every day, 2:30 to 6 pm and 8:30 pm to close, and their “Amigos Club,” you definitely get your money’s worth. The menu is loaded with options, including combos, so you can literally get everything. Half of the cocktail list is dedicated to the margaritas alone, and the beer list includes both local and Mexican imports. No wonder this underdog came outta nowhere for the win this year.

El Rancho Grande Mexican Restaurant & Cantina

63455 North Highway 97, Bend

541312-2022

dinewithdiablo.com

2nd Place: Hola! Nouveau Mexican-Peruvian Cuisine

This article appears in Best of Central Oregon 2016.

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Best Mexican

by Dana Bartus, The Source - Bend, Oregon
August 10, 2016

<h1>Best Mexican</h1> <p class="byline">by Dana Bartus, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />August 10, 2016</p> <p>This year's Best Mexican is an ace up the sleeve, for sure. If you don't know <a href="http://www.dinewithdiablo.com/">El Rancho Grande</a>, you should. It's in the Cascade Village Shopping Center across from the water fountain. You can't miss it because there's a giant bucking bull out front. That's Diablo, their mascot. The dining room is lined with big comfy booths, the bar is equipped with a handful of TVs, and the patio makes for good spectating. Besides the fun environment and the fast and super friendly service, the food is good &ndash; and you won't go hungry because the portions are not small. Don't expect to spend a fortune, either. With two happy hours every day, 2:30 to 6 pm and 8:30 pm to close, and their "Amigos Club," you definitely get your money's worth. The menu is loaded with options, including combos, so you can literally get everything. Half of the cocktail list is dedicated to the margaritas alone, and the beer list includes both local and Mexican imports. No wonder this underdog came outta nowhere for the win this year.</p> <p> <b></p> <p>El Rancho Grande Mexican &#010;Restaurant &amp; Cantina&#010;</p> <p></b></p> <p>63455 North Highway 97,&nbsp;Bend</p> <p>541312-2022</p> <p><a href="http://dinewithdiablo.com" target="_blank">dinewithdiablo.com</a></p> <p> <b></p> <p><h2>2nd Place: <a href="http://www.holabend.com/">Hola! Nouveau Mexican-Peruvian Cuisine</a></h2> </p> <p></b></p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/bestof/best-mexican-2747001/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=38753&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/bestof/best-mexican-2747001/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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