Assembly Food Hall, the massive dining destination at the downtown Fifth + Broadway development, just added a new-to-Tennessee Mexican taqueria. Chilangos, a Texas-based concept from chef Joel Mendoza, opens Friday.
Chilangos first opened in Texas but has its roots in Mexico City — the word “chilango” is itself slang for a Mexico City resident. Mendoza worked in acclaimed restaurants there, including Pujol and L’Olivier, before opening his own taqueria stateside in 2020.
The menu brings a wide selection of street-style tacos, including the Birria taco made with a Mendoza family recipe. In it, tortillas are drenched in birria — a hearty Mexican stew — piled with meat and cheese and finally drenched in the birria a final time before serving.
Other offerings include barbacoa tacos, spit-grilled meat and scratch-made salsas.
Chilangos joins 21 restaurants already open at the Fifth + Broadway food hall, over two-thirds of which are Nashville- and Middle Tennessee-based concepts. They are:
- Chilangos
- Coco’s Café & Dulce*
- Coco’s Fresh Italian*
- Cotton & Snow*
- DeSano Pizzeria
- Donut Distillery*
- Hattie Jane’s Creamery*
- Hōru Sushi Kitchen
- Istanbul Shawarma*
- The Liege Waffle Co.*
- NoBaked Cookie Dough*
- Oke Poké
- Pharmacy Burger*
- Pharmacy Wurst*
- Philly Special
- Prince’s Hot Chicken*
- Saffron*
- Smokin Chikin*
- Steam Boys*
- Thai Esane*
- Velvet Taco
- Whisk Crepes Café
* Middle Tennessee-based concept
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Assembly Food Hall
Fifth + Broadway, 5055 Broadway, Nashville, TN 37203; 615-800-5395; assemblyfoodhall.com
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