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Is Antonio's The Taste of Mexico Still Open? (Taos, NM)

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 36 Taos, New Mexico

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Antonio's The Taste of Mexico is open — confirmed via taosnews.com, February 2026.

What the source shows: The Taos News reported in February 2026 that the owners opened a second 'North' location in El Prado while the original south-side restaurant continued operating; an initial Google Places match points to the newer North location rather than the original. How we decide a status →

What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

On Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives episode 'Not-Your-Everyday, All Day' (aired 2022-11-11), the show featured Antonio's The Taste of Mexico, a family-run Mexican restaurant that has operated on Taos, New Mexico's south side since 2017. According to the Taos News, in February 2026 co-owners Antonio and Sarah Matus opened a second location, Antonio's The Taste of Mexico North, in El Prado, in a space previously occupied by Shorty's Taqueria; the expansion involved Francois Bouyra, a French national with consumer-industry experience in Mexico. The original south-side restaurant, at 1379 Paseo del Pueblo Sur, continued operating alongside the new location.

The business's own website, carrying a 2026 copyright, included a working online-ordering system when checked in September 2026, and Google Places listed a business under this name as operational the same month. No news coverage or listing changes describing a closure, rename, or relocation of the original restaurant were found.

The episode Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 36

Episode 6
Aired
Title: Not-Your-Everyday, All Day · What was featured: Mexican family-recipe restaurant, since expanded to a second location
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Sources we checked 3 references

  1. taosnews.com https://www.taosnews.com/news/business/antonios-brings-taste-of-mexico-to-el-prado/article_2a25bf56-305a-5800-9fa6-1f0f56c8b661.html
  2. antoniosthetaste.com https://antoniosthetaste.com/
  3. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/antonios-the-taste-of-mexico-taos-2
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Record ddd-1359 · checked by Cal Marchetti.