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Best of Delaware

Palacio Maya Mexican Restaurant

Categories
  • Food and Drink
  • 2010: Best Mexican Restaurant 2008: Best Mexican Restaurant

Essential Information

7288 Lancaster Pike
Suite 2B
Hockessin, DE

302-239-5590

Palacio Maya belongs to the La Tonalteca family, but it seems more like an interesting cousin than a sister restaurant. This is authentic Mexican dining with an upscale feel. The menu includes staples such as chile relleño and chimichangas, but on it also offers dishes such as pescado a la Veracruzana: a catfish fillet covered with a sauce of Caribbean chiles, onions, tomatoes, capers and Spanish olives, all served with rice and avocado. The margaritas are unsurpassed.

From 2008:

With wrought-iron chandeliers, cushy booths, white tablecloths and attentive service, Palacio Maya Mexican Restaurant is downright fancy for a Mexican place. Palacio Maya is a member of the La Tonalteca family, but its menu is best described as uptown instead of homestyle Mexican. Take, for instance, the tacos de cochinita pibil: Yucatan-style tacos of pork shoulder marinated in achiote, secret spices and the juice of sour oranges, baked in banana leaves, then topped with pickled red onions and served on soft corn tortillas. Don’t let the upscale approach intimidate you. It’s still a fun place for the family to experience the various regions of Mexico.

Additional Information

Best of Delaware History:

2010 Best Mexican Restaurant, Upstate, Critics
2008 Best Mexican Restaurant, Upstate, Critics

From the Delaware Today Archive: http://www.delawaretoday.com/Delaware...