Milpa — Restaurant in Spring Valley

Best chilaquiles I've had anywhere, and that includes both Northern Mexico and central Mexico City area. Salsa verde was very flavorful and fairly spicy compared to most Mexican restaurants that serve salsa verde which usually has almost no heat to it, chips were very fresh tasting like they were just fried prior to making this dish, barbacoa meat was very juicy and tender cooked and seasoned to perfection, there was a good amount of cheese where I got at least a little gooey warm cheese in every bite, extremely thin sliced red onions for garnish as well as chopped cilantro were very fresh and crisp adding great flavor, color, and textural variance to the dish, and 2 sunny side up eggs were perfectly cooked with very bright yellow/orange yolks which had a lot more flavor than "normal grocery store eggs" indicating the eggs they used were higher quality and not the normal mass-produced pale yellow yolks you see at every chain grocery store in the U.S. Even the presentation of the dish on the plate/bowl looked like it was perfectly arranged and prepared to take photos for a food magazine so their attention to detail is amazing as well. At only $12.50 I'd rate this as a very good deal because of how high quality all the ingredients were and how perfectly every part of the dish was prepared and seasoned. I highly recommend this place and I will be returning many more times to try every item on the menu over the next...

Founded in early 2021 Milpa has come a long way since it took over the former Elia space at 4226 South Durango Drive, Chef DJ Flores’ embrace of traditional techniques with an eye towards health-conscious cooking earning a James Beard Award semi-finalist nod in 2024.

Open daily for Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner with an odd location in the lot of a Strip-mall, easily missed despite the fact that Chef Flores is cooking some of the best contemporary Mexican Cuisine in Sin City, guests will find the interior quaint while service is both efficient and charming.

Recently forming Nivel Hospitality Group with Aaron Cappello, their bar called Nocturno earning positive reviews in the Arts District, Milpa remains part Molino and part sit-down Café with stone-ground housemade Tortillas and slowly-braised Meats a point of pride.

Simple in signage, Milpa Mexican Cafe in yellow over the door, most Entrees hover in the $15-20 range with both Barbacoa and Beef Birria with Consomme showing the sort of depth one might expect of a Vegas native with skills developed under thinkfoodgroup and Too Hot Tamales before staging at Quintonil in Mexico City.

Achieving the rare trifecta of healthy, affordable and delicious, all while utilizing time honored techniques plus many local Ingredients, handmade Tortillas are medium-thick, soft and with the perfect amount of flex while Corn Esquites paired to Chips channel Elotes minus all...

All you need is one visit, and you're hooked.

This is a very casual place that has exceptional food. Perhaps it's because the chef was runner-up of the 2023 James Beard Award. That's right, this place is another Vegas best kept secret.

We had almost every taco on their menu, and all of them were incredible, full of flavor, and their homemade corn tortillas were delicious. I managed to have a favorite, Birria Queso Taco...yummy

We loved it so much that we returned the next morning for breakfast. It did not disappoint.

My wife and I ordered the same thing. The Huevos Rancheros was the best I ever had. We ordered a side of braised beef as well. Their Oxacan Choco Latte (housemade real Mexican chocolate) was amazing.

Overall, this place was amazing. The menu is small and simple but not at all lacking simplicity with their flavor and tortillas. Everything is housemade, and TJ was very nice. There should be a line around the building for their original and tasty food. There is a reason why they were a runner-up in the James Beard Award, but I would have made them the winner. #taco #Mexicanfood #Vegas #foodie @jamesbeardaward...