West London institution Taqueria is getting a full reboot
After 20 years on Westbourne Grove, the restaurant will close on 23rd February and reopen on Tues 3rd March as TAQ, with a new identity and an entirely new menu led by chef Eduardo Yishima and backed by Jackson Boxer.
Taqueria was one of London’s early Mexican restaurants, but while the city’s taco scene has levelled up fast, the menu here has largely stayed the same. Boxer – who previously helped relaunch his nearby restaurant Orasay as Dove – has stepped in to help it find its feet again, bringing Yishima on as Culinary Director. Yishima has cooked across Mexico and London, helped develop the menu at CDMX Tacos, and worked as sous chef at Side Hustle at The NoMad. The existing team, including chef Elias Marin and managers Milton Vazquez and Natalia Patino, are staying put.
Expect tacos, tostadas and quesadillas, plus a blackboard of specials including a fish torta inspired by Boxer’s old fish bun snack at Orasay, and a taco take on the Dove cheeseburger: the same secret blend of dry-aged beef but made in a thinner smashed style, basted in smoked beef fat, and finished with Red Leicester, fried onions and pickled jalapeno chillies on a freshly toasted corn tortilla.
On the main menu you’ll find tacos like tempura fish with macha mayo and grilled chuck steak with beef fat and matchstick fries; tostadas topped with tuna, guac and macha mayo or chicken with frijoles, green mole and sesame; and quesadillas stuffed with carnitas, mushroom or chorizo.
Drinks-wise, it’s straight to the point: £10 classic margaritas, plus palomas and mezcalitas, Mexican lagers and micheladas, and a short wine list designed for drinking, not overthinking.
AND if you’d been paying attention to Mr Boxer’s IG you’d have seen a snippet of a new restaurant to come in the Clerkenwell area….
Key Information
Opening date | Tues 3rd March 2026
Address | 141–145 Westbourne Grove, W11 2RR
For more information | @taq.london
