The Original Lindo Michoacan
Mexican restaurant · East Side
2655 E Desert Inn Rd, Las Vegas, NV 89121
Highlights
Regional Mexican cuisine & a long list of tequilas.
Regional Mexican cuisine & a long list of tequilas.
"With three decades of serving Las Vegas, Lindo Michoacan serves Mexican comfort foods such as goat burritos, nopalitos cactus, and chile Colorado, as well as carnitas marinated in oranges and spices, then slow-cooked. And the bar serves a mean margarita. Also located in Summerlin and Henderson." - Janna Karel
"The family-owned Original Lindo Michoácan restaurant opened in 1990 and has secured its place as a favorite among locals even as the chain has now grown to four Las Vegas locations." - Janna Karel
"Javier Barajas learned to cook when his grandparents, Timoteo and Ninfa, sent him to study at the seminary in Michoacan. There, he learned to cook from the nuns. In 1990, he opened his first Mexican restaurant, named for the beautiful state in Mexico. Hand-made tortillas and carnitas are the specialties here, but Barajas recommends his steak and lobster dishes. Now three outposts of the restaurant dot the Las Vegas Valley. This location on Desert Inn closed after a sinkhole engulfed the dining room in November 2020, but reopened with a complete makeover." - Janna Karel
"Much like menudo is a staple at most Mexican celebrations, so too is lengua (tongue). Lindo Michoacan has both on the menu for the traditionalists out there. Patrons can find their dishes found at Mexican homes such as goat burritos, nopalitos (cactus), and chile Colorado, as well as carnitas marinated in oranges and spices, then slow-cooked. With three decades of serving Las Vegas, Lindo Michoacan is the epitome of a family business with the Barajas family at the heart of this long time favorite. Enjoy the ambiance at any one of their three locations along with the comida at this long time Las Vegas favorite." - Toni Gonzales, Janna Karel
"Last November, the Original Lindo Michoacan on Desert Inn was already only permitted 25 percent occupancy as the state tried to contain COVID-19 from spreading when a sinkhole opened in the floor of the dining room. Leaking pipes caused the sinkhole and forced the 31-year-old restaurant to close to make repairs. Now nearly nine months later, the restaurant reopened with lines out the door and renovations to refresh the space that turn a negative into a positive. The restaurant’s famous carnitas, slow cooked with oranges, return, as does the steak al cognac with its mushrooms, onions, sour cream, and cognac sauce, influenced by the French occupation of Mexico, and a dish Barajas’ grandmother used to make." - Susan Stapleton
