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Mama Lo Hizo

3.9 (67 reviews)
Closed 8:00 am - 6:00 pm

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Outdoor seating
Good for kids

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Big mamma torta.
Rob S.

Great Tex mex spot inside Findlay Market. Get the big mamma. Everyone is friendly, place looks very clean & the food is delicious

Fish bowl
Candi B.

Fresh, yummy food served by friendly staff! I had got a lot of recommendations to come here during a trip to Findlay Market and I'm happy I did. It's hard to pass up a corn muffin with queso, which is just one of the things they serve. I also tried a potato pancake (this style was similar to a good hash brown) and a fish bowl (burrito ingredients just in a bowl). The fish portion was really big for my bowl so they definitely don't skimp when serving! A place to definitely check out on a visit to Findlay.

Taco salad that we couldn't (didn't want to) finish.
T S.

Looked like a small authentic Mexican Chipotle style place inside Findlay market. Turned out to be very bad. I got the steak burrito. White rice was plain, salsa had almost no flavor and steak was barely seasoned and also was not really served hot. Taco salad was some tortilla chips lining a plate with salad and toppings in middle. The meat sauce was cold and, again, everything had almost no flavor. Two thumbs down when the chain store is much much better than a small local place. I do not recommend.

Fish burrito
Hart P.

In the middle of the food hall, Mama Lo Hizo made a delicious grilled/baked fish burrito. With rice/beans/salsa, it made for a filling lunch. Great outdoor seating all around the market.

So hot but so yummy!
Sara D.

Friggin' YUM! I ordered a steak burrito for my hubby and I and I was not expecting what we got. The steak was more like pot roast but it was sooooooo good I didn't even care!!! And it was HUGE!!! Like, no joke. It was enough for 2 people to get full on. The 2 men and 1 lady made a great assembly line team! It was fast, fresh and friendly service. Will definitely be back if I'm ever in Cincinatti again!

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Steve P.

Definitely a place worth checking out! Fresh ingredients and good flavor. I'm glad they're in the market.

Andrew B.

Mama Lo Hizo has become my go-to food stand to eat at when I visit Findlay Market. It's odd because I just went off on my last review of Chipotle that I'm just not overall a fan of this type of food. Something about the way they make it here, the freshness of it, makes me enjoy it. On this latest visit I ordered a burrito with steak, white rice, hot salsa, and cheese. I also had an order of their chips and queso. Again, all the ingredients they use are so fresh. The steak is tender and flavored very nicely, the rice is..well rice, not a fan of rice usually but within a burrito I don't mind it. There's definitely is made in a way that supports the other flavors of the burrito and does nothing to mute them. The hot salsa is sooo fresh, with big chunks of tomato and onion..and the hot version provides a nice kick. The cheese has a great flavor to it too..it's very light and..fluffy? Ha..I don't know..it just tastes good. All these flavors combined make for a very tasty burrito. Their chips and queso are excellent. They give you a decent amount of both..and the cheese combinations they use in their queso really tastes great. I would say the queso is good enough to order even if I'm not in the mood for a burrito. The staff is always friendly and very helpful in making suggestions on what kind of flavor combinations to choose. Also, Mama Lo Hizo is probably one of the most affordable food stands at Findlay Market. The portions are huge and you more than get your moneys worth. In comparison, my last Chipotle order was very similar to this one and it cost me almost $13. Here the burrito was a lot bigger and made with much fresher ingredients. The queso here was, no joke, 2-3 bigger than what they give you at Chipotle, and there really is no comparison in quality, this place blows Chipotle's queso out of the water. For everything I got here it cost me around $12..including adding a drink, whereas I didn't even get a drink at Chipotle. The value here is pretty clear. If you're a fan of this type of food I would say to definitely give this place a shot. Even if you're not a fan, like me, I'd still say give it a shot. The food is really really good.

Mizie M.

This is one of the food stands in Findely Market. It was my first time visit and it was a very tasty and memorable one! I got the locals' favorite, Fish Tacos in the traditional style which is salted and peppered Tilapia, a green sour cream sauce, and cole slaw. You can add other toppings like pico de gallo and corn salsa. For my taste it was a bit too salty, but the guy grabbed fish from the bottom of their batch because they top the fish with onions which I can't have. So he was super nice about that, but I must've gotten the extra sauced fish. Over all, I'd def. go again, but I wouldn't get the Lemon Chill again. It tastes like concentrated lemon juice from a box and iced with tap water.

Just plain, boring, zero flavor, zero spice

The food was bland and boring! I have never eaten anything like this when it comes down to Mexican food? How the hell do you not have lime or jalepenos in your Pico? The burrito bowl tasted like salt only. The rice and beans tasted like someone cooked in leftover water. Undercooked rice was so bad that I tasted every rice grain. Why make rice only to serve people undercooked rice in some nasty tasting water? The bowl wasn't a bowl at all, it was too small. Lastly the corn muffin with queso tasted semi decent but it was over made. The Jarritos drink was the only thing I enjoyed. Why charge us Chipotle prices when your doesn't reflect their quality? The cook needs to be introduced to true Mexican spices and to be taught how to use them. I honestly thought that I had found a "mom-and-pop spot!" So disappointed! I wish that I could get a refund!

Christine M.

I am always up for trying to find good Mexican food in the tri-state area. I have tried Mama Lo Hizo several times at Findlay Market, always surprised by the flavors that come out of the all (?) white staff. There is NOTHING wrong with that, just not the usual experience for real Mexican/Latin flavors (the absence of yellow cheese does a lot for their credibility and people certainly gain expertise in various ways!). They are friendly, efficient, and becoming more and more busy as time goes on. I am a big fan of the tacos- the fish are a new addition with a tasty sauce, beef is ground and crumbly, and chicken is succulent. They add what you like in terms of toppings (line style and in front of you) and use wonderful, white Mexican cheese! I've eaten a stray piece off of questionably clean table tops...it's that good (and refreshing to see). The salsa is tasty and there are three levels of spice to choose from. Wrapped in foil and warm until you open them, I feel like I'm home or at a street cart in Mexico, perhaps. This is a good thing. They also serve burritos (the breakfast version sounds wonderful), nachos, Mexican lasagna, corn bread, and have special dishes from time to time. The staff is nice, the flavors are good, the price is right ($2-3/taco) and they have great additions like Jarritos sodas (real sugar) to round out the experience. Big thumbs up to Mama Lo Hizo. It's really nice to have a Latin option at the market. Keep up the tasty work.

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Beautiful day with the family, best fresh burritos /tacos you can buy! Love Findlay Market and always eat at Mama Lo Hizo...every trip!

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Great place to grab a quick bite. I HIGHLY recommend the fish tacos! Have been many times and have yet to disappoint me.

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Findlay Market

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(625 reviews)
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Great restaurants and shops in and near Findlay Market, Cincinnati!…read more We had a free day while visiting relatives, and any day is fun at Findlay Market in the mid-north of the OTR (Over The Rhine) area of Cincinnati! (Well, not Mondays when they are closed :-). Parking isnt free, but it's not too expensive, and we had no problem finding a space in the North Parking Lot between Findlay Street and the market. We came in through a covered outdoor walkway, with a few vendors and with clever sayings along the sides. Then a cute photo-op with a cartoon Reds statue. Then the market stretching left and right, full of fresh produce, meats and cheese, and ready-to-eat foods of all kinds. On our first walkthrough we just scanned left and right to see some of what's there. It was busy, but not uncomfortably crowded. Out the south door of the market onto Elder Street, there's several murals, and more shops and restaurants. We always stop in at Maverick Chocolate Co. for a few yummy samples from so many flavors. They used to make the chocolate here, and now it's made just across the river in KY, where you can still get tours and probably samples :-). We sampled around six varieties! And decided on four. But it was a hot day, so we decided to circle back later for our purchases. The staff was welcoming, and maybe they didn't really know that we would return, but they were still just as kind as can be :-). We walked west to Elm Street to the stop for the free Connector streetcar, just to take a little ride around town, partly to see some of the hundreds of murals around town! And we got off again, later, at the same stop. Right there at the west end of the Market building there's an outdoor bar and patio. I, myself, was ready for a little refreshment, and they poured me a delicious local bourbon cocktail, while others of us had local craft beers. We found shaded seating among probably 20 or more round red metal tables, with chairs that were really raucous when moved! The seats fill and empty in fits and spurts, and there"s a handful of backless stools at the bar, so if you wait a little, you'll find a place to sit. We dove back into the market for some freshly-made pierogis, and a to nearby bbq, too. And afterwards, we circled back to Maverick for delicious fresh-made artisanal chocolate :-). Yum, yum, and more yum! We saw so many places we want to return to! Findlay Market has everything! I'll post a very few of so many photos that we took of a full, fun day. It's a nice area to walk around, shop, eat, and drink. And it's a great spot to catch the Connector streetcar to get around OTR and downtown Cincinnati, to within a-few-minutes-walk of the porch-swings overlooking the Ohio River near the ballpark :-)

I recently stopped here when me and my wife were in town in cincinnati. I've been to Cincinnati…read moretons of times but I've never visited the Findlay Market. This place was better than most of the Markets that I've been to in recent memory! Some of them are bigger but this one is a medium-sized Market to say the least. They have great produce in one section by the parking. Great variety of stores. I do like the outdoor tables as well. The cons I will say about the Findlay Market are the parking. You are expected to download an app and pay for parking that way instead of just getting a QR code that will redirect you and put in your payment information and the other con is once you leave the Farmers Market there really isn't much to really see or do since it's kind of blighted from a 1 block radius of leaving the market

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Tacos Locos

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as my quest for the best burrito in Cincinnati continues I include my recent trip to the tacos…read morelocos food truck. Haven't heard read and seen all kinds of fantastic things I had high hopes for what they would deliver. Food up and ordered a steak burrito the Saturday before Father's day, they were running a Father's day special where you also got a free order of nachos with any order. I told them I wasn't a father and it wasn't even Father's day and they still wanted to give me free food. That's a definite plus to start! I also made a mistake when ordering my burrito and forgot to ask them to put the sour cream on the side, after I told them they said they already made it but would remake my burrito for me if I wanted, which is another big plus. Good quality customer service. so far things are looking pretty good for tacos locos, and whenever I got home the burrito look great. headset on the flat top and got in a little bit of crispiness, the cheese and probably melted all in there, they even pre-sliced it down the middle. I dug in... It wasn't amazing. It was definitely good, v steak was plentiful, and the cheese had definitely melted. However it was all kind of in with one corner of the burrito roll so it all melted into a clump. The beans inside were extremely rich, but also thin. I was absolutely happy with the purchase, and see it as a solid option. But not the best burrito in Cincinnati. Free nachos, by the way, were loaded up and solid as well.

I finally returned to Tacos Locos after quite a while. I tried to find the food truck a month ago…read moreand it was no longer at the BP station. Finally found them across the street in a parking lot just a bit further south on Montgomery Road. They are set back further than before but still visible with quite a few parking spots. I was sad that they were out of shrimp for shrimp tacos, but it was late in the day. So I went with chicken tacos. Love that they still use two corn tortillas for each taco. Each had plenty of filling and the traditional onion and cilantro with lime wedges on the side. Also enjoy the slices of fresh cucumber to munch on. I tried a quesadilla for the first time. Went with a combo of mushroom and spinach. It was good. Not sure if I'll order it again though. It doesn't travel well. So it sat in the container while I drove home, and it got a bit soggy on the bottom. Still tasty though. I also ordered a side of refried beans and chips. The chips come with salsa that I don't use. I dip the chips in the beans and enjoy them that way :). The chips could have been fresher, but overall it was a good meal.

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