After 35 years building a devoted following across Denver, El Taco de Mexico finally became a national food treasure this week. On Tuesday, it received a 2020 America’s Classics Award from the James Beard Foundation. El Taco de Mexico is one of six restaurants across the country that will receive the Classics Award this year, and it was the first to be announced by the Beard Foundation, with the rest to follow throughout this week. Former “Top Chef” competitor and Colorado-based chef Brother Luck announced El Taco de Mexico’s award via video on the James Beard Foundation’s Instagram account. He mentioned El Taco’s green-chile-smothered pork burrito, which the foundation also called “the restaurant’s crowning glory… humming with earthy spice.