Well, I forgot to write this one up and it was a really nice experience for the most part. We arrived at an adorable little spot with stone floor and stucco walls and tons of Mayan art that we had not known about and has been getting raves. Wooden tables and leather banquettes with lots of Central American woven goods abounded. A cool antique mirror was on one wall and a small bar at the other end featuring many bottles of tequila and mezcal.
I saw they had Spicy fruit margaritas and our server Natasha said they were out of that flavor(I forgot what) but had passion fruit, so we tried them and while they were tasty, they were NOT very spicy even though Natasha stuffed and extra chile in the glass for us!
Will and I decided to split starters and mine was the Beet & Melon Aguachile which was a cold soup with golden beets, pickled onion, cilantro and jalapeno that was amazingly refreshing on a hot day. Will chose the Tuna Tostaditos which were indeed spicy with yellowfin tuna, chipotle mayo, salsa macha (very macho kick-ass indeed) and wonderful crispy scallions on top. I loved going back to my "soup" after to get the spice washed away!
We both ordered the Short Rib Barbacoa served with Nixtamal Grits, Swiss Chard, Calabacitas, Grilled Onions and Pinto Beans which sounded so good we could not resist.
The dish sadly suffered from a LACK of spice and needed something and some of the meat was quite fatty.
We both wanted a glass of red wine, but they seemed to be out of many of the ones by the glass so we chose the fruity Rogue Vine "Pipeno" Tinto 2020 from Itala Valley in Chile that was okay but we really needed something bigger with the red meat. I should note that our favorite Mexican wine (Adobe Guadalupe) was available here for $95 a bottle while it was $150+ several nights earlier at the overpriced Sazon!
Our dessert was a huge hit with White Chocolate Ice Cream and Churros with a super Mexican Chcolate dipping sauce.
