Santa Monica, Los Angeles · restaurant
Push open the door and land in a warmly lit room with carved wood, low ceilings, and a bar that feels like your abuela’s living room if she served margaritas and booked live guitar on weekends. The menu’s sprawling and unapologetically old-school: chile-glossed steak savanitas, cactus-braised ribs, birria lamb stew that tastes like a memory. It draws families, brunch crews, and longtime locals swapping stories over enchiladas and Cadillac margs.
Roasted poblano peppers stuffed with cheese, battered and fried, served with rice and beans.
Braised hen in rich house-made mole, served with rice and beans.
Two eggs in a family secret sauce with bacon, beans, sautéed onions, and potatoes.
Frozen strawberry margarita with fresh fruit.
Tortilla chips in red or green salsa, topped with cream, cheese, egg.