A little over 6 months ago, I was in San Francisco for a job interview. I had recently landed in LAX the night before after a 16 hour flight from Melbourne, Australia. Needless to say, I was exhausted. After having traveled continuously for 25 hours straight, I was glad to get my interview over and done with.
Later that night, Nico took me out to dinner. All I wanted was really, really good Mexican food -I had been without it in Australia for over a month, ugh. He said that he knew of a good place in town, so we hopped on the Vespa with our tummies rumbling.
Gracias Madre: the Mexican restaurant.
When we walked in, I noticed communal wooden tables and a cozy atmosphere. We were seated at a private bar station and handed paper menus. A musician was playing a Mexican Mariachi song to a table not far from us. This alone kept me awake. Scanning the dishes with sleepy eyes, I noticed that everything looked good. "Is this place vegetarian?" I asked Nico excitedly. "No, I'm pretty sure it's vegan."
The combination of my excitement and exhaustion caused me to order a lot of food. I decided to try the Platillo de Legumbres plate, with sauteed sweet potatoes and kale, accompanied with home-made corn tortillas, pureed black beans and brown rice. Everything was well seasoned, fresh and..
D-E-L-I-C-I-O-U-S.
This was an excellent way to be introduced to the city that I would soon be moving to. And since my introduction to Gracias Madre, I've endeavored to introduce it to all of my friends & family when they are in town. They pretty much know me as the GM freak. Yeah, I'm OK with that though.
It's safe to say that I eat here about twice a week, and it's just as delicious every time.
Bobby even likes it too!
"Perhaps one of the most innovative and delicious restaurants I've ever experienced."
"Perhaps one of the most innovative and delicious restaurants I've ever experienced."
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