2of five · Restaurants · Los Feliz
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Contemporary Mexican · $$
A three-story Mexican restaurant up a flight of stairs off Vermont, with a tree growing through the open-air dining room. The agave list is one of the deepest in the city. The food keeps pace: jicama aguachile, the fried chicken taco, whole fried snapper, dirty yuca fries.
Reservations recommendedBooks online; the bars upstairs and down take walk-ins. Parties of nine or more may be put on a prix-fixe menu. Valet on Vermont, north of Prospect.
Good for
BirthdaysBig tables, a garden patio and strong cocktails.
Group dinnersGroups of nine or more get a set menu.
Date nightDrinks upstairs, then dinner outside.
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