Around the same time every year, a new restaurant—a new Mexican restaurant—gets added to my ever-growing repertoire, prompting me to scream “¡Aye, Dios mío!” to the sky and proclaim that this one—yes, this very one—is my new favorite eatery of all time.
Sorry, but it’s true…
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The recently opened El Metate—I think the name translates to “canvas bag,” but I can’t be 100% sure—is one of those places where the subtitled descriptor Authentic Mexican Food isn’t just apt, it’s practically an understatement.