I knew we were onto something when my typically light-eating 9-year-old niece couldn’t resist picking at the tender bits of Mexican-style-seasoned beef on her plate. “Awesome,” she proclaimed. I, too, ...

The best Mexican meal I ever had was at a restaurant whose name I can’t even remember. Other than the chips that arrived as soon as my wife and I sat down, and the small cup of red salsa that was ...

The long-running Casa Oaxaca in Santa Ana has changed its name to El Mestizo. (Mestizo, which means mixed race, is the name given to a squash blossom dish on the restaurant’s menu.) I’m told there has ...

El Mestizo’s mole is weird. Not bad-weird, just weird. Seattle Weekly food critic Jason Sheehan says he’s never had anything quite like it before. Too carefully balanced and constructed to be anything ...