RANDOLPH — A brand new Instagram worthy Mexican and Puerto Rican restaurant has opened in Randolph and so they’re serving traditional margaritas and birria tacos the genuine method.
Proper on the identical avenue as Showcase Cinema is the restaurant of your picture goals with a purple flower wall and coloured neon lighting that wraps across the restaurant. The décor is so distinctive you’ll really feel such as you’re in a lush backyard.
You may wander over to Santa Madre at 14 Mazzeo Drive in Randolph and check out having fun with the ambiance your self.
The restaurant opened in February to offer individuals in Randolph a pleasant restaurant with out ready in site visitors and paying for “costly” meals.
“We wished a pleasant restaurant in an space the place you wouldn’t hit site visitors,” stated co-owner Ceferino Ortiz, 37.
At Santa Madre, yow will discover a mixture of Puerto Rican and Mexican dishes — from their crispy deep-fried empanadas to the contemporary piña coladas behind the bar.
Particular drinks
Prospects love the final word margaritas with contemporary juices, Ortiz stated.
Good choices vary from the Blackberry Smash to the Henny Lovers margarita. In the event you love the coconut and tropical flavors of the island then the coconut picante and la toxica are the proper drinks to attempt.
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What’s to eat?
Among the crowd-pleasers on the menu are the grilled carne asada tacos, three-meat fajita, cow tongue tacos, birria tacos and enchiladas.
“Ever since I used to be a child it was my dream to open a restaurant, I was a sous chef and went to a nine-month culinary program in Puerto Rico,” Ortiz stated.
Recollections of cooking on the fireplace by the river
As a child, Ortiz’s favourite reminiscences had been cooking on the fireplace exterior along with his household and passing time by a working river a one-minute stroll away from his residence.
Ortiz is the youngest of seven siblings and cooking was a lifestyle and a solution to categorical gratitude to 1 one other.“Household is every little thing,” Ortiz stated.
To his household, one of many constructing blocks of cooking is having taste and many laughter.
“In our restaurant, we prioritize flavors as an alternative of spiciness in comparison with different Mexican eating places within the space,” Ortiz stated.
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Specials, vegetarian choices and weekend DJ
The menu additionally has a vegetarian nook that with a twist on traditional dishes together with veggie quesadillas, fajitas, tacos and burritos.
Each week there are specials from Monday to Thursday together with $3 off enchiladas, fajitas and burritos.
On taco Tuesday there are $10 avenue tacos and $1.50 off taco gringos. On Friday and Saturday, there’s reside DJ and a home social gathering vibe.
Alisha Saint-Ciel might be reached by e-mail at [email protected]