August 2017 Bar Bulletin
Searching for Tex-Mex,
But Finding Latin
Since she left Texas many years ago, our office’s Texas girl has been on a hunt for the perfect (or even decent) Tex-Mex cuisine. When she moved to Washington, she heard a refrain of “good luck with that” and “don’t hold your breath.”
For all of its culinary wonders, Seattle seems to have a reputation for lacking reliable Latin-American cuisine. Knowing that reputations are not always deserved, for this article our intrepid team of diners set about challenging this one.
For years, the somewhat kitschy, somewhat divey Mama’s Mexican Kitchen was known as the go-to spot for Tex-Mex...