"Thanks to its nearby sister restaurant, the Pit Room barbecue joint, Candente excels in Tex-Mex dishes made with smoked meats. Brunch, held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on weekends, gets the breakfast treatment, with mesquite-flamed skirt steak and eggs and tacos filled with slow-cooked barbacoa. For something more traditional, go for the pancakes, which are loaded with a perfect combination of cinnamon sugar, butter, and syrup." - Brittany Britto Garley
