"This head-trip of a Oaxacan restaurant inside the Lafayette Hotel was Frankensteined from a decommissioned Mexican church, including not-so-subtle references to heaven and hell. Wooden pews, stained-glass windows, and candelabras dripping with wax are the backdrop for velvety and complex black mole that puddles underneath a duck carnitas-topped memelita (a toasted masa cake), or tuck into grilled octopus sauced with tomatillo-spiked mole pipian. Instead of holy water, douse yourself in agave spirits—the mezcal list will absolve you of all worries, at least for one night." - candice woo, cora lee, candice woo, cora lee, candice woo, candice woo, candice woo, cora lee, cora lee, candice woo, candice woo, cora lee, candice woo, cora lee, candice woo, candice woo, cora lee, candice woo, candice woo, candice woo, cora lee, candic