A Tí

"Short-lived Japanese skewer spot Kushiba has made way for A Tí, a new modern Mexican bar from Bestia’s former chef de cuisine, Andrew Ponce. The restaurant popped up around town, with residencies at restaurants like All Day Baby, before settling into its current Echo Park location. Ponce has put together a tight menu with a handful of tacos, tostadas, and mains like a duck mole. While at A Tí for a friend’s birthday (and World Series watch party) this weekend, I opted for the al pastor taco. The base of the taco is a pliant blue corn tortilla, to which a small pile of spiced, tender pork is added. On top is a cool tomatillo avocado salsa and juicy hunks of pineapple that mimic the flavor of a street taco topping." - Eater Staff

"Kushiba's run was short-lived, but in its place, Echo Park now has a fun replacement in A Tí, a pop-up serving Mexican bar food from a Bestia alum that’s slated to run through at least the end of the year. The decor is minimal and the menu is short—a few small plates, four tacos on blue corn tortillas, a plate of duck mole—but every dish we’ve tried pops with flavor, like a suave tuna tostada with lemon aioli and fragrant salsa macha and crispy, juice-dripping shredded beef tacos with shredded cheddar that taste like sexy Tito’s Tacos. Add in ume palomas and tomato dashi micheladas and you’ve got the makings of a great place to start (or finish) a night out on Sunset." - sylvio martins, nikko duren

"Kushiba’s run was short-lived, but in its place, Echo Park now has a fun replacement in A Tí, a nighttime pop-up with Mexican bar food from a Bestia alum that’s slated to run through at least January. The decor is minimal and the menu is short—a few small plates, four tacos on handmade blue corn tortillas, a ribeye entree—but every dish we’ve tried pops with flavor. A crispy duck leg sits pretty on nutty date mole, al pastor tacos come with cinnamon-y pickled pineapple, and the cream-topped “PSL” tamal combines soft masa and not-too-sweet kabocha squash. They even upgraded the crispy beef tacos from Tito’s. Add a few ume palomas and you’ve got the makings of a great place to start (or finish) a night out on Sunset." - Garrett Snyder