Relaxed restaurant serving up traditional Mexican fare such as tacos and quesadillas, plus margaritas.
"Residents of Berkley can rejoice because they’ve got access to award-winning tacos and other Mexican specialties in an unexpected space. Chef Amado Lopez was named a semifinalist in the Emerging Chef category for the 2023 James Beard Awards for his work during the pandemic to transform the community’s Atomic Dawg hot dog restaurant from fledgling diner to a pop-up operation, and eventually a full-time taqueria. The specialty here is braised meats, such as the pork braised in red chiles, as well as vegetarian and vegan options, like the mushroom taco or vegan beans and rice. Guests still thinking about those Atomic Dogs can reminisce while enjoying Amado’s Sonoran hot dogs topped with bacon, green chiles, and garnishes of pickled onion, jalapeño, and roasted chile sauce." - Serena Maria Daniels
"Residents of Berkley can rejoice because they’ve got access to award-winning tacos in an unexpected space. Chef Amado Lopez was named a semifinalist in the Emerging Chef category for the 2023 James Beard Awards for his work during the pandemic to transform the community’s Atomic Dog hot dog restaurant from fledgling diner to a pop-up operation, and eventually a full-time taqueria. The specialty here is braised meats, such as the pork braised in red chiles, as well as vegetarian and vegan options, like the mushroom taco or vegan beans and rice. Guests still thinking about those Atomic Dogs can reminisce while enjoying Amado’s Sonoran hot dogs topped with bacon, green chiles, and garnishes of pickled onion, jalapeño, and roasted chile sauce." - Serena Maria Daniels
"Amado Lopez, co-owner of Casa Amado in Berkley and a 2023 James Beard Award semifinalist in the Emerging Chef category, echoes that sentiment." - Serena Maria Daniels
"For chef Amado Lopez, owner of Casa Amado, guisados are foundational. A staple of Mexican home cookery that loosely translates in English to “stew,” slow-cooked guisados come in myriad forms, from mole, chile rellenos, and chicken tinga, to chile colorado and chuletas en chile verde. And they serve as the basis for many of the tacos that Lopez churns out at Casa Amado, his three-year old restaurant in the former Atomic Dawg spot in Berkley." - Serena Maria Daniels
"Residents of Berkley can rejoice because they’ve got access to award-winning tacos in an unexpected space. Chef Amado Lopez was named a semifinalist in the Emerging Chef category for the 2023 James Beard Awards for his work during the pandemic to transform the community’s Atomic Dog hot dog restaurant from fledgling diner to a pop-up operation, and eventually a full-time taqueria. The specialty here is braised meats, such as the pork braised in red chiles, as well as vegetarian and vegan options, like the mushroom taco or vegan beans and rice. Guests still thinking about those Atomic Dogs can reminisce while enjoying Amado’s Sonoran hot dogs topped with bacon, green chiles, and garnishes of pickled onion, jalapeño, and roasted chile sauce." - Serena Maria Daniels