Eric H.
Yelp
This is a quaint little place on the north eastern edge of the King William neighborhood, located across the street from an elementary school. You enter the property through a gated entrance to an outdoor seating area with several circular shaded tables, and then enter through the second door on the left (past the employees only entrance). This entrance dumps you into the dining area. The kitchen to immediately to the left. The dining area is colorful and small, with tables lining the perimeter. A wall mounted A/C system sits above the benched/booth seats. The bathrooms through the left hand side are not air conditioned, and there is a stand with some colorful dresses on hanging on the stand. The men's restroom had no paper towels available. You are able to choose where you'd like to sit. The establishment closes at 3pm, so if you come in around 30 minutes prior to closing, they'll let you know.
Once seated, they will provide you with a menu and a colorful fabric napkin enclosing a fork. The menu is double-sided and laminated, printed on a dark background. The tables also appear to be painted (or at least coated) a certain color. You can peruse the menu and decide what to order. When you decide what to order, the staff will mentally remember your order, or perhaps they will enter it directly into their order system, which is a Clover system. When you receive the check, it will have a QR code on it, where you can opt to pay online via Clover.
Food: I enjoyed the flavor of the mole in the mole poblano. It had a present anise component to it. Small cubes of chicken existed, with some nopales on top. It came is a (small) side of beans and rice. Given the size of the plate, the quantity of food on the plate was not much, whether in terms of chicken, nopales, beans, rice, or mole. Similarly, the pipian mole was also pleasant flavorwise. The chilies that came with the dishes were nice and fruity with decent immediate heat, and no slow burn. The chicken cubes, by themselves, were uninteresting, even with the mole. The tlalpeño was pleasant, but the broth itself was quite salty. The rehydrated dried peppers in the soup were nice and fruity with a good amount of heat. Since the broth was salty, I just ate the non-liquid components of the soup.
Music plays in the background until closing time, after which the music shuts off. When you exit, the door handle may not respond unless you apply enough torque to it. Additionally, when you exit the front gate, and if it is closed, you will have to move the gate laterally along the track to open it, and then close it again. If you leave at 3pm on a weekday when the elementary school has been in session, and you would like to cross the street, there will be a crosswalk close by and someone with a portable stop sign, a whistle, and colorful reflective traffic visibility garb who will pause traffic in both directions and encourage you to cross the street.