Adam M.
Yelp
My wife and I just had a wonderful brunch experience!
I'm going to start with a negative to explain what, in my view, makes Necio Mexican Kitchen great.
My friends and I talk about, what we call, 'unjustified pretension'; it's when a restaurant tries to dress things up and charge extra with no underwriting substance. I very much dislike when a cuisine, known for peasant food or street food, is dressed up with ambiance and aesthetics, and then sold at more expensive prices than it is worth. The poor food must feel like Tom Sawyer sitting in church made to wear clothes in which he is wholly uncomfortable. Indian restaurants do this often selling the same exact food at different prices, their evening fare being more expensive (it is often the left overs of the day's earlier lunch buffet).
Necio Mexican Kitchen is none of that. Necio has all the characteristics of an upscale restaurant, with an attention to detail on every plate (the menu being well though out too), but minus the pretension. The restaurant is a place that feels good; it's a place one wants to be. The food is wonderful, the ambience is amazing, the service is efficient with good personality, and the prices are reasonable, reflecting a sincere self-awareness which makes the restaurant all the more charming. Everything we had to eat was carefully thought out, and displayed a flavor profile which had each item being a perfect representation of what Necio claimed it to be; the lluevos rancheros, for example, were a perfect version of the dish, with the green chile being a respectable tribute to Denver fare.
Okay, now I am going to be politically incorrect for just a moment. I will address something we all think about when considering ethnic cuisine, and which is a mark we all think about, but don't always admit out loud (I am using my last name as a pass for permission to say the following)... The vast majority of the clientele present, while my wife and I visited, were obviously excited to be there, and were Latino. The food's audience is largely the cuisine from whom it claims to come; its authenticity is verified.