Olmo
Restaurant · Bedford-Stuyvesant
103 Saratoga Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11233
Highlights
Mexican cantina with CDMX cocktails, mezcal, and creative dishes
Mexican cantina with CDMX cocktails, mezcal, and creative dishes
"The city's hottest (or, coldest?) cocktail of the summer isn't a frozen piña colada served on a boat. It's the Michelada de Reversa at Olmo, a Mexico City cantina-inspired corner spot in Bed-Stuy that makes a michelada with a slow-melting clamato paleta floating in it. If you have yet to embrace tomato juice, first of all, grow up, and second of all, there’s a perfect salt-rimmed margarita waiting for you instead. Sit at a table made out of a tree stump (olmo means elm, and the furniture is true to theme) and order close to the whole menu for a full meal, or snag a seat at the bar, and use translucent flour tortillas to scoop up some queso fundido." - bryan kim, molly fitzpatrick, willa moore, will hartman, sonal shah, will hartman, molly fitzpatrick, willa moore, willa moore, will hartman, bryan kim, molly fitzpatrick, willa moore, molly fitzpatrick, will hartman, molly fitzpatrick, will hartman, bryan kim, willa moore, molly fitzpatrick, willa moore, willa moore, sonal shah, willa moore
"Olmo, which means elm in Spanish, is a Bed-Stuy newcomer inspired by cantinas in Mexico City. The corner spot on Saratoga will offer agave-based cocktails and family-style dishes." - will hartman, willa moore, molly fitzpatrick, sonal shah, bryan kim
"The city's hottest (or, coldest?) cocktail of the summer isn't a frozen piña colada served on a boat. It's the michelada de reversa at Olmo, a Mexico city cantina-inspired corner spot in Bed-Stuy that makes a michelada with a slow-melting clamato paleta floating in it. If you have yet to embrace tomato juice, first of all, grow up, and second of all, ll, there’s a perfect salt-rimmed margarita waiting for you instead. Sit at a table made out of a tree stump (olmo means elm, and the furniture is true to theme) and order close to the whole menu for a full meal, or snag a seat at the bar, and use translucent flour tortillas to scoop up some queso fundido." - will hartman, willa moore, molly fitzpatrick, bryan kim, sonal shah
"A New York take on a Mexico City cantina with snack-sized plates best enjoyed alongside its cocktails. Favorites include the chicharrónes, served with a creamy coleslaw-esque side; the eggplant milanesa ("make sure to order a side of their flour tortillas"); and the sopes ($14), made with plantains—"sweet and earthy"—and a kick from the salsa macha. Cocktail highlights: salty micheladas (the original preferred over the Clamato paleta version) and a rum-and-Coke-style drink that swaps in Mexican Coca-Cola and tequila." - Emma Orlow
"Inspired by Mexico City cantinas, Bed-Stuy’s Olmo is a fantastic place to drink. The cocktail menu is approximately four times the size of the food menu, and includes perfect margaritas, cantina classics like the Cuba Campechana with rum and Mexican coke, and an entire section dedicated to micheladas. Dive right in with the michelada de reversa, served with a floating clamato paleta that melts little by little, inching closer towards bloody mary territory as you keep sipping. photo credit: Willa Moore photo credit: Willa Moore photo credit: Willa Moore photo credit: Willa Moore Pause Unmute But don’t overlook the food. Sit at a table made out of a tree stump (olmo means elm, and the furniture is true to theme), and start with some thin chicharron loaded with guasacaca, crema, cabbage, and salsa roja like the sauciest nachos. Then use some translucent flour tortillas to scoop up queso fundido. You could easily have a full meal here, but it also works well for a round or two of mezcal Negronis at the bar, mixed by someone who may or may not be dancing while they work." - Willa Moore
