Quiote
Mexican restaurant · Petaluma ·
Authentic Mexican fare with mole, tacos, and handmade tortillas
Authentic Mexican fare with mole, tacos, and handmade tortillas
"Every baseball fan growing up has a favorite utility player. A guy who could play anywhere on the diamond when you needed them to (shoutout to BJ Surhoff). Quiote is that restaurant for us. Need something in the morning? Quiote has you with coffee and pastries. Lunch? Grab some tacos. A date night spot? The one-two punch of the downstairs mezcal bar and dinner upstairs in the small but not too small, dimly lit room is hard to beat. Quiote also works as a great neighborhood spot to pop in for dinner at the bar with a great drink (or two because Bob in accounting doesn’t understand sometimes there are more important things than expense report deadlines) after a long day at work. The food is traditional Mexican, meaning you’ll see moles, tamales, and yes, tacos, but not an entire page full of them. The drink list is heavy on mezcal as you might expect, but there are other cocktails and a decent, if not large, wine list. And the staff all understand that you may not be able to pick out the right mezcal based on the region of the country it came from and what the weather patterns were when that particular agave plant was grown. All that is to say: the staff is nice and will help you get buzzed if you that’s what you want to do. Whether you need the restaurant version of an outfielder, shortstop, hell, even a catcher, Quiote has you covered. Food Rundown Pork Collar Our favorite entree. A big ol’ hunk-o-meat with beans and - this is going to sound weird and underwhelming but please trust us - grilled lettuce that is way better than it deserves to be. Avocado Salad If you’re with a date you’ll want something green on the table to prove you take care of your body even though you’re no stranger to the post-midnight Portillo’s stop. This is what you want because it’s both green and really damn good. Chorizo Verde The green option that isn’t exactly healthy, but still good. A few cuts of Mexican sausage with potatoes and a good sauce. If you’re splitting things with a group, this is a good, smaller meat dish to share. Chicken Mole A half-chicken covered in a spicy-ish mole sauce sprinkled (salt bae style, hopefully) with granola that adds the perfect amount of crunch." - Zach Nerenberg
"I note that Flores's hospitality career includes time at Quiote, described in the piece as a former Michelin Bib Gourmand restaurant." - Ximena N. Beltran Quan Kiu
"Once occupying the site, the former Quiote left behind useful features for the new restaurant: a wood-burning oven in the kitchen and a basement that previously housed rare mezcal, both of which Testaccio and its basement bar Soif are repurposing." - Ashok Selvam
"In Logan Square, I saw Ross Henke have a successful run at Quiote cooking modern Mexican; that experience running the kitchen of a popular restaurant gave him the confidence to branch out and pursue another direction with Mundano." - Ashok Selvam
"I note that Ross Henke garnered fans during his three years at Logan Square's Quiote, a Mexican hotspot, and that fellow Quiote alum Trista Baker joins Mundano as front-of-house manager — her background and advocacy through the Restaurant Culture Association are expected to shape the front-of-house culture at Mundano." - Naomi Waxman