Tequila Kitchen opens their doors
On March 5th, Tequila Kitchen owners Laura Enríquez, Emiliano (Emi) Núñez, Claudia Ibarrondo and Executive Chef Juan González invited VIPs for a sampling of the brand new restaurant’s menu.
Serving up regional Mexican fare (not Tex-Mex) and ‘the good stuff,’ 100% agave tequila, the aptly named Tequila Kitchen promises to become the new hotspot for good, wholesome eats in Yaletown.
Tequila Kitchen is located at 1043 Mainland Street (Between Nelson and Helmcken) right next to Section (3) and is serving up a $25 set tasting menu during their soft opening period - after March 15th, a full menu will be available.
Read more about Tequila Kitchen, after the jump:
Tequila Kitchen
1043 Mainland Street
(Between Nelson and Helmcken)
Yaletown, Vancouver, BC V6B 5P9
604-681-2120
www.tequilakitchen.ca
The original press release:
INTRODUCING TEQUILA KITCHEN
New restaurant under construction brings traditional regional Mexican cuisine to Vancouver
Coming this March to Yaletown
Tequila Kitchen owners Laura Enriquez, Emiliano (Emi) Núñez and Claudia Ibarrondo, along with Executive Chef Juan Gonzalez, are pleased to share with you their plans for Tequila Kitchen. The restaurant is now closed for renovations as we make the transition from Mel’s Diner to Tequila Kitchen; We will be opening this March.
Menu development is well underway and will feature traditional regional Mexican cuisine - The cocktail program will be exclusively tequila based with a selection of fresh tequila cocktails. As many Mexican beer’s as we are able to bring in will be available, along with both BC and warm climate wines. Closing between lunch and dinner during the winter, summer hours will see breakfast open with the sunrise and “Botana’s” served on the patio all afternoon.
Days
Breakfast, lunch and brunch
Open daily, serving freshly baked items, local organic eggs and featuring Mexican breakfast items. Comfortable breakfast and lunch items with a twist of Mexican flavours and fresh ingredients. Winter hours: 8:30 am – 2:30 pm dailyNights
The national cuisine of Mexico. Our Spanish influenced Aztec and Mayan style cuisine is not the “Tex-Mex” you have come to expect in North America. Instead we will be serving traditional Mexican food, varied by region, using indigenous ingredients of Mexico from the North, Southeast and Pacific Ocean, to the Gulf of Mexico. We look forward to introducing you to this fresh, flavourful cuisine. 5 - 11 p.m. daily.Later Nights
Botana and Agave Bar
Experience the joy of Botana’s, a small Mexican appetizer, or Mexican tapas if you will. Pair these with a drink from the extensive bottle selection of tequila and tequila cocktails. From 11 pm daily, all day during summer hours then well into the night.Operating Partners:
Laura Enríquez
Emiliano (Emi) Núñez
Claudia IbarrondoExecutive Chef:
Juan GonzálezLocation:
Tequila Kitchen
1043 Mainland Street
(Between Nelson and Helmcken
Yaletown, Vancouver, BC V6B 5P9
604-681-2120
www.tequilakitchen.caPre-opening contact:
Emi at 778-828-1819
emi@tequilakitchen.ca
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New press release:
Authentic Mexican Cuisine Comes to Vancouver - Tequila Kitchen Now Open
Tequila Kitchen opens for lunch, here’s the press release:
How many types of Tequila are available at the Tequila Kitchen?
In BC, unless you have a liquor primary license, you cannot name your establishment about something that insinuates you sell booze rather than food.
The authorities like to push around the little guy - places like Moonshine, for example, were bullied into changing their name to Six Acres. There’s countless other citations.
Keeping the above in mind, Tequila Kitchen refers to regional Mexican cuisine. Tequila is an area in Mexico close to or surrounding the town of Tequila.
You can read more here: http://www.itequila.org/