El Mirador Restaurant Review:
Celebrated for its Saturday soups, neighborhood-centric breakfasts, and lunches that serve as see-and-be-seen opportunities for local pols, El Mirador is in new hands with the passing of founding matriarch Doña Mari. The sale came complete with personnel and recipes, and signs are that the boat has been rocked little if at all. There’s still an overstuffed huitlacoche empanada with chicken, two...
Nuevo Mexican and traditional Tex-Mex flavors collide at this family-owned restaurant, a much-loved King William-district mainstay since 1967. Owner Dona Marie's mole enchiladas shine here, with the extra-sweet but smoky sauce designed to be sopped up by homemade corn tortillas. Shrimp and fish play a major role, bringing new life to tacos, nachos, and chiles rellenos. And if you've never had a...
At El Mirador, there are two givens: Timing is everything and it's all about the soup.:
In Short
Tables in the bright, comfortable room start to fill early on the weekends with patrons looking for their weekly bowl of the restaurant's famed sopa Azteca. El Mirador's nightly...