Zapatista

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Finding a parking spot here is challenging, so either valet or take public transportation. The Roosevelt El stop is just a two-block walk.

A festive drink menu includes souped-up margaritas like the Azul y Oro, a blue margarita with Gran Gala orange liquor and La Revolucion with grenadine and chile piquin. An extensive tequila menu boasts more than 50 choices, which range from $6 to $39.

"They really bust the piñata" at this midpriced Mexican trio where the fajitas are "sizzling" and "the tequilas are many"; the colorfully rustic settings have optional patio dining, and though sticklers call out "forgettable" fare, "extreme" noise and spotty service, the majority applauds the "upscale approach."

Zapatista Restaurant Review: Power lunches and post-work munchies are the draw at this innovative, boisterous Mexican spot, which serves Serrano-zapped, tableside guacamole (with jícama sticks, no less) to spice-seekers. A fine starter is the cornmeal-crusted calamari with a spicy citrus aïoli and roasted pineapple-tomato salsa for dipping, but the shrimp empanadas, in our experience, were less...

If famed Mexican land-reform revolutionary Emiliano Zapata and this gigantic restaurant named for his followers could have found common ground, perhaps it would have been at Zapatista’s $5 weekend brunch, where huevos rancheros bravely battle “sangria-ritas” for territory on the menu. (That’s sangria and frozen margarita mix, vato.) Or perhaps it would have been at the bar during “Jorge’s...

The Scene
Slow-turning fans, amped-up mariachi tunes, black-and-white photos of Latin dudes with curled mustaches--not to mention a menu of more than 50 tequilas--create a festive,...

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