If you find
yourself
downtown,
dressed up
for a night
at the
theatre, you
might want
to consider
starting the
evening at
Provecho
Restaurant,
the newest
and hippest
gourmet
Mexican bar
and
restaurant
in LA.
This is most
definitely
NOT one of
the hole in
the wall,
“sketch-Mex”
dives you
find dotting
the streets
of So-Cal,
this is high
end Mexican
cuisine
which will
delight even
the most
hard to
please
foodie. The
ambience is
ultra
modern. Here
you will sit
in big comfy
black
chairs. With
its
beautiful
water wall
masking the
kitchen, the
restaurant
feels more
like a club
than the
standard
kitschy
Mexican
restaurants
with the
papier-mâché
peppers and
bright
colors – not
that there
is anything
wrong with
that!
Drinks and
appetizers
really shine
here,
especially
with a 60%
off discount
at happy
hour.
Mexican
standards
have been
given new
twists;
cumin
whipped
potato
mini-tacos
and soup
made with
duck confit
and orange
chili for
example. If
you find it
difficult
choosing
between one
of the
fourteen
different
types of
innovative
ceviche
(mesquite
grilled
octopus with
kumquat
salsa or
tequila
cured
gravlox and
cilantro
crème
fraiche
anyone?) you
can get a
ceviche
combo plate
and not miss
out on one
bite.
As you would
expect from
any good
Mexican
restaurant
they know
their
tequila, and
as any
foodie would
hope from
any good
restaurant
they also
know their
wine; your
waiter will
be more than
happy to
help you
pair your
dinner with
the perfect
wine or one
of the 80
different
types of
tequila.
They also
have a few
interesting
and
delicious
specialty
cocktails
you’ll want
to sip, most
notably the
spicy
Provecho
Margarita, a
blend of
Cazadores
Blanco
tequila,
cucumber,
lime, agave,
all finished
with a chili
powdered
rim.
If you end
the night
with a
chayote goat
cheese
gratin we
promise you
will never
look at
Mexican food
the same way
again- and
provided you
live close
enough to
Provecho to
get your
fix, that’s
a good
thing.
