frontera grill

This is a big restaurant run by a celebrity chef.  With that you get unique but only decent food, big crowds and so-so service.

The food was good.  We had the:

  • Fresh Corn Tamales: Banana leaf-steamed sweet corn tamales, homemade crema & fresh cheese, poblano chile
  • Mole Poblano Enchiladas: Gunthorp free-range chicken, grill-roasted red onions
  • Old School Frontera Trio: Two pieces each: smoked chicken taquitos (sour cream, guacamole), Mexico City-style corn masa quesadillas (artisan cheese, epazote), ceviche fronterizo tostadas
  • Just-made Tortilla Chips & Two Salsas: Three-chile (cascabel, morita, guajillo) & tomatillo with serrano & cilantro

Everything was good but no more than good.  It was much more expensive than Verde but no better. The service was what you would expect.  Everyone told us to expect this and that we should really try Topolobampo but we couldn’t get reservations there so…maybe next trip we’ll plan ahead.