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A Homey Restaurant Tucked Inside a Mexico Town Condominium

In an age obsessed with the elusive idea of authenticity, places to eat appreciate to say that their menus mirror the spirit of their owners’ very own kitchens, a comforting, if frequently disingenuous, declare. But at Mexico City’s six-month-aged Esquina Común — which translates from the Spanish to “common corner” — property is much more than a strategy. This hidden weekend lunch spot, operated by the chef Ana González Serrano and her spouse, Carlos Pérez-Puelles, is run out of a roughly 550-square-foot 2nd-flooring apartment on a leafy aspect avenue in the city’s Roma district. The former residing spot is now an extension of the modest dining space, which can seat up to 14 and is adorned with family members photos and books from the couple’s individual residence. In a recently opened lounge just off the major place, Pérez-Puelles pours wine and mezcal from a hyperpersonal collection. González Serrano, who beforehand oversaw the corn-primarily based choices at the city’s acclaimed Expendio de Maíz, cooks in a decidedly noncommercial kitchen (her mom, Beatriz, can help with prep), serving polished nevertheless homey dishes that, on a supplied weekend, may consist of cheese-stuffed plantain croquettes with hoja santa chimichurri (recalling the coastal state of Veracruz from which 50 percent of González Serrano’s relatives hails) a tostada heaped with buttery turmeric-spiked lentils that is equal elements Mexico, India and France or Peruvian purple rice with pork ribs and huancaína, a cream sauce she can make with poblanos, alliums and cheese. Reservations can only be designed by messaging the cafe on Instagram: @esquinacomun. Michael Snyder


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