Tracked on 3 lists across 3 authorities, ranked as high as #26.
Combining a passion for Mexico’s rich heritage, an electric jolt of imagination and masterful technique, Chef Val M. Cantú has created a truly singular gastronomic destination. The cavernous space is more festive than hallowed, thanks to a lively playlist and colorful artwork. The menu draws upon a dizzying variety of Mexican flavors, utilizing the finest local products and subtle international influences to transform familiar dishes into deliciously unique culinary creations. The humble tortilla displays particular mastery here, as in a pillowy sourdough tortilla with an ethereally crisp mezcal-battered black cod, checkered with huitlacoche and yellow corn cremas, or heirloom white corn tortillas accented with black sesame and poppy seeds, to match smoked quail enrobed in a complex house mole.
Californios appears on 3 of the lists Mouga tracks — ranked or rated on 2, and written up on 1 more. Here's the full trail, dated and linked to each source.
