Barrio Café, a Mexican restaurant near downtown Phoenix, changed the way the Valley enjoyed Mexican food. Now, award-winning chef Silvana Salcido Esparza celebrates two decades in business.
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It s decidedly different from the previous occupant, Chef Silvana Salcido Esparza s Barrio Cafe Gran Reserva, one of the first big pandemic casualties. Bacanora is making its own, less formal rules on eclectic Grand Avenue, starting with some damn good guacamole.
Chef Rene Andrade, formerly of Ghost Ranch, teamed up with Tacos Chiwas owners Nadia Holguin and Armando Hernandez (best known for slinging some of the best tacos in town from a shack with a drive-thru at 19th Street and McDowell Road), for the new project. I want to represent the Sonoran Desert, but I also want to take you home. I want it to be like you’re coming to my house and I’m cooking for you, Andrade recently told
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3 top chefs, 1 high-profile space: Say hello to Phoenix s new Mexican restaurant Bacanora Tirion Morris, Arizona Republic
A new Mexican restaurant has opened on Grand Avenue from a trio of celebrated Phoenix chefs.
Called Bacanora, the restaurant comes from chef Rene Andrade, formerly of Ghost Ranch in Tempe, and business partners Armando Hernandez and Nadia Holguin, who run beloved taco shop Tacos Chiwas in Phoenix and Mesa.
The restaurant is located in the historic building that previously housed chef Silvana Salcido Esparza s Barrio Cafe Gran Reserva.
Social media buzzed about the new restaurant over the weekend, with stories showing a crowd of customers waiting for pollo asado and caramelos lined up outside the corner restaurant among the bright murals and colorful tree decorations of Grand Avenue.