A new blog/website venture I’ve co-founded, The Heart of Los Angeles, got a sneak peak at the awesomeness that is Bäco Mercat today.
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Josef Centeno’s new solo-venture Bäco Mercat is officially open as of today, and we were privileged to be their first customers for lunch. The restaurant’s small (and currently limited) menu features three variations on the bäco, a sandwich-meets-taco-meets-pizza-meets-deliciousness that Centeno himself trademarked a few years back and has been enjoyed at his Little Tokyo restaurant Lazy Ox Canteen. The other main dish options are flat breads, nearly all of which will make any vegetarian’s mouth water.
Their limited selection of sides also looked intriguing; we really enjoyed the kiwichi salad. Bäco Pop, their signature soda, was also available for purchase.
Kiwichi Salad (left), Their current soft-opening menu (right)“This is a concept he’s had in mind for quite some time,” we were told by restaurant staff. The space is intimate and once it got going got very crowded for a hardly-announced soft opening, foreshadowing what we’re sure will be a lot of future success. We sat out on their patio, something we love seeing as an option in the Downtown dining scene (when it’s legally permissible).
While they’re only open for lunch this week, they will expand to their regular hours next week for lunch (11-3) and dinner (5-10:30). Their plan for the future holds hope that after dinner hours “the bar will stay open if there’s demand for it, maybe with a small menu.”
Bäco Mercat
408 S. Main St. / Just down from the corner 4th and Main
(next door to Pete’s Cafe)
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