Summary
Mexico's munchies are leaving the culinary shade as more eateries join Senor Villa's restaurant rebellion 1 pancho villas 26 Bell Street, Glasgow 0141 552 7737 Style: Brightly coloured hangar Food: Mexican Price: About (pounds) 14 for dinner Wheelchair access: Yes Generally speaking, Mexican cuisine is not among the strongest of ethnic foods in Scotland. Indian, Italian and Thai - notwithstanding the variations necessary for the local palate - can be authentic and first-rate. Indeed, if the First Minister wants to encourage immigrants with special talents, let's hope the invitation is extended to a few Mexicans.
But no-one can deny the popularity of a place such as Pancho Villas, where a Saturday afternoon call for an evening reservation can be an exercise in futility. The restaurant was founded originally in Edinburgh by Mayra Nunez of Mexico in 1988. About a decade later, the Glasgow branch opened in the Merchant City. A big, bright barn of a dining room, its ceilings are propped up with blue columns, which contrast with the bold oranges and reds. Artwork favours Mexico's most exciting - if slightly macabre - holiday: Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead. Framed naive art has gleefully grinning ghouls and smiling skeletons.See the full content of this document
Extract
5 Places; for Mexican Magic; Revelationary Cause
Above the foyer is a wooden sculpture of what must be the Mexican revolutionary himself, Senor Villa. Curiously, from a side view it looks vaguely like a histrionic Billy Connolly: possibly doing his notorious last supper sketch, set at the nearby Saracen Head p...
See the full content of this document
Sponsored links
