The enchiladas you’ll find in McAllen, Texas (frequently sauced with chili gravy), could vary from Monterrey’s (where they’re often filled with pollo guisado) in Mexico. But while the dish’s origins are Mexican, stemming back to the time of the Aztecs, the specifics of your enchiladas vary wildly depending on where you’re partaking. The formula is crushingly simple, with opportunities for endless malleability: Fried tortillas are dipped in salsa, possibly garnished with crema and cheese and chopped onions, or served as is, or demolished anywhere in between. It’s on the way! Everything (or at least the next 15 minutes) could very well turn out fine. Even the name alone - enchi ladas! - becomes a catalyst for anticipation: Comfort is in the vicinity. Whether topped with hills of Cotija cheese, or a silky salsa verde, or handfuls of herbs, the dish is a shorthand for deliciousness. “Oftentimes, it’s more financially viable to tear these buildings down and put up a high-rise.Enchiladas are warm hugs, enveloped in tortillas and blanketed in sauce. “Picking these jewel box sites and these spaces that are old and are so iconic, it’s so important for all cities,” Bailey tells PaperCity.
That effort included going to great lengths to preserve and restore the thousands of bricks that cover the building. “I can’t believe that we got to inherit this space and honor the past,” Bailey says of the project that took 20 months to complete. And who can beat the $5 glasses of wine or the $5 pitchers of beer offered from opening until 5 pm?
Guests grazed through the surprisingly wallet-friendly menu that includes delish bruschetta offerings such as prosciutto with figs and mascarpone and ricotta with dates and pistachios, plus crave-worthy meatballs, shareable charcuterie boards, paninis and salads. “And that’s why the wall’s there and why we were excited to take the space.” Postino founder Lauren BaileyĮxcitement was at a fever pitch in Postino Montrose on Friday night when all of the 103 dining seats, most of the 24 bar seats and a good number of the 70 seats on the covered patio were filled. “But I also think it’s important to remember how the road was paved. “Gay bars are not really opening up anymore because young people don’t need to go to a gay bar and meet another gay person because they can go anywhere they want and hold hands and be together. The all-day wine cafe’s launch in Houston came in the spring of 2018 in the Heights Mercantile development, where Postino’s introduction of $5 wine from 11 am to 5 pm quickly established it as one of the more popular spots in a neighborhood teeming with bars and restaurants.
It’s a beautiful and delicious cauldron of diversity for all, perched across the street from rocking gay bar South Beach. This Montrose outpost of the Phoenix, Arizona, mothership, Houston’s second Postino, is geared for everyone in the neighborhood. Never mind that the location has embodied numerous gay-centric business incarnations. Where the Montrose Mining Company left off after closing in 2016, Postino is picking up but with a wide-open rainbow coalition focus and an appreciative nod to the past.ĭon’t call this a gay wine bar. If the wildly successful pre-opening parties are any indication, Postino WineCafé in Montrose is poised to rock the neighborhood in similar tradition as its predecessors rocked convention during 36 years of a singularly gay focus.