Border Grill
Photo: courtesy of the restaurant
Looking for someplace to go loco on Cinco de Mayo? No problemo, we've got May 5 options for you:
In the main dining room of Santa Monica's Border Grill, specialty cocktails (ginger lime margaritas, basil drops), bocaditos (gingered salmon tartar Napoleon, Oaxacan black mole chicken skewers) and platos especiales (chipotle-blackened trout, shiitake pozole) will be offered in addition to the regular dinner menu (5–10 PM; 310-451-1655).
Ventura's Brooks gets into the Cinco fun with $1 chicken, carnitas and carne asada tacos, $11 plates of cheese enchiladas, carnitas and carne asada, $4 desserts and drink specials like the $7 "desert fire" and $5 strawberry margaritas (noon–9 PM; 805-652-7070).
Or, if none of those fit the bill, visit one of our top-rated Mexicans, including Babita Mexicuisine, Chichen Itza, El Tepeyac, La Cabinita and Loteria! Grill.