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A look inside the new Xochitl
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A look inside the new Xochitl
Steve Cook and Michael Solomonov's Headhouse Square restaurant Xochitl (408 S. Second St.) will open tomorrow night at 5 p.m. with a renovation that has subtracted both white tablecloths and double-digit entrées. (Check out the new menu here.)
The wall the once divided the bar from the dining room has been cut down to a half-wall, supported by wooden beams that conceal steel load-bearing columns. Provenance Architectural Salvage provided all of the wood, including the salvaged ceiling beams that now lend the space its cantina-like vibe. A coat of saffron paint with a distressed plaster finish visually unites the bar and dining room and provides the backdrop for local artist Don Thompson's wall paintings of loteria cards, used to play a sort of Mexican bingo. Catholic vigil candles are arrayed in circular chandeliers over the bar, where the formerly mirrored shelves have been lined with antique azure glass.
Smaller changes include refinished tables set with colorful ceramic tiles; Cook was excited for the delivery of new, resin dining room tables topped with Spanish-language versions of American movie posters, including Star Wars, Bruce Lee and Clint Eastwood films.
Perhaps the most exciting development is the juicing-up of the Thursday night "Staff Meal" special, which now runs from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. in every part of the restaurant and discounts the entire menu by 50 percent. Five-dollar house margaritas will be available during Staff Meal, as well as during the weekday happy hour (5-7 p.m.) and weekend late-night happy hour (Thu., Fri. and Sat. in the downstairs lounge, 10 p.m.-midnight).
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