Got a tip from a friend that there's a new Mexican place in Bloomfield, so we took a chance Sunday and checked it out. Mago Latino is the name of the place, and it's on Liberty Avenue nearly across the street from the big church (nearly across from Jim's Records, too). Excellent food, mainly because it all tastes fresh. Don't bother with the red salsa that comes with the complementary chips. Ask for the Green Tomatilla Sauce with Pico de Gallo on top. Tastes like they chopped the tomatillos and cilantro and squeezed the limes seconds before serving it. We filled up on chips (which came still warm from the fryer) and could barely finish our entrees. The owner, who is your amigo as soon as you step in, says that they server breakfast too. I assume that's only Sundays, since they open at 9 then instead of the usual 11. It's located in the corner restaurant space with the tables set up in the windows (you know that space, right?). That corner building has had a history of unsuccessful resturants, so we're hoping this place won't be haunted by those ghosts. Mago Latino 4627 Liberty Ave 681-5065
Pittsburgh, PA
Mago Latino: Good Mexican!
Kate C. wrote: > Oops! I missed this one. Where is this place? > Is it truly Mexican or is it Tex Mex or even > Pgh Mex? I love tamales. I hope we have a new > Mexican restaurant in our midst. > > Kate Hi, Mago Latino is on the corner of Pearl and Liberty in Bloomfield. I ate lunch there the other day. It was pretty good, but it was not on par with the sorely missed Fajita Grill. The available food is not unlike that at El Campesino. For lunch I had a Chile Relleno, a Quesadilla, a Tamale, and lots of the gratis chips and salsa. The Chile ( poblano ) relleno was good, but not spectacular, the quesadilla was about par, and the tamale was very good. It was stuffed with something akin to carnitas. The star of the show, however, was the green tomitillo salsa that came with the chips. A previous post raved about its freshness, and fresh it was. It was also assertively spicy, with a strong undercurrent of smoke. The default red salsa was, in contrast, nothing to write the usenet about. I went for lunch, and stuck with a lunch special accordingly, but they had a few more interesting things on their dinner menu, including chilaquiles(sp?) and chicken with mole. How they do with dishes like this will be a much better gage of the overall quality, but lunch was good enough to get me back to find out. Ralph