ROCKING
HORS CAFE MEXICANO
182 8th Ave. New York, NY 10011
Cross Street: Between 19th and 20th Streets
(212) 463-9511
Tex-Mex serving creative menu of favorite food.
Chelsea restaurant fills with a youthful, good-looking
crowd who enjoying sipping on the restaurant's killer
fruit-flavored margaritas.
Highly creative cooking. Main courses include a chile-rubbed
roasted pork chop with a plantain puree, chipotle-glazed
tuna with wild rice and a sweet corn emulsion, and grilled
sea bass with braised lentils and salsa. Overall, the
Rocking Horse Café is an ideal venue to venture
beyond typical Mexican fare.
AGAVE 140 7th Ave South, New York, NY 10014
(212) 989-2100
Innovative Southwestern eats served with style and a smile.
At this spirited spacious restaurant you can Sit by the
tall front windows watching West Village people.
The menu offers fresh, intricately flavored twists on
Southwestern fare, in generous portions. Standout appetizers
include red snapper ceviche, lamb and manchego taquitos
and perfect guacamole. Cumin croutons, spiced pecans and
jicama enhance the hearty salads. Quesadillas and tacos
are spiced-up with barbecued-duck picadillo or Maine lobster
fillings, accented by mango pico or sweet plantains. Well-executed
skirt steak and Angus short ribs with a delicate mole
are entree favorites. Must try the Mexican vanilla creme
brulee or cider-glazed, pecan-stuffed apples with ice
cream.
