La Carta de Oaxaca is a
Mexican
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restaurant in
Seattle
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's
Ballard neighborhood, in the
U.S. state of
Washington
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.
Description
La Carta de Oaxaca is a Latino-owned
Mexican
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restaurant specializing in
Oaxacan cuisine
Oaxacan cuisine is a regional cuisine of Mexico, centered on the city of Oaxaca, the capital of the eponymous state located in southern Mexico. Oaxaca is one of Mexico's major gastronomic, historical, and gastro-historical centers whose cuisine i ...
in
Seattle
Seattle ( ) is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the seat of King County, Washington. With a 2020 population of 737,015, it is the largest city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest regio ...
's
Ballard neighborhood. The menu has included tacos al pastor,
ceviche with pineapple, lamb
birria,
mole
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negro over
pork ribs, and
tlayudas
Tlayuda (), sometimes spelled clayuda, is a handmade dish in traditional Oaxacan cuisine, consisting of a large, thin, crunchy, partially fried or toasted tortilla covered with a spread of refried beans, ''asiento'' (unrefined pork lard), lettuc ...
with
chorizo
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,
carne asada
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, cheese, and cabbage as toppings. The restaurant also serves cocktails and has selections of
mezcal and
tequila.
History
The restaurant opened in 2003. El Mezcalito (formerly Mezcaleria Oaxaca) in the
Queen Anne neighborhood has been described as a sibling restaurant.
La Carta de Oaxaca celebrated its tenth anniversary by offering a week-long
happy hour.
Reception
Julien Perry included the restaurant in
''Eater Seattle'''s 2013 overview of "The Essential 38 Seattle Restaurants". Maggy Lehmicke included La Carta de Oaxaca in the website's 2020 list of "13 Fun Bachelorette Party Destinations in Seattle", writing: "Every girls trip means a call for quality tacos, which is exactly what you’ll find at this Mexican joint in Ballard. Not only are the dishes satisfying (the mole is maybe the best in the city), but the dishes are easy on the wallet."
In 2018, the restaurant was voted the best Mexican restaurant in ''Seattle Magazine''
's annual readers' poll. ''
Seattle Metropolitan
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'' included the business in 2022 lists of "Seattle’s 100 Best Restaurants"
and "Seattle’s Great Tacos and Mexican Restaurants".
See also
*
List of Mexican restaurants
This is a list of notable Mexican restaurants. Mexican cuisine is primarily a fusion of indigenous Mesoamerican cooking with European, especially Spanish, elements added after the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire in the 16th century. The basic ...
References
External links
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2003 establishments in Washington (state)
Ballard, Seattle
Mexican restaurants in Seattle
Oaxacan cuisine
Restaurants established in 2003