Suerte
EatEast Austin#14 of 50

Suerte

Austin, Texas

Photo: Arda

Elevated Mexican fare in a space that feels like a gallery crossed with a hacienda. Chef Fermin Nunez cooks with the reverence of a grandmother and the ambition of a modernist. The masa is nixtamalized in-house, the mole is a multi-day project, and every plate arrives looking like something you should photograph but will eat too fast to bother.

Insider tip

The suadero tacos with salsa bruja are the sleeper hit. Order them alongside the bone marrow tostada.

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