Elote-Brooklyn

(718) 599-2655

I believe this restaurant was called something else earlier, but I forget what it was called originally so I'll stick with its current name. For what it's worth, and this may not be much, this is probably the best Mexican food you're going to get in the berg after they closed down that deli on Bedford between north 6th and 7th.

Elote has a decently sized back yard, with picnic tables and some shade. It's the perfect place for summertime margheritas, an easy feat considering the resplendent number of quality tequilas on the bar. The last time I visited Elote I was attacked by Mosquitoes. It was quite unnerving, but at the time this was happening all over Brooklyn, and, in fact, also happened to me recently at Dumont. Fucking mosquitos man. I mean, what a wretched insect. They nearly ruined the experience, but fortunately we had all of that delicious tequila so after a little while the mosquitoes had their fill and we just sat there and slowly got drunk.

The food and service are more than acceptable, but Mexican food for me is a little different in terms of experiencing cuisine. Firstly, it is generally made from all of the same ingredients, save for minor variations in the actual mode of transport. For instance there is little difference between an enchilada and a burrito. I don't necessarily think that one dish is going to stand out more than another, merely because the beans are the same beans in whichever dish you compare. So when determining the quality of a mexican restaurant's menu, if the over all food is good, and the guacamole is good, then chances are the entire menu is good. And that is the case for Elote.

Unfortunately, the more I look at other blogs the more I realize that I don't have pictures or anything. I'm not sure I understand the food-blog picture, because to be honest the pictures rarely do anything. Obviously they are taken by amateur photographers on a digital camera, with no lighting to speak of, so the pictures make the plate look more unappetizing. Have any of you actually looked at a picture and said, 'that looks so good I just want to eat it right now.' Or even better, 'That looks revolting, I'm never eating there ever unless I'm starving or it's free.' What do you need them for? Filler? To see the size of the portions? I just don't get it. I have no pictures. sorry.