Bone Garden Cantina

There's this relatively well-known burger restaurant in town called The Vortex, and although they do have two locations, instead of opening a third, the people that own it got together and decided to do a highly-stylized Mexican restaurant instead called the Bone Garden Cantina. Candace and I first visited this restaurant not too long after it opened sometime over a year ago, and since then I've been wanting to go back. See, in addition to serving some really tasting gourmet tacos (although not as good as those found at Tacqueria del Sol, in my opinion), the Bone Garden has an incredibly-decorated interior, almost all of which is centered around the Dia de los Muertos (the Day of the Dead) tradition found in Mexico. Unlike the Vortex restaurants with their cracked out junk collection, Bone Garden's designs are all done extremely tastefully in a clean minimalist fashion with bright bold colors and distinct set pieces. Big props to the people responsible for the art work for sure!

Anyway, Candace and I finally made it back there last night, this time with her future roommate Christine and her boyfriend Michael after we all spent a couple hours sampling beers at the Sweetwater Brewing Company. So, after a few drinks, I was feeling particularly adventurous and decided to get not one but two out-there tacos. First up was a chicharrón taco, which ultimately features fried pigskin. It was super crunchy and fattening, but I'm sure I would grow to love it in time. Second, I had a lengua taco, which (for those of you who aren't in the know) is a tongue taco! I basically just had to ignore the fact that I was eating a tongue, and I was alright. Honestly, it didn't taste all that radical, although the texture WAS a bit different (but not by much). Would I order these two tacos again? Probably not, but I'm glad I tried them out!

Finally, we rounded out the evening with a banana empanada for dessert, which tasted surprisingly like a churro (which I've been craving SO badly for a long time). Overall, a great evening full of good eats and beer!