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Royal Delight: Barrio Queen Brings Authentic Mexican Food to Scottsdale

One of the Valley's most respected chefs adds foodie allure to SouthBridge

January 13, 2012 // By Patricia Escarcega

By Patricia Escarcega
Phoenix, Scottsdale, and Tucson Local Expert January 13, 2012

 

Colorful, fresh innovative Mexican dishes await at Scottsdale's Barrio Queen restaurant and tequileria. — Photo courtesy of Barrio Queen

A royal treat just landed in Scottsdale: a new Mexican restaurant from the chef/owner of Phoenix’s legendary Barrio Café promises to bring authentic and fun new takes on Mexican food to Scottsdale’s SouthBridge neighborhood. The restaurant will also feature a bakery, small retail component, and well-stocked tequileria.

Silvana Salcido Esparza, chef/owner of Barrio Café, is the guiding force behind Barrio Queen, one of the newest additions to Scottsdale’s growing roster of foodie destinations. Barrio Queen is a restaurant, bakery and tequileria spotlighting authentic Mexican regional cuisine. The menu features classics like tacos, tamales, quesadillas, burros, chile rellenos and specialty dishes, as well as an all-day breakfast menu. Breakfast specialties include green chile pozole, barbacoa beef stew, and the luscious torta de nopal y quesillo, a puff pastry torte stuffed with chorizo, Oaxacan cheese, and cactus pad strips, then topped with two eggs.

Those familiar with Chef Esparza’s culinary flair will find that Barrio Queen lives up to the Barrio Café legend. The lunch and dinner menu offers creative takes on old favorites, such as Esparza’s signature quesadillas stuffed with squash blossoms, blue-corn huaraches, tlacoyos (corn fritters with chicken, beans, and cheese), and a unique treat for adventuresome palates: tostaditas, toasted tortillas with carnitas, simmered in, you got it, Mexican Coca-Cola.

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About Patricia Escarcega

Patricia Escarcega has lived in the Arizona desert since she was a teenager. She works as a writer and editor in Phoenix with her four dogs and two cats. She received her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Arizona and is working on a novel about growing up in the 1990s.

Read more about Patricia Escarcega here.


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