Thursday - Sunday: 12pm - 6pm
After months running de Havilland, his Petaluma pop-up in the Tea Room Cafe, chef Mark Malicki was lured back to Tomales by Shannon Gregory (Route One Bakery, The Marshall Store), to open a pop-up in a nook of space where K&A Take Away once held sway.
Malicki, who had not done tacos before, brought in Nancy Sanchez of Oaxaca to handle the masa, focusing his energy on the fillings. Open since mid-June, the restaurant features The Marshall Store chowder in big and little portions. The menu typically includes four tacos. Suadero, braised beef brisket, is most Mexican with cascabel salsa and guacamole; veggie might be sweet potato topped with kimchi and scallion oil, while BBQ chicken is lemongrass-scented with hints of black pepper and lime amidst the minty salsa verde. There’s a dessert or two and maybe a ceviche, if the fish looks good.
All can be enjoyed on one of the benches outside or at Route One, if you’d like a glass of wine or beer with your meal. As summer gives way to fall, Malicki might shift the menu to focus more on composed plates. That, as of this writing, is TBD.
