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Alteño
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What to order
Pan de Elote; kanpachi tostada with uni; costa de ribeye taco
Getting in
Book about a week out
Reservations open 60 days out at 8am (per the restaurant's own site); bar seats are first come, first served
Chef Johnny Curiel's Jalisco-inspired Mexican restaurant on the ground floor of the Clayton Hotel & Members Club, opened March 2025 by the team behind Alma Fonda Fina.
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