Photo by Samantha BryantDeep in Mexico, about 250 miles north of Mexico City in Rioverde, San Luis Potos, Gabriel Montalvo had a restaurant. He named the restaurant Mezquite Grill after the nearby mesquite trees, an important source of wood in the region that is used for making furniture.
A decade later in 2011, he opened a restaurant under an identical name in Georgetown, serving some of the same authentic Mexican food as the original restaurant as well as some Tex-Mex dishes.
Montalvo opened Mezquite Grill in September after remodeling the interior of the building, which he said has housed several restaurants before his.
Several of the recipes include seasonings developed by Montalvo's grandmother, such as the Mezquite Tilapia ($9.99). Served with white rice, the tilapia filet is cooked with bell pepper, tomato, and onions and topped with seasonings his grandmother used when cooking.
