POCHOLANDIA
&
Stuffs
FLAVOR OF THE MONTH
New World Snacks
@ Prima Materia
Tasting Room
...You make us cry without hurting us.
I have praised everything that
exists,
but to me, onion, you are
more beautiful than a bird
of dazzling feathers,
heavenly globe, platinum goblet,
unmoving dance
of the snowy anemone
and the fragrance of the earth
lives in your crystalline nature...
~ Pablo Neruda
FROM ODE TO
THE ONION
GET TO KNOW THE HOMIES
EL CHEF
ITZTLI DE LA TORRE
Hola y'all. Primo here reporting for duty. Well what can I tell you. I really love story telling. I like to see other peoples perspectives, other cultures narratives. I like adventure, I like history, I like romance. And, I love to see it told in all the ways. Me? I try to to express my voice through my food. That's my medium. And, I'm really into telling the old stories & the old ways, of reporting the voices scattered from the four winds. The Moles, the gastriques, the Ras El Hanouts & the Vadouvans. But I love to tell these stories through a modern lens and ingredient forward lens. Morita chili Harissa, Miso caramels, Sriracha curries. You may have figured it out by now but, Primo does not take himself very seriously. My craft? The integrity of the food and service? Absolutely. I know why we toast the seeds. I understand why we cut against the grain. Unseasoned salads piss me off. But I'm a pocho and kinda fancy and honestly a generally smiley motherfucker. So why not Barbacoa Short rib with Tapatio Caviar? Look I have lots of love in me and I want to see all the homies vibin. That includes you. Ladies don't get too excited I'm the fat one on the left.
EL GUAPO
TRAVIS DONNELLY
The main man, the myth, the legend. Sommelier and all around good dude. This guy handles all the stuffs and with class. Becareful though your wife might fall in love with him
