Restaurant Review: Cafe Kestrel and Cocina Consuelo

Atmosphere

Like a cute cafe in Puebla, Mexico, with colorful walls and shelves filled with cheery sundries like framed photos, plants and picture books. The piano in the front might make you wonder if you’d accidentally walked into someone’s living room.

Noise Level

Quiet.

Recommended Dishes

The breakfast menu is the highlight, with masa pancakes, hibiscus “tinga” quesadillas, tortilla con huevo and the grilled cheese. Dinner standouts include mole negro, birria bone marrow and papas. Always ask for more tortillas. Breakfast and lunch dishes, $15 to $18; dinner dishes, $12 to $32.

Drinks and Wine

An interesting selection of beer and wine (mainly from Mexico) at dinner, and a variety of coffee drinks, including a wonderful cafe de olla, at breakfast.

Price

$$ (moderate)

Open

Wednesday to Saturday for breakfast, lunch and dinner; Sunday for breakfast and lunch.

Reservations

Not accepted.

Wheelchair Access

The entrance and restroom are both wheelchair accessible.

What the Stars Mean

Ratings range from zero to four stars. Zero is poor, fair or satisfactory. One star, good. Two stars, very good. Three stars, excellent. Four stars, extraordinary.

This information was last updated on Jan. 14, 2025