Peltre Lonchería

Deli, barato y bien localizado en la condesa, definitivamente un must por esta zona para desayunar

It’s funny, when a new restaurant opens in your neighborhood, an awakening of sorts occurs. For the whole time I have been at my current apartment in Roma Norte (four years) — this particular corner on esquina Cordoba and Alvaro Obregon, it has always seemed blocked, closed, and under construction. The last few weeks, actual progressing activity of what seemed to be a restaurant was in place and I think many were in shock to see something happening. Today, the loncheria, open, begged me to try it on the first day of opening. Clear windows, open spaces welcoming staff, and a fresh and positive vibe, with the jazz playing overhead, welcomed me, four buildings from my own apartment. A mixture of sandwiches and soups, a variety of teas and coffees, I almost dived into a salad but the only salad I had a taste for at the moment was one with lots of fruit, but I did not see a salad of that sort on the menu. I chose the taco soup, with a large orange juice (fruit in there somewhere!)
I did like the décor, as the open windows looking out of what used to be a permanently closed corner from the outside in now peered onto the busy happenings on this corner, with a fascade of looking out, the jazz eased me into relaxation mode. I took the bright décor in, and found a liking to the blue-​speckled steel design I often saw on old-​style kettles, and plates, and liked the feel of being able to ease into a booth with a clear view onto the corner of my neighborhood.
Having the staff deliver the bowl of content then pouring soup over the contents was appetizing to the sight and the taste — the soup lasted maybe 5 minutes. The juice extremely fresh tasting, I took in the shelves of novelty items such as procelain figures and items you’d spot in a novelty store. While certainly not a top notch, state of the art fancy restaurant, this location set you as ease and provided shelter from the noisy traffic in the middle of the day, while the food hit the spot amid the period you eased into a relaxed state. Such a business on a street corner that was just a corner for all these years? A great addtion to my block and to Alvaro Obregon as we begin to see at least 4– 6 new food establishments in the last few weeks.