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Zocalo Cocina Mexicana
(617) 277-5700
1414 Commonwealth Ave
Brighton, MA 02135
Brighton, MA 02135
Categories: Full-Service Restaurants, Limited-Service Restaurants, Mexican Restaurants
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Updated 09/02/2008
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Updated 09/09/2008
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Updated 08/19/2009
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Okay, so maybe "sweet" isn't the first thing that comes to most people's minds when they think of Brighton - but it's true, particularly compared to next-door neighborhood Allston (where the college kids party). Brighton has nearly everything you coul...
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Just walking by this place gives you a sense of how tasty the food is…the smell wafts out onto Comm Ave, and on a good day, sneaks right up the hill to my place. Zocalo’s interior is also a force to be reckoned with…dark lighting gives it romantic ambience, while candles in the evening give it a flair most Mexican places in Boston just don’t have.
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Updated 08/27/2008
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I consistently find myself at the oratory mercy of west coast transplants talking at me about the inadequacy of New England Mexican food. This happens to me about once every two weeks. I've been to the west coast, and their burritos are good, but (wi...
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The obligatory “sit down, order and pay like ten dollars for a burrito” restaurant, Zocalo more or less is what it is. If anything makes this place stand out, it’s the fact they serve some of the better sangria I’ve had in the city. Who doesn’t like some sangria?
This may sound too good to be true, but Zocalo has 11 varieties of sangria, and is praised for its great food and cozy atmosphere.