I stopped by the newly open Frida’s Mexican Restaurante last week at around 4 p.m. and it was already bustling.
It took over a year to get the restaurant open, and while, to my eye, the layout is roughly the same as the exorcised Zinnie’s East — bar immediately at the entrance, seating to the right and booths hugging the wall at left — the transformation is remarkable.
For one thing, I don’t recall this piece of art at Zinnie’s:
There are new tile floors, freshly painted walls, and a vibrant fountain out front. As I was looking over the menu, I heard a woman at the booth behind me say, “Beautiful, beautiful … ”
She was not, however, talking about the decor.
