I had gone to Zona Rosa when it used to be this real air stream trailer restaurant that served burgers and just had outdoor seating. It closed a few years ago and it took a while for it to re-open and this time it opened as a Mexican shoot off of Mesa Coyoacan. I have walked past here a million times but I heard a bunch of negative reviews, so I was never inclined to go. But on the day the US played Portugal in the World Cup, every place in Williamsburg was packed to the gills, so Paige and I ended up at Zona Rosa because they had available seating right in front of the TV.
The downstairs space isn't nearly as cute as the used to be but they did have upstairs seating that I believe has a retractable roof, so that may be a much nicer space. I honestly wasn't thinking of getting food rather just a bunch of cocktails for the game, but of course it's hard to say no to food when you've been sitting in the same place for 2+ hours. Paige and I got the guacamole ($9) to start and it was your basic standard guacamole. I wasn't a huge fan of the chips - they were a bit too thick and heavy and salty. We then waited a bit and then ordered some tacos to feed our hunger. Paige had warned me that the regular grilled fish tacos were really bad here but the waiter mentioned that they had a special beer battered version that night, so we thought we'd give that one a try and also got the carnitas version as well ($11). The tacos come three to an order and are the typical smaller fancy type of tacos you see everywhere these days. The beer battered tacos were made with mahi mahi and while they weren't bad, they were a bit too heavy on the batter for me and the pieces of fish were a bit too big for the small tortilla so it was a bit difficult to manage. But flavor-wise, it was fine, it just felt a bit like an unrefined taco trying to be one of those fancy tacos at ABC Cocina. The carintas one was a bit more manageable to eat and the pork was the right amount for the tortilla - it was served traditional style with onions and cilantro and 3 different kinds of salsa. Again - it was a fine taco but nothing that would really compel me to come back again soon. In the end, I'm glad that they were open and willing to let us just sit there and watch the game and I'm sure the upstairs open air section is quite lovely. I'm not necessarily dying to make this my local joint just yet. Total bill: $66/pp with tip, tax and lots of drinks
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