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“I’m going to do my best to make sure we’re accommodating and fitting the needs. “The goal of this restaurant is to be a gathering space for everyone,” she says, adding that Southern hospitality also plays a central role at La Chiquiada. People can sit down and eat a meal or even work while grabbing a bite, she says, or simply grab food and go. Zuber hopes La Chiquiada and the food Martinez serves here offers people options on how they wish to dine at the restaurant. People will come by and introduce themselves and they seem to be excited.” “We’re right under a WeWork and adjacent to a big apartment building, and obviously the walkability here in Decatur and the community is fantastic. “We’re super excited about our location,” Zuber says. The indoor space is more intimate, while outside features a large patio. Much of the building’s original details, such as the ceilings, remain intact. Two murals by Katherine Boggs bloom on the walls. The bar focuses on mezcal and tequila cocktails and wines by the bottle and glass from California’s Napa Valley, Paso Robles, and Sonoma County.ĭesign-wise, La Chiquiada embraces blues and pinks. Lunch and dinner feature street-style tacos. Zuber is especially fond of Martinez’s foraged mushroom quesadilla, which is made using Oaxacan cheese. Lunch and dinner feature street-style tacos, salads, and quesadillas and larger entrees in the evenings, like citrus-marinated flank steak and a roast chicken dinner for two served with rice and freshly made tortillas. Weekend brunch supplements the breakfast menu. In the mornings, La Chiquiada serves breakfast tacos and house-made pastries paired with Prevail Roasters coffee. It takes a lot more work and a lot more time, a lot of labor, but I think in the end it makes a lot of difference.” “I’ve been around kitchens for a long time, they usually and over here we try to keep it daily. “In the kitchen, we focus on the freshness of the product,” Martinez says. The Oaxaca, Mexico, native aims to keep dishes at the Decatur restaurant simple, leaning into freshness and using as many local and house-made ingredients as possible.

California’s foodways and its Mexican restaurants ultimately charmed her, and she calls La Chiquiada a love letter to the food she ate and was inspired by every day.Ĭhef Ulises Martinez leads the kitchen at La Chiquiada. Zuber has worked in restaurants for over a decade, and took a hospitality job in California after graduating from Auburn University. “I ended up getting an opportunity and this location worked out.” “Over the past couple years, losing my job because of COVID-19 and moving home, not sure if I was going stay or go back I took the time to just focus on this ,” she says. The pandemic changed her plans: Zuber lost her hospitality job there and ended up moving in with her family in Decatur. Zuber, who grew up in Gwinnett County, started conceptualizing a style of restaurant that highlighted fresh, simple ingredients a few years ago while living in California. Adjacent to a WeWork co-working space and the Amli apartment complex, La Chiquiada is in a prime location to become what owner Catherine Zuber envisions as a gathering spot for the community. Mexi-Cali restaurant La Chiquiada is now open on West Trinity Place in Decatur.