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Móle

205 Allen St., New York, NY 10002
nr. Houston St. See Map | Subway Directions Hopstop Popup
212-777-3200 Send to Phone

Price Range: $$$$
Reader Rating:
7.3 out of 10

3 Reviews | Write a Review
Cuisine: Mexican

Melissa Hom for New York Magazine

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Hours

Daily, 6pm-midnight

Nearby Subway Stops

F, V at Lower East Side-Second Ave.; J, M, Z at Essex St.

Prices

$14-$22

Payment Methods

MasterCard, Visa

Special Features

BYOB
Delivery
Dine at the Bar
Take-Out

Reservations

Not Accepted

Profile

Since 1992, Taco Taco has been sating Yorkville’s appetite for inexpensive Mexican fare, and after fifteen years, owners Nick Cervera and Lupe Elizalde expanded to the Lower East Side with an eccentrically accented outpost called Móle. But the complex Mexican sauce isn’t Móle’s raison d'être: Cervera just likes how it makes an apt melting-pot metaphor for New York City. His redesign of the former Win 49 space features exposed brick, Mexican Talavera tile, and a snug 25 seats, and Elizalde’s menu conforms to the one uptown, which covers familiar taquito-to-torta territory. More-ambitious specials include crepas con huitlacoche, mixiote (parchment-baked lamb shank), and the Yucatán specialty cochinita pibil (chile-marinated shredded pork, wrapped and baked in banana leaves). — Rob Patronite and Robin Raisfeld

Reader Ratings

7.3

my belly was not nearly big enough

pastywhitegirl from 11211 | Posted on 7/8/08

Overall Reader Rating: 9 (Highly Recommended)


Food:	9
Service:	8

Décor:	8

Value:	8

i went sunday night with a friend. we had squash blossom mexican-style quesadillas, duck carnitas, and scallop tacos. my friend and i are small but big eaters in the way of the restaurant compadres we are, but i still had...Read More

Shady service, reasonable food (NOTE: THEY ACCEPT CASH ONLY)

irish41687 from 10562 | Posted on 6/30/08

Overall Reader Rating: 4 (Not Recommended)


Food:	6
Service:	5

Décor:	5

Value:	4

The food and service were decent - though quite disappointing after reading so many good reviews. At the end of the meal, they informed us (for the first time) that they do not accept credit cards--only cash. The waiter then pointed...Read More