Nao Latin Gastro Bar at the Pearl is a student-staffed restaurant at the Culinary Institute of America. Their menu features Latin American dishes rooted in tradition but reinvented using a variety of ingredients and techniques. The menu features seasonal, progressive Latin food. ‘Martes es Fiesta’ continues this month at Nao Latin Gastro Bar with unique weekly dinner specials. These dinners are from 5:30p.m. to 9p.m. and will pay homage to different Latin American regions. They consist of one to two rustic, iconic dishes served family style to provide the true experience of Latin cuisine and service. Past dinners have included the Caribbean and the Andes Region including Ecuador and Colombia. This month the specialty dinners will be from Mexico.

On Tuesday September 13 guests will be able to enjoy Chile Relleno de Carne de Res – ancho peppers stuffed with beer-braised beef and accompanied by shaved cucumber salad and black bean puree. On Tuesday September 20 the dinner will be Tamales de Puerco en Salsa Roja – tamales filled with chile-braised pork and accompanied by napa cabbage slaw with jicama and herbs. Finally, on Tuesday September 27 it will be Pavo en Mole Poblano – roasted turkey in Pueblan mole accompanied by avocado, tomato and pumpkin seed salad and local corn tortillas. Future dinners will consist of El Sur, including Uruguay, Argentina and Chile in October and Central America in November.

Nao – Latin Gastro Bar
312 Pearl Parkway
San Antonio, TX 78215
(210) 554-6484