By finding a perfect way to have class, but still keep the down-to-earth feel of Verde restaurant, owner Maris Manzano and her staff have created a unique place. The bar gives it an additional flavor of a comfortably upscale lounge
By finding a perfect way to have class, but still keep the down-to-earth feel of Verde restaurant, owner Maris Manzano and her staff have created a unique place. The bar gives it an additional flavor of a comfortably upscale lounge mix.
The restaurant is open 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily. Mondays are known as Margarita Mondays and, as the name implies, house margaritas are $3 all day. On Tequila Tuesdays you can save $2 off any tequila all day as well. Every day of the week they host a happy hour from 3 to 5 p.m. with $3 house margaritas and $3 draft beer (Pacifico, Negra Modelo, Dos Equis).
Being a mojito lover myself, I had to try the ginger cilantro mojito (Bacardi Superior, Domaine de Canton Ginger Liqueur, club soda, lime, fresh muddled cilantro, ginger, $9). Even though I am not a big fan of ginger or cilantro flavor on their own, and put in a mojito, I wasn’t sure I’d like it. I must say that it was surprisingly refreshing. The flavors mix well for just the right sweetness.
On its reopening day Nov. 24, the restaurant had a fundraiser. Donations went to the Philippines Red Cross to help with the typhoon damages.
I think this visit was one of the few, if not the only one, I remember where I didn’t ask for more salt or sugar to add to anything I consumed. The owner and staff must be doing something right.
“Change is the only constant in life and no one has the monopoly of good ideas,” Maris’s dad Pete Manzano said.
I agree and believe Verde is onto something fresh, new and exciting.
