Chicazapote is a new venture for Shoreditch Mexican restaurant Zapote - located on the same site in Leonard Street.

The 12-seat bar will serve up a taco tasting menu and a new range of cocktails including the signature Chicozapote, a mix of prickly pear and orange blossom gin, saliza amaretto and karmnia vermouth, and the Calvillo Martini, made with Ketel one vodka, amaro santoni, guava and lychee.

Since Zapote opened in Leonard Street in 2023, founders Yahir Gonzalez and Tony Gear have earned praise for their modern British take on Mexican cooking.

The new bar - which opens at the start of the Mexican holiday of Dias de los Muertos, will channel corn-based cooking and the bustling food scene of Mexico City where Yahir grew up.

The tasting menu includes saddle of rabbit, mojo roco, bla

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