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Cascabel's Coastal Comfort Mexican Debuts Tonight in Toluca Lake

Top Chef Season 5 contestant Alex Eusebio opens a coastal Mexican eatery in this Burbank-adjacent neighborhood.

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Matthew Kang is the Lead Editor of Eater LA. He has covered dining, restaurants, food culture, and nightlife in Los Angeles since 2008. He's the host of K-Town, a YouTube series covering Korean food in America, and has been featured in Netflix's Street Food show.

Toluca Lake is a cozy neighborhood that's always craving more in the way of good dining options, and the husband-and-wife team of Alex and Sara Eusebio are providing one more place for the community to congregate in. Welcome Cascabel, a small 74-seat dining room with lovely wooden beams, bright turquoise accents, and rustic appointments all around. It's quite a change from its former life at D'Cache, where Phillip Frankland Lee made his first mark with Scratch Bar.

It's the kind of place where it's easy to slip in for a few margaritas, a lobster taco or two, shrimp ceviche with charred tomato, and a Mazatlan-style bouillabaisse. Landlubbers can nosh on hangar steak or al pastor tacos, or dip into a smoked bacon guacamole. Think of this as a bit of a Valley response to Mid-City's popular Petty Cash Taqueria.

Check out the menu below:

Cascabel Menu 1

Cascabel

1415 Murray Bay Street, , TX 77080 (713) 999-9551 Visit Website