Acamaya (3070 Dauphine St.) has swiftly become a destination restaurant for locals and tourists looking for the modern Mexican cuisine chef Ana Castro and sister Lydia Castro serve here. To check out their next restaurant, it’s a short trip just down the street.
The sisters are developing a new casual Mexican breakfast spot called Casimiro at 800 Louisa St., one block from Acamaya. The address is the former home of Alma, the Honduran restaurant which closed its Bywater location last year and remains open in Mid-City (301 N. Carrollton Ave.).
Renovations are now underway, and Casimiro is slated to open in the spring.
The Casto sisters named Casimiro after a childhood nickname of their father. The menu is based on what they miss from neighborhood spots during their upbringing.
“It’s what you’d expect to actually have for breakfast in Mexico City,” said Ana Castro. “It’s that place around the corner from your house. We want it to be part of the neighborhood.”…