AMBar Press
“Lawrence Acosta is the new executive chef of The Plaza Hotel Pioneer Park in his hometown of El Paso, Texas.”
- Nation’s restaurant news
”With a Champagne shortage underway, cause by pandemic-related supply chain issues, among other factors, one Texas restaurant is encouraging New Year’s Eve guests to toast with tequila. El Paso’s Ámbar Restaurante in The Plaza Hotel Pioneer Park is offering a “Tequila Toast” featuring five curated tequilas, ranging from $28 per toast to $1,750.”
- cheers
“the launch includes a weekly live Instagram series with Andres Padilla, executive chef at the hotel’s Ambar restaurant, who is taking viewers into the hotel’s kitchen while he makes dishes like ceviche and pork carnitas.”
- THe New york times
“The hotel’s manager is a spirits pro and certified sommelier who wanted to create a unique collection of agave spirits, so along with tequila, guests can sample lesser-known spirits like raicilla, which is made from two varieties of roasted agave and is sweeter or fruitier than mezcal.”
- forbes
“Following the completion of the restoration in 2020, the new lobby bar at Ámbar Restaurante offers one of the largest selections of agave spirits in the nation with over 800 bottles. The hotel is also home to the only bottle Lalique Patron in all of Texas ($1,750 per shot) and fine sipping tequilas and mezcals as well as komil, pulque and other rare Mexican spirits.”
- just luxe
“5 Fabulous Winter Recipes to Warm Those Cold Winter Nights. featuring Toreados Cornbread from Executive Pastry Chef Marisol Puentes, The Plaza Hotel Pioneer Park, El Paso, TX.”
- food & travel magazine
“One of the most fun things to look at in this upscale Mexican restaurant where everything is fun to look at is the 800-plus-bottle collection of agave spirits behind glass. Gentle Spanish-language music, handwoven throw rugs, a sprawling light sculpture on the ceiling fashioned after the dark starry skies of West and leather furniture and accent pieces lend texture to this historical space inside the Plaza Hotel Pioneer Park.”
- business jet traveler