"Everything you see I owe to spaghetti." -- Sophia Loren
On our last trip to Mérida, we invited our property manager, Ruben, to join us for dinner. We asked for him to choose the restaurant, a place where he enjoys eating. We were pleasantly surprised when he suggested La Tratto, an Italian eatery located right on Prolong. Paseo de Montejo (479-C entre 17 y 19, Buenavista). We rarely go out for Italian food at home, primarily because the best restaurants are a 25-30 minute drive to the beach and Alan can whip up a tasty pasta dish fairly quickly with leftovers for the next day's lunch. La Tratto is a stylish open air restaurant on a very busy street, but we were a few tables in and didn't seem to even notice the noise. The restaurant was fairly busy for 9:00 PM (the rush is more like from 10:00 PM) and even with all the table chatter we were able to have a nice conversation. Ruben and Alan ordered pasta dishes and I opted for one of their neapolitan-style pizzas with sun-dried tomatoes, fresh basil, and goat cheese. The pizza was perfect - crust just like I wanted, not anything like those gooey, greasy, cheese-laden Godfather-like pies. Alan and Ruben enjoyed their pasta dishes as well. This restaurant is not on the tourist circuit and you will see mostly locals.
Sorry to say I did not take any photos, so you will have to take my word that everything looked and tasted quite good. I would say that prices are in the $$ range on a scale of $-$$$. It is worth noting that they have 2 for 1 pasta specials on Wednesdays, and 2 for 1 pizzas on Sundays (I believe). That would make dinner for two a good deal. I did not realize until I googled La Tratto that it is one of four restaurants owned by the Trotter family - the others being Pancho's, Bryan's, and Trotters.
I noticed that place after Yucatan Today promoted it on Facebook. It looks very stylish, and I'm glad the food follows through. Assuming we'll be able to make it past the tunnel project, we'll seek it out next trip.
ReplyDeleteIn one of our trademark moves, we showed up early (6pm) for dinner. La Tratto’s staff told us they didn't open until 7pm. I mentioned that their website stated 6pm (and still does), but they were still setting up and clearly not ready for service – no yummy garlic smells to be sniffed. We’ll have to give them another try!
ReplyDeleteIt is definitely worth a second trip. Between 8 and 9PM is a good time- before the late night suppertime for locals gets into full swing.
ReplyDeleteMy mother loves this place and plans to eat there every night in November if we let her.
ReplyDeleteWade will be happy, he loves pizza and I know we will be checking this place out on our next trip I am sure.
ReplyDeleteI read Darren and Wade's post about La Tratto and thought back to what you wrote. I hunted down your almost-two-year-old post and realized how overdue we are for a nice meal out! Now that they have an outpost in Santa Lucia, there's no excuse. No car required!
ReplyDeleteYou're right. It is a great addition to the Centro and an easy walk from your house. We had not been back to La Tratto just because it was a taxi ride away.
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