Need a pretty Mexican Restaurant to coincide with your visit to the Frida Kahlo exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum of Art? Of course you do! Xochitl is the place to go (the picture above is actually from Time Out New York Online) — especially considering it currently has a special Frida Kahlo three course meal filled with all of Frida’s favorite dishes. (Unfortunately, it’s $35 per person!) If you can’t afford that, you can purchase a single appetizer, dessert, or meal that is also included in the Frida full-course meal. For example, I recommend the $7 Sopa Azteca (tortilla soup).

I know this is an art & design site, so it’s a bit out of my realm to advertise a soup, but this soup gets design & creativity points all its own. At Xochitl the soup portion of the dish was poured out of a jug over a bowl of tortilla strips, avocado, and cheese (which delightfully melted in the warm soup).

If you aren’t in Philadelphia, I’ve found a Cafe Frida on Columbus Ave in New York that serves $5 Sopa Azteca — but I can’t promise it’ll be as pretty as Xochtil’s. Or, if you live way out in the middle of nowhere, you can make Sopa Azteca yourself with this recipe. Rumor has it the key ingredient is the epazote leaves.

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