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Santana’s latest hit: Suizas Pa Ti
Guitar legend, spiritualist, and lover of life and himself (in the documentary “Before the Music Dies,” he said that guitar gods like himself were, simply, born), Carlos Santana has opened a new restaurant in Austin. Statesman food writer Addie Broyles dishes the goods on her blog here.
Let’s get the easy jokes out of the way … you can probably expect the dishes at this restaurant to be derviative, tired and full of noodles. Jokes aside, the menu was developed by former Fonda San Miguel chef Roberto Santibañez, which portents good things.
Now for a joke of another stripe, the restaurant name … Maria, Maria, as in the title of the song for which he is probably most famous among the majority of the restaurant’s clientele. Oy(e como) vey.
According to Broyles’ blog, “At a media event at Maria Maria on Monday night, Santana, clad in brown and his trademark stocking cap, said he sees the restaurants — there are four total — and even his line of shoes as a way to return the blessings he’s received, to invest in people to give them an opportunity to financially, psychologically and spirituality grow.”
I can’t wait to hit up John McLaughlin’s new sno-cone stand next summer.
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