The Matador Restaurant and Tequila Bar
Bar food for dinner? Usually, I would go "ugh," but at the Matador Restaurant and Tequila Bar, the $4-5 happy hour plates were surprisingly "not bad." They were even worthy enough to be considered dinner, since their actual dinner menu is a bit overpriced. One of the few bar scenes to be found in Redmond, happy hour here is loud and crowded, housed in a red brick building the city proudly preserves. Walking in the door past the red curtains, the bull skulls obviously match the name, but large stained glass featuring skeletons wearing a skirt? Uh, yeah... Need another drink. Or maybe not, since their cocktails (mostly margaritas) are diluted by the ocean of ice cubes. And if you make it in the door a single minute after 6 pm, wave buh-bye to that $4 menu until 10 pm. Spicy fried calamari and chili aren’t as appealing at that hour anyway.
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