A Ginger Zinger
A Ginger Zinger
Le Colonial’s upscale Vietnamese fare demands a high-class cocktail to match.
CHEAP EATS: Bien Trucha’s 4-forks
First impressions: Even if you know Geneva, Bien Trucha is hard to find. It’s tucked next to a hair salon in a small, nondescript building on the main drag. But what a find it is. There’s nothing exotic about this Mexican restaurant, unless you count watermelon-infused guacamole or tangerine margaritas. What it has is simply great. Even though it has been open for just one year, Bien Trucha has a lot of regulars already. Many remember Tia Maria, the Geneva Mexican restaurant run by Ricardo Garcia-Rubio before he left in 2003 for an ill-fated restaurant in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. He was back by 2006, and figured even if he had a little money he would do his own thing. His vision of a “nice little restaurant” was Bien Trucha; what he didn’t expect were crowds lining up for his small place.
