YORKVILLE — Husband and wife Angel Reyes and Pilar Florez are bringing some new offerings to the Mohawk Valley with their restaurant, Cantina Catrin, in Yorkville. From authentic Mexican cuisine to modern technology and towering beverages, the family-friendly restaurant, located at 700 Oriskany Boulevard, has something for everyone. “We specialized in the Mexican food industry […]
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YORKVILLE — Husband and wife Angel Reyes and Pilar Florez are bringing some new offerings to the Mohawk Valley with their restaurant, Cantina Catrin, in Yorkville.
From authentic Mexican cuisine to modern technology and towering beverages, the family-friendly restaurant, located at 700 Oriskany Boulevard, has something for everyone.
“We specialized in the Mexican food industry for a while,” Reyes says. After gaining experience, he says the couple felt ready to open their own restaurant.
Cantina Catrin opened in September 2023, but the owners only recently celebrated its grand opening on Jan.14 after finally obtaining their liquor license from the state.
With the license, the couple added a 10-seat bar at the restaurant and added margarita towers to the drink menu. They also serve traditional Latin American cocktails like mojitos.
The menu includes an array of traditional Mexican foods including tacos, fajitas, chimichangas, esquites, sopes, chilaquiles, and burritos.
Along with the authentic Mexican foods, rather than Tex-Mex options, Cantina Catrin also offers some fun technology to bolster the waitstaff, Reyes says.
“We have a little robot that takes the food to the people,” he says. “Not many restaurants have that.”
While employees are still needed to load and unload the robot, it does help the servers out because the robot can carry much more food — safely — than a person can, Reyes says. “It becomes very helpful.”
Looking ahead, the couple hopes the new bar and fun events like Margarita Mondays will help bring in more customers.
In the spring, they hope to build an outdoor seating area, giving diners the option to enjoy their meal al fresco.
“It’s a lot of work, but we enjoy doing what we do,” Reyes says about operating the restaurant, which was decorated by his wife with a “Day of the Dead” theme and subtle nods to the Disney move “Coco.”
Cantina Catrin is open daily from 11 a.m.-9:30 p.m.