Hellbender
How the 20 points are built (max 90) — awards = strongest culinary award + editorial mentions (see badges above).
- Awards & lists 0 / 60
- Chef pedigree 6 / 10
- Concept 8 / 10
- Buzz 6 / 10
- Cuisine Mexican
- Neighborhood Ridgewood
- City New York
- Dishes captured 64
DINNER
- 01
chicken milanesa
$32morita chile, cabbage slaw, cilantro macho mayo
- chicken
- chicken
- morita chile
- cabbage slaw
- cilantro macho mayo
- 02
refried beans
$6- pinto-bean
- 03
snap pea salad
$18tomatillo dressing, spicy granola
- snap-pea
- snap pea
- tomatillo
- spicy granola
- 04
head-on wild gulf prawns
$22habanero pineapple butter
- prawn
- wild gulf prawns
- habanero
- pineapple butter
- 05
tuna carpaccio
$24sikil pak, pickled shishito, olive oil
- tuna
- tuna
- sikil pak
- pickled shishito
- olive oil
- 06
endive salad
$18radicchio, salsa macha, fried shallots
- endive
- radicchio
- radicchio
- salsa macha
- fried shallots
- 07
three cheese empanada
$23ricotta, quesillo, cotija, thai basil, salsa cruda
- tomato-salsa
- ricotta
- quesillo
- cotija
- thai basil
- salsa cruda
- 08
black bass
$30smashed english peas, tomatillo salsa, pea tendrils
- black-bass
- black bass
- english peas
- tomatillo salsa
- pea tendrils
- 09
calamari a la plancha
$28chorizo, ayocote beans, salsa ranchera
- squid
- chorizo
- calamari
- chorizo
- ayocote beans
- salsa ranchera
- 10
guacamole and chips
$14- avocado
- lime
- 11
skirt steak
$42charred spring onion, guacachile salsa
- skirt-steak
- skirt steak
- charred spring onion
- guacachile salsa
- 12
hibiscus sugar churros
$14blackberries, whipped cream
- blackberry
- hibiscus sugar
- blackberries
- whipped cream
- 13
tamari pickled shishitos
$6- shishito-pepper
- sesame
- tamari
- shishitos
- 14
heirloom corn tortillas
$4- heirloom-corn
- heirloom corn
- 15
shrimp ceviche
$18spicy celery juice, green pico de gallo, pineapple
- shrimp
- shrimp
- celery juice
- green pico de gallo
- pineapple
- 16
arroz con leche
$10strawberry, rhubarb
- strawberry
- rhubarb
- strawberry
- rhubarb
- 17
fried oaxacan cheese
$14- quesillo
- oaxacan cheese
- 18
jello of the day
$10 - 19
dry-aged pork chop
$40roasted mushroom, brown butter, ancho chile
- dry-aged-pork
- pork-chop
- pork chop
- roasted mushroom
- brown butter
- ancho chile
- 20
green rice
$8poblano, cilantro
- poblano
- poblano
- cilantro
- 21
asparagus esquites
$18chile glaze, citrus mayo, cotija cheese, epazote
- asparagus
- lime
- asparagus
- chile glaze
- citrus mayo
- cotija cheese
- epazote
not alcohol
- 01
thai basil sour
$15almave n/a blue agave spirit, lime, thai basil, agave, egg white
- lime-juice
- egg-white
- almave n/a blue agave spirit
- lime
- thai basil
- agave
- egg white
- 02
ghia sunrise
$12ghia n/a aperitif, lime, agave, club soda
- lime-juice
- ghia n/a aperitif
- lime
- agave
- club soda
- 03
athletic brewing cerveza
$6 - 04
micheNada
$13clamato, house chamoy, tajin, athletic brewing cerveza
- clamato
- house chamoy
- tajin
- athletic brewing cerveza
- 05
agua de piedra sparkling water
$5 - 06
spiced hibiscus agua fresca
$8- hibiscus-flower
- hibiscus
BRUNCH
- 01
soft scrambled egg tostada
$15black beans, cheddar cheese, salsa macha, sesame
- egg
- black-bean
- scrambled egg
- black beans
- cheddar cheese
- salsa macha
- sesame
- 02
two eggs
$6scrambled or sunny side up
- egg
- eggs
- 03
enfrijoladas
$22roasted broccoli, oaxacan cheese, black bean mole, mexican furikake
- corn-tortilla
- black-bean
- roasted broccoli
- oaxacan cheese
- black bean mole
- mexican furikake
- 04
home fries
$7chorizo spice
- chorizo-spice
- chorizo spice
- 05
six chilled oysters
$23- oyster
- oysters
- 06
chilaquiles
$24pork chorizo, salsa ranchera, crema, queso fresco, sunny up eggs
- pork-chorizo
- pork chorizo
- salsa ranchera
- crema
- queso fresco
- sunny up eggs
- 07
oro blanco grapefruit
$18coriander seed, mint, citrus vinaigrette
- grapefruit
- citrus-juice
- oro blanco grapefruit
- coriander seed
- mint
- citrus vinaigrette
- 08
mega thick cut bacon
$8- bacon
- bacon
- 09
coffee tres leches cake
$12- coffee
- coffee
- 10
heirloom masa pancakes
$18cinnamon butter, maple syrup
- egg
- heirloom masa
- cinnamon butter
- maple syrup
beer
- 01
modelo
$612oz draft
- 02
talea ipa
$812 oz draft
- 03
sol
$612oz bottle
- 04
graft farm flor cider
$1012oz can
- apple
- 05
kcbc beach zombie sour
$812oz draft
- 06
guinness
$920oz draft
Wine
- 01
bubbles - chenin blanc
$88chateau de plaisance, 'cremant de loire', anjou, fr '19
- chenin blanc
- 02
rosé - grenache blend
$12 / $46moulin de gassac, 'guilhem', languedoc-roussillon, fr '24
- grenache
- 03
chilled red - carignan / grenache
$15 / $56fond cyprès, 'premier jus', languedoc-roussillon, fr '24
- carignan
- grenache
- 04
white - txakolina
$14 / $52artomaña, "xarmant", basque country, sp '23
- txakolina
- 05
bubbles - riesling pet nat
$65fio, 'piu piu', de NV
- riesling
- 06
orange - palomino
$65la casa vieja, valle de guadalupe, baja california, mx '24
- palomino
- 07
red - bobal
$14 / $52bodegas ponce, 'la casilla', manchuela, sp '23
- bobal
- 08
bubbles - prosecco
$13 / $50indigenous, veneto, it '23
- prosecco
- 09
white - roussanne / marsanne
$76maison stephan, "le grand blanc", rhone valley, fr '24
- roussanne
- marsanne
- 10
orange - pinot gris
$16 / $60pierre arnold, 'magie noire', alsace, fr '23
- pinot gris
Cocktails
- 01
pasilla penicillin
$17mezcal, alma tepec chile liqueur, honey, lemon, ardbeg 10yr
- mezcal
- alma tepec chile liqueur
- honey
- lemon
- ardbeg 10yr
- 02
night swim
$18aged haitian rum, chocolate, amaro, mezcal, orange, cacao bitters
- chocolate-liqueur
- cacao-bitter
- aged haitian rum
- chocolate
- amaro
- mezcal
- orange
- cacao bitters
- 03
margarita & soda
$15tequila, agave, lime, club soda
- tequila
- agave
- lime
- club soda
- 04
fine linen
$18mezcal, reposado tequila, dry junmai sake, chamomile, hopped grapefruit bitters
- mezcal
- reposado tequila
- dry junmai sake
- chamomile
- hopped grapefruit bitters
- 05
polar punch
$16rum, coconut, pineapple, grapefruit, blue curaçao, velvet falernum, branca menta
- rum
- coconut
- pineapple
- grapefruit
- blue curaçao
- velvet falernum
- branca menta
- 06
venus in furs
$16rye, strawberry, angostura, sweet vermouth, lemon, egg white
- rye
- strawberry
- angostura
- sweet vermouth
- lemon
- egg white
- 07
michelada
$13clamato, house chamoy, tajin, sol
- clamato
- house chamoy
- tajin
- sol
- 08
carajillo
$16house rum blend, licor 43, cold brew, amaro, smoked salt
- cold-brew-coffee
- house rum blend
- licor 43
- cold brew
- amaro
- smoked salt
- 09
disco devil
$16spicy tequila, aperol, coconut, passion fruit liqueur, lemon
- spicy tequila
- aperol
- coconut
- passion fruit liqueur
- lemon
- 10
paloma
$15tequila, grapefruit cordial, lime, club soda
- tequila
- grapefruit cordial
- lime
- club soda
- 11
margarita
single $15 / pitcher $55classic, pineapple, or rhubarb
- pineapple
- rhubarb