Cuisine:

• Cajun
• Caribbean
• Ribs
• Southern
• Casual
• Diner
• Others
• Eclectic

Caliente Description:
Even if you flunked high school Spanish, you still might remember that "caliente" means "hot." After one meal at this friendly corner restaurant and bar, you won't forget. Caliente's theme is anyplace warm, tropical or sweat-inducing. That's why the jerk plate seems right at home on the menu next to a Thai Cobb salad, which nudges in next to low country shrimp and grits, and flank steak is marinated in both tequila and teriyaki. Not every dish carries a through-the-roof heat index. A quesadilla with chicken, for example, delivers more of a slow, smoldering burn than a melt-your-eyeballs inferno. A swell microbrew selection washes it all down. Desserts ignite excitement, too, be it the signature piña colada bread pudding with coconut rum hard sauce or a fudgy chocolate-chipotle cake. A colorful panoply of hot-sauce bottles lines the kitchen pass-through window like strung fiesta lights and the whole feel, from the outdoor patio to the inside bar, is more south of some border than museum district.


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