Tekila
Mexican Bar & Grill
A candlelit room on Prince Street where the cooking of Mexico is done the slow way, the tequila list runs deep, and there is a guitar in the corner most evenings.
Monday to Wednesday from 4 pm · Thursday to Saturday from noon · closed Sundays
The room
Dinner, taken seriously
Tekila is a small dining room at 165 Prince Street, in the middle of downtown Charlottetown. The lights stay low on purpose. Plates arrive on black ceramic, the bar pours tequila and mezcal it calls the best selection on the Island, and the kitchen works from handmade corn masa.
Every dish starts from the roots of Mexican cooking, finished with contemporary technique. It is the kind of room where dinner turns into the whole evening.
From the kitchen
Handmade masa, live fire
Tlacoyitos, tetelitas and huaraches are shaped from corn masa by hand. Alambres come off the grill under melted cheese with charro beans on the side. The molcajete lands in the middle of the table with ten tortillas and expects company.
Much of the menu is gluten free as written, and most of the rest can be made that way. Just ask.
From the bar
Tequila, mezcal, margarita flights
The back bar holds a tequila and mezcal selection the house calls the best on Prince Edward Island. The margarita flights are the famous part, best taken slowly, with something off the grill on the way.
On live music evenings the room fills in early. Sets run from 6 to 9.
Word of mouth
What guests say
Find us
165 Prince Street
Downtown Charlottetown, a short walk from the waterfront. Open Monday to Saturday, closed Sundays.