The Mission’s Old Town original trades on a moody, tight room beside a historic church. The Kierland sister, opened in 2017, keeps Matt Carter’s candlelit drama and Spain-to-South-America menu but adds breathing room, easier parking and the Commons scene outside. It’s still one of North Scottsdale’s only chef-driven Latin rooms.
Yes, get the tableside guacamole. Then build dinner around the plancha section, cooked over mesquite and pecan, with a smoked-sea-salt margarita doing the pairing work.
When to go: lunch, or a weeknight at the bar. Weekends and the winter-into-spring season fill fast, so book the dining room ahead.