Last fall, Baruch Rabasa returned to his hometown of Mexico City to visit family. He’d recently given up his tenure as a private chef and, having helmed the kitchens at Atchafalaya and the now-shuttered Meson 923, he was unsure of his next professional move. What he was certain about, however, was where he wanted to eat in Mexico’s teeming capital city.

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