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LloydMartin Turns Taqueria for April Fool’s Day

It's called Chicharron, naturally.

Allecia Vermillion
Author: Allecia Vermillion
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The best one-night stands usually involve tacos. Image via LloydMartin.

For food writers—or journalists of any sort—April 1 is usually filled with fake, jokey press releases guaranteed to roll your eyeballs (I’m looking at you, Ivar’s). And yet I am totally on board with restaurants adopting an entirely new persona just for the day. I wish more establishments did this, labor intensive though it may be. But until that happens, there’s always LloydMartin. 

Last year Sam Crannell’s comfortably inventive Queen Anne restaurant went tapas for April Fool’s. This year he’s turning the joint into Chicharron, a one-night-only Mexican restaurant. 

From 4 to 10 on April 1, LloydMartin’s usual menu will be replaced by queso fundido, guac, three types of ceviche, and tacos. And I am assuredly on board with Crannell’s version of tacos; his come stuffed with braised goat, salsa verde, feta, and pickled onion, or perhaps rabbit and avocado with mole poblano and queso fresco. 

Here’s a partial menu for Chicharron (established 2014). Crannell promises there will, in fact, be chicharrones on the menu. There’s also talk of a cricket taco.

Unlike LloydMartin, this place doesn’t do reservations; it’s walk-ins only for April 1.

 




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Allecia Vermillion
Allecia Vermillion
Allecia Vermillion has spent a decade at Seattle Met, arriving as food and drink editor, and expanding her role over the years. She served as the magazine’s editor in chief until moving into a newly created executive editor role in 2021. She spearheads Seattle Met’s food and drink coverage and oversees home design content. Allecia’s writing has earned her multiple journalism awards and two James Beard Award nominations over the years. A native of Portland, Oregon, Allecia began her writing life as a newspaper reporter in the Chicago suburbs before making a grateful return to the Pacific Northwest. She has an English degree from Washington University (no, the one in St. Louis) and a masters in journalism from Northwestern University. She lives in Seattle with her husband and two children.