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BY ASIA ARMOUR
Vera Mitchell (left) and Pete Mitchell bought, renovated and rebranded Under The Volcano in September 1989.
The bar and restaurant’s house-smoked, black-peppered salmon ($14) is served cold alongside Roma tomatoes, capers, a Remoulade sauce and crostini.
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Under the Volcano specializes in authenticity
Drinks include a strawberry margarita ($12.25), the Red on Green ($11.75) and the Peruvian Pisco Sour ($11.25).
“We see [The Day of the Dead] here as a morbid thing, but it’s not really,” Vera Mitchell said. “It’s more about the way of passing to a di erent realm and how we communicate with the dead. [It’s about] the colorful part of it, ... It’s not a dark holiday.” It’s 5 o’clock somewhere All of the drinks at Under the Volcano are made from scratch. Drinks include a horseradish pome- granate margarita; the Green On Red—made with vanilla rum, red bell pepper, basil and citrus juices; and the Brazilian Caipirinha. In 2020, the bar added empanadas to the menu along with a Chilean salmon dish that’s smoked in-house, queso, tacos and churros.
Pete Mitchell met his wife and business partner Vera Mitchell at a craft beer bar in Dallas. The owner of The Ginger Man also owned a bar called The Volcano in Rice Village and asked Paul Mitchell to run it. The couple bought the bar from the owner when he moved back to the east coast and transformed it into Under The Volcano in
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September 1989. What’s in a name
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Under the Volcano gets its name from a novel by Malcolm Lowry, which has themes that follow the Mexican holiday, Day of The Dead. When they opened the bar, The Mitchells aimed to avoid stereotypical caricatures of Mexico, instead focusing on a more honest and authentic portrayal.
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2349 Bissonnet St., Houston www.underthevolcanohouston.com
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