109 W Chapel Hill St
Durham, NC 27701
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Mateo

Cuisine: Spanish, Southern, American

Mateo is a Spanish, Southern, and American restaurant where most Menuism users came for fun with friends, paid more than $50, and tipped more than 18%.

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  • 9/20/2013

    A diner from GA tried it and liked it.

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NC_Chevalier

 Raleigh, NC
 

4 of 4 stars (excellent, casual dining).

(see explanation of ratings below)

Talented Chef Matt Kelly has opened a hot, new tapas (and I mean authentic tapas) place in the old Book Exchange building in popular downtown Durham.

Impressive selection of fine Spanish sherry.

Try the ribs: special cut, extra lean, lovely sweet-sour sauce.

Duck was too salty.

Flan is incredible.

About my ratings:

Only fine dining establishments can garner five stars. Until menuism realizes that a fast food joint cannot possibly be ranked equally with a $100 per person place, I need to draw the line somewhere. If we were only talking about the quality and presentation of the food, it would be a different story. But, as we know, menuism’s rankings take into account the entire dining experience.

Therefore, I divide restaurants into three categories (and I wish menuism would do the same):

1) fast food and “fast-casual” (no table service).

2) casual dining (table service, average entrée price: $10-$20).

3) fine dining (linen napkins, no plastic cups, no TV’s in dining room, average entrée priced at more than $20).

Fine dining can earn a max of five stars. Casual dining can earn a max of four stars. Fast food can earn a max of three stars.

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Mateo is located near the cities of Durham County and Shannon Plaza.
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