Provecho

Provecho is an unassuming little restaurant near downtown Vancouver. Yes, there’s a sign on the wall that says “Be Nice or Leave”. It must work as everyone there including the waitstaff was nice the day I visited.

The interior is casually decorated – there are two rooms, one with a full bar. Outside, there is a small dining area. The waitstaff do seem a little concerned about matching bodies to tables, asking two customers to move to a two seat table from the four seat table they had picked. I suspect that’s necessary as they do get crowded and there are a limited number of tables.

Provecho’s menu is fairly minimal compared to other Mexican restaurants. There are not a lot of choices but what they do serve is fresh using top notch ingredients. I wouldn’t mind if Provecho branched out a little and served, say, enchiladas.

Overall, a pleasurable dining experience and I will try them again.

We have eaten at this small, friendly place with the sign on the wall stating “BE NICE OR LEAVE” about a half dozen times in the past year. The food is cooked to order, imaginative, fresh and delicious. Unpretentious decor but has a table with view of parking lot for the blind and sensory deadened. We eat inside. Not a traditional south of the border place. The food really is wonderfully put together with delicate flavors, careful production of a delicious looking as well as tasting meal. I hate my food to look like leftovers scraped off others plates – as it at so many other s-o-t-b places. Nothing like that here. It looks like a CHEF prepared!! Even with carefully chopped herbs and finely diced tomatoes on top. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.