Dulce Patria is a fairly large restaurant that appeared to have a second level available also. The lighting was low and quite colored which muted many of the food tones.  The first room we entered was lit with red diffused lighting but our room was lit with a green light.  Unfortunately this affected some of my pictures until I had my husband use his phone to light the food. However on a couple dishes I’ve included how it looked to me sitting there vs with proper lighting.  All the color was sucked out by the green and made it much less interesting.   Our room looked like it could be opened into a patio, based on the plastic covering the other side of the partitions.  This allowed a bit of traffic noise and horns as well as cigarette smoke to invade our dining space which was not a good thing in my book. Continue reading →