A volunteer effort in conjunction with La Cocina, the San Francisco restaurant incubator. Mi Comedor (“My Dining Table” en español) was a restaurant attempting to stand apart from the myriad of Mexican restaurants in San Francisco, let alone California. Mi Comedor cooks recipes from all regions of Mexico, bringing different flavors and ingredients from all over the map.

Mexico has a variety of regional cultures, each with distinct patterns used within their art and textile. The cluster of ingredients in the shape of Mexico took inspiration from the styles of Otomi and Purépecha textiles. These patterns prominently feature a large number of little designs packed together within the same cloth.

The colors needed to stray away from the typical colors of Mexico (green, white, & red) as they are more commonly used in Mexican restaurants. Instead, more festive colors were chosen, inspired by the combination of colors used in Mexican crafts.