Máximo (restaurant)

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Máximo, originally Máximo Bistrot, is a restaurant in Mexico City. It was founded in 2011 by the chef Eduardo "Lalo" García and the restaurateur Gabriela López. The diner offers dishes made with seasonal Mexican ingredients, inspired by French culinary techniques. For example, it has served crisp-skinned trout with clams, escamoles with Comté cheese, or soft-shell crab tlayudas with guacamole. Máximo Bistrot opened with four employees in a small space on Tonalá Street, in Colonia Roma, featuring a tricolored cement mosaic floor and a tree of life sculpture where candles replaced traditional biblical figures. The restaurant earned praise for emphasizing a farm-to-table concept, sourcing local ingredients, providing affordable dining, and offering a menu that changed daily—an approach likened to that of a bistro, later introducing a tasting menu. In 2013, it became the focus of national controversy when the daughter of the consumer protection chief of Mexico's Procuraduría Federal del Consumidor...

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