Taco joint Bajo Sexto opens in downtown Nashville today

A new Mexican restaurant is preparing to serve tacos and margaritas in downtown Nashville Thursday evening.

Bajo Sexto is set to open to the public at 5 p.m. today at the Country Music Hall of Fame at 216 5th Ave. S.

The casual taco joint is a partnership between Chef Jonathan Waxman and his business partner, local music industry veteran Ken Levitan.

A California native and musician-turned chef, Waxman is the chef-owner of the popular Barbuto in New York. He and Levitan helped organize Nashville's Music City Food + Wine Festival, and they partnered to open Adele's restaurant in The Gulch earlier this year.

In addition, Chef Kaelin Ulrich Trilling will help lead the kitchen at Bajo Sexto.

“Growing up in the Mexican countryside, in my mother’s cooking school, instilled a deep appreciation of food and a foundation for the right flavors and most important seasoning for each ingredient to shine,” Trilling said in a statement. “My father was a farmer, and through his hard work, I learned to appreciate and develop a conscientiousness about the care and dedication it takes to grow vegetables, herbs and fruit, and bring fresh ingredients to the table.”

Bajo Sexto will offer a limited menu of Mexican cuisine. Chips and tortillas will be made in-house using a two-day process that involves grinding dried white corn with volcanic stones. Menu items will include: adobo-roasted pulled chicken tacos; crispy whitefish tacos with cabbage slaw; carnitas served with pineapple pico de gallo and salsa tomatillo; flautas; hominy soup with pork broth and radish; nachos; build-your-own salads; and quesadillas.

The restaurant will also serve a selection of margaritas, wine, beer, horchata and agua frescas.

Bajo Sexto will have a 75-seat dining room, 12-seat bar and up to 75 seats on an outdoor patio.

For the first few weeks, the restaurant will be open from 5 p.m. to midnight Tuesday through Sunday. Eventually, the hours will expand to: 10 a.m. to midnight Sunday through Thursday; and 10 a.m. to 3 a.m. on Friday and Saturday.

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