TUY Yo   

Tu y Yo is bright and charming, with lots of bright colors, Mexican art and sunlight. The overall effect is welcoming and comfortable. The menu is Mexican, with many familiar favorites and a few new ones. There are the usual tacos and quesadillas, but there are also sopes (deep-fried corn flour dough topped with beans, cheese, onions, salsa and your choice of meat or vegetable); gringas (flour tortillas stuffed with cheese and your choice of meat or vegetable); and alambre (melted cheese, onions, peppers, bacon and your choice of meat or vegetable, served with flour tortillas on the side). Special plates include chicken in orange and annatto sauce, marinated boneless pork loin in Mayan sauce, spaghetti in broccoli cream sauce, octopus sauteed in cilantro oil with vegetables and olives, and cactus in a chile-cascabel sauce with carrots. All special plates are served with rice and beans. The most expensive items on the menu are the seafood dishes, which cost about $14. Almost everything else costs less than $10. -- K.F. Murphy