Soft Opening at Mestizo in Belltown

Feleke and I checked out Mestizo on Thursday night. It's a new "tequila ultra lounge" in Belltown, taking over the space that previously belonged to Twist.

Mestizo is currently in the soft opening and they have a limited menu right now. 

Feleke ordered the ceviche. 

Ceviche ($16)

 I ordered the chicken fajitas.

Chicken Fajitas ($14)

Mestizo wants to be a tequila lounge and they definitely deliver on that. They have three pages of every type of tequila you could imagine. 

  
I did not take pics of the inside, but here's what I can tell you. The sparkly pig is gone, there is still a front bar and back bar (we sat at the back). There are many private booths, lots of seating space. The back room at Twist that was a private area is now converted to booths. They also had a live band playing Latin music, and from what I heard, they play to have music every evening. 
We spoke to a few employees and there are plans to have food brunch on the weekends, lunch during the week and - get this - late night available until 4:00 a.m. Late night is going to be a shit-show, I am sure. 
Oh, one more thing to note, they are somehow related to Tia Lou's, but I received different answers on the connection. The one that most of the staff said was one of the current owners was a general manager at Tia Lou's? 
We'll see how they do in the next few months. Hopefully we'll see an expanded menu and prices fall.