content: BF and I are a big fan of Bobby Flay, so we were pretty excited to eat at Mesa. Sadly, Bobby was not there, and to my chagrin our server said we just missed him; he was there the week before. Ah well. \n\nThe restaurant is bright and elegantly decorated, colorful, and all the waitstaff were very professional and friendly. They have several lounge \""cubicles\"" to wait while your table is being setup too, which I thought was pretty smart for groups that are waiting - you can still talk and everyone can sit and face each other while you wait. \n\nWe ate:\n3 course meal of: \n1) Blue corn pancake: bbq duck + habanero chile + star anise sauce - Pretty good, but a little on the salty side\n2) New Mexican Spiced Pork Tenderloin Sandwich: pretty good, light and fresh, came with Mexican spiced fries too that were really good. This is what everyone calls the #1 dish here, but I really think that award goes to the corn tamale (below). \n3) Panna Cotta: SO GOOD - nice and light and the fruit was soaked in some type of liquor and really fresh and ripe. \n\n\nOthers:\nAppetizers: \nCremini Mushroom Quesadilla: pretty good, but will try something else next time\nTiger Shrimp Roasted Garlic Corn Tamale: OMG I could eat this all day, every day, for the rest of my life. The shrimp was nicely seasoned and tender, not overcooked, the tamale was sweet and savory, the white corn was fresh and drowned in this yummy creamy corn sauce. YUM....\n\nFriend got the Chile Rellenos, which was also quite good. Melt in your mouth cheesy-ness. Mmm\n\nGet the corn tamale!!