A Toda Madre Comida Urbana Mexicana is open in New Albany

A Toda Madre Comida Urbana Mexicana is open in New Albany

The Spring 2023 issue of Food & Dining Magazine is now available in all the familiar places: Louisville area eateries and food shops, newsstands and online.

“Comida urbana mexican una experiencia diferente unico ensu estilo,” loosely translated: “Urban Mexican food a different experience unique in its style.”

There’s a new bricks ‘n’ mortar Mexican restaurant in Southern Indiana called A Toda Madre Comida Urbana Mexicana. It comes with a sprinkling of a back story, at least for those of us who reside in the neighborhood.

2116 E. Spring Street is a mere ten city blocks from the digital editor’s house in New Albany. The 1970s-era building at 2116 had been a Dairy Queen for many years, and by 2021 it was becoming noticeably dilapidated.

In late spring of that year the owners of the Hing Wang Chinese Restaurant, a fixture for two decades directly across the street at 2123 E. Spring, began extensively refurbishing the structure. Their build-out took more than a year, and in June 2022 Hing Wang Cajun Seafood & Sushi opened.

Alas, at some point early in 2023, the recent arrival closed without fanfare, and almost immediately there were banners announcing the arrival of A Toda Madre...Read more