The Day of the Dead in Locust Point
Tomorrow is the Day of the Dead.
Particulars of its observance vary throughout Mexico but cemetery visits and the construction of altars are common.
Michael Marx once spent the Day of the Dead in a graveyard on the Isla Mujeres off the coast of Cancun. It was the first night of his honeymoon. His Locust Point restaurant is closed on Tuesdays, but tonight and Wednesday night (and possibly Thursday) Miguel's Cocina y Cantina will offer a $25 fixed price menu built around a special entree -- a grilled lamb chops and duck breast with two mole sauces.
Marx began constructing the Day of the Dead altar (shown here) last weekend -- it features his grandmother ("as it has every year since 2000") and his uncle, who Marx says, was a great bartender well into his 80s.
