Playa Chac-Mool
A family-owned local restaurant serving authentic Mexican dishes.
Playa Chac-Mool, located on D street, off A1A in St. Augustine Beach, serves authentic Mexican dishes, particularly the cuisine of Yucatan, Mexico.
Playa Chac-Mool
Founded in 2008 by two sisters and their husbands, Play Chac-Mool offers the food they remember from their childhood, in a restaurant decorated with the playfulness of a fiesta. The decór, with bright accents of yellow, orange, and green, was inspired by the town fest (Fiestas De Pueblo) in Merida, Yucatan. The restaurant's name, Playa Chac-Mool, honors pre-Columbian Mexican statues found in the Yucatan region.
On the Menu
The families wanted to bring Mexico to St. Augustine Beach, and have chosen to mix flavors and items found in Tex-Mex and southern Mexico with their mom's and grandmom's recipes from the Yucatan. They serve lunch on Tuesdays through Thursdays, from 11:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., and that menu includes three Mexican egg dishes: huevos a la Mexicana, huevos con chorizo, and huevos rancheros. The restaurant make their own sauces, including their queso, and the xnipec—a spicy sauce from Yucatan, Mexico.
Of course they offer enchiladas, fajitas, chimichangas, quesadillas, and tacos, plus refried beans, and rice. They offer several protein options, including beef, chicken, steak, chorizo, carnitas, carne asada, and pollo asado. Play Chac-Mool also offers specialties such as pollo en mole and shrimp diabla.
The Restaurant
Playa Chac-Mool presents a fun, welcoming atmosphere in which the owner may decide to serenade guests with his guitar. They offer indoor and outdoor seating, and to-go orders. They have meals for kids (including cheeseburgers) and can provide vegetarian meals. You can top any meal off with one of their desserts; homemade flan from their grandma's recipe is a favorite. The restaurant serves soft drinks, domestic and imported beers, and wine, and they make cocktails from wine spirits.
Located at 105 D Street, at the corner of A1A, in St. Augustine Beach, Playa Chac-Mool is a block from the beach. They are about five miles from downtown St. Augustine, three from the St. Augustine Amphitheater, and about one mile from the St. Johns County Ocean Pier.
