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Father-and-son Jesse Moreno Sr. and Jesse Jr. stand outside their new restaurant, under the vintage Peak & Elm sign.
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The Morenos pulled away decades of sheet rock and grime to find a glass-brick wall at the front of the space.
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One of the most appealing features of the adjacent bar is the series of vintage doorknobs they installed as purse hooks.
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Jesse Sr. points out the wood-working trim they added to a beam by the restaurant's entrance.
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A courtyard behind Peak & Elm may provide the restaurant with a space for an enclosed outdoor patio down the road.
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Jesse Moreno Jr. and his father, Jesse Sr., clad the front of the bar at Peak & Elm with weather-beaten slats of wood.
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Among the treasures at the Peak & Elm building are ample windows including these transom-style windows at the top.
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Mexican restaurant from father-and-son Jesse Moreno and Jesse Moreno Jr., owners of La Popular Tamale House, takes over a 1900s-era place in the emerging West Elm neighborhood. P&E is cozy, only about 1,500 square feet, and seats 75, with a narrow adjoining bar clad in weather-beaten strips of wood. The talker is the series of recycled doorknobs, some recovered from the building, which are nailed to the bar as thoughtful catch-alls for purses. Menu includes authentic, almost home-style Mexican, with signature dish the tamale pie.
