Con Huevos Restaurant in Trussville, Alabama, serves authentic Mexican fare with flair
When guests visit Con Huevos Restaurant in Trussville, Alabama, they are treated like family and are served delicious meals in a welcoming atmosphere. Among the newest eateries in Trussville’s fast-growing Entertainment District, Con Huevos offers authentic Mexican dishes in a festive, beautiful space that makes one feel transported to Mexico. Owner Daniela Trucios’ focus is on serving fresh and authentic Mexican dishes. (Phil Free / Alabama News Center)
In the Mexican culture, a meal with family or friends is an experience, a time to savor tasty food made with loving hands while enjoying lively conversation.
Con Huevos Restaurant in Trussville, Alabama, brings those ideals to the table, with a focus on authentic Mexican food, delicious cocktails and a fun and welcoming atmosphere.
“In Mexico, the food is something really important to unite family,” said Daniela Trucios, owner of Con Huevos, which opened in Trussville’s Entertainment District in November 2023. “It is important to go to a place with good service.”
With Trucios’ attention to detail, Con Huevos Restaurant is a popular spot for breakfast, brunch, lunch or an early dinner. The beautiful, festive décor adds to the feel of a real Mexican cantina, but customers are drawn by Con Huevos’ excellent food and friendly staff.
Con Huevos means “with eggs” in Spanish, but the eatery offers much, much more.
Jessie O’Dell enjoys a meal at Con Huevos almost daily. The Trussville resident said the “quality food” and service that one “doesn’t find anymore” are why he, his teenage son, George, and their friends eat at Con Huevos.
Oneonta resident Alexandra Gutiérrez always orders the chilaquiles verde, Con Huevos’ most popular entrée. Her favorite meal has a sunny-side-up egg, four tortillas with beans, sour cream, cheese, onion and cilantro, topped with either verde (green) or rojo (red) chile sauce.
“It looks like a huge plate, and it has everything – it has protein, grains, vegetables, sauce,” said Trucios, describing Mexico’s No. 1 breakfast entrée. “It is a complete meal.”
“It is so-o-o good,” said Gutiérrez, an Alabama-licensed aesthetician who drives 30 miles for the tasty meal.
Peter Reich indulges in avocado toast several times a week. Reich said the dish is a work of art: Fresh avocado, along with prosciutto fashioned into four “roses,” is topped on pillowy-soft brioche bread with cream cheese and tomatoes.
Reich is bowled over by the food’s quality and the presentation: “Every single element of the avocado toast is done with excellence. It’s fresh; it’s incredibly healthy. Even the bread has a unique flavor.
“They know what separates them from every other Latin American restaurant, and they work in that lane,” said Reich, co-owner of Trussville’s oldest company.
“There are many Latin and South American restaurants,” he said. “But this one is unique in that it is the most similar to the Mexican restaurants I have been to in Mexico. The uniqueness is they are excellent in everything they do; the dishes you find here, you won’t find in any other Mexican restaurant in town; it concentrates on breakfast and lunch; it is privately held by a family, and it is personal to them. It’s not a company-owned or corporately owned place.”
Focus is on freshness
Trucios combines traditional Mexican flavors with innovative twists. The staff of eight creates a culinary journey that delights the palate and awakens the senses. The goal is to deliver a food experience that prepares customers to greet their day.
Trucios and Chef Jorge Fuentes make authentic Mexican dishes. (Phil Free / Alabama News Center)
“I think the quality of the food is really important, and your humor, the way that you can start your day,” Trucios said. She and her “right-hand man,” Chef Jorge Fuentes, are determined to make the tastiest, authentic Mexican meals.
“We believe food has the power to convey emotions and experiences, and we share our passion for Mexican cuisine with our customers,” Trucios said.
Because only the freshest ingredients are used, Con Huevos does not have a freezer. Many ingredients are shipped from Mexico.
“We don’t use freezers because we don’t like frozen food, and we don’t use anything from a box,” Trucios said. “The spicy rubs … everything is made here. Our cocktails are made with natural fruit juices freshly squeezed every single morning.”
“Every dish is made in-house, including the mole sauce, which has 30 different ingredients,” she added. Trucios’ proprietary recipe includes ancho, chipotle and guajillo chiles, along with her own special ingredients. “Our tomato sauce and our tomatillo sauce – everything is freshly made here.”
The BLT huevos Benedict includes two poached eggs on toasted ciabatta bread with bacon, lettuce and tomato. Guests can custom order an omelette with ham, bacon or chorizo, along with peppers, onion and tomato. The favorite huevos rancheros comes with two eggs and two tortillas, ham, beans, cheese and salsa.
Tasty sandwiches are made on fresh, house-made bread. (Phil Free / Alabama News Center)
Offerings include authentic enchilada dishes, made with verde or rojo sauce and sour cream, fresco cheese, onion and avocado, along with one’s choice of flank, ground beef, chicken or eggs.
Five varieties of tortas, or Mexican sandwiches, are featured on house-made bread. Guests select from their choice of protein – eggs, spicy Mexican chorizo sausage, ham, prosciutto or regular sausage – with toppings of beans, tomato, avocado and onion.
The kids’ menu – fried sausages with rice and beans or hard-boiled egg decorated with fruit and bacon – pleases youngsters. Fresh juice, tea or soft drinks are available.
Con Huevos mixologist Daniel shows off a tempting Mangonada con Piquetea cocktail, made with tequila and fresh mango juice. (Phil Free / Alabama News Center)
Edible, organic pansies and orchid blooms adorn several meals and the “bird’s nest” dessert with seasonal fruit and fresh whipped cream. “Our signature is edible flowers,” Trucios said.
With more than 25 drinks on the menu, customers have several Mexican cocktails at their fingertips. Most popular is the Bloody Maria, whose smoky-tasting mezcal from Mexican agave replaces vodka. Trucios calls the drink “middle-range spicy.”
These food and drink options make Con Huevos more than an eatery: It is an experience.
“The food at Con Huevos is nothing short of spectacular,” said Dr. Dalton Norwood, UAB research scientist – Division of Preventive Medicine.
Making an authentic Mexican eatery in Trussville
Trucios and her husband, Anthony, have lived in Trussville for six years, after moving from Missouri.
From the start, they rarely found authentic Mexican fare, especially breakfast. The couple, who have been married for 11 years, enjoy dining out with their four children but found themselves limited to Tex-Mex cuisine.
“I was trying to figure out how all these restaurants sell Mexican food that is not Mexican,” she said, with a laugh. “I always cook at home, and we started having guests, some friends. They liked my cooking skills. So, everybody went like, ‘You need to open a restaurant.’”
Those positive comments sparked Trucios’ desire to open a restaurant. She formerly worked for Alsea, a Mexican multibrand restaurant operator based in Mexico City that has franchises throughout Mexico, South America and Europe.
“I got a lot of experience at Alsea, with the marketing, the processes and the hospitality. And I really like to cook. I started to notice that I can communicate through the food, because my English is still pretty bad,” Trucios said, with a chuckle. “When I was trying to communicate something, it was really difficult for me. So, the food is the best way to do it.”
While looking for restaurant space in their community, the couple found an available building at Trussville’s Entertainment District. The historic building formerly housed a pizza place, a women’s clothing store and a kids’ karate studio.
Trucios spent months retrofitting the building. She installed a commercial kitchen and had the concrete floors polished and painted. While removing the drop-tile ceiling, Trucios was amazed to find Spanish-style wood vigas, an architectural feature seen in New Mexico. Their choice of building seemed “meant to be.”
The walls are a stunning visual treat covered by a mural with jewel-toned hummingbirds, tropical flowers, cactus and an ancient Aztec pup, called a xolo (pronounced “show-low”).
Wanting the space to express the beauty of Mexico “in every single way,” Trucios contracted the painting of the mural by Meiz, a renowned Mexican artist whose works are shown in Europe and the U.S. Meiz spent a month painting the colorful scene and shipped the artwork in four pieces, which Trucios assembled.
She designed the dining room to have elegance and Mexican flair, with 20 black-tablecloth-covered wooden tables, where meals are served on festive, hand-painted plates. She bought the colorful, hand-embroidered fabric on her sturdy chairs in Mexico.
These special touches add to the atmosphere of joy that permeates Con Huevos.
“I am really happy when I see people taking pictures of my food,” Trucios said, her eyes brimming with happiness. “They make these joyful faces when they are getting some food. I love that.”
“I am really proud of my roots, and I am trying to show what is really Mexico, because the idea of Mexico here is really a distortion. We are hard-working people; we are honest people. We are trying to bring some happiness through our food and our service.”
‘The perfect way to start your day’
Con Huevos staff welcome guests warmly and with a smile – gestures that draw in customers over and over again.
O’Dell, who dines at Con Huevos several times a week, said, “It’s a restaurant in town that takes pride in not only its food, but the presentation of all of it. I think that’s important. The wait staff takes the time to explain to you what everything is, so you understand it.”
Con Huevos is the outward expression of Trucios’ desire to provide a welcoming and enjoyable experience for every customer.
“I am all about quality,” Trucios said. “We cook with passion, with love, with the intention to make people happy. When you have a good meal in your tummy, you can be happy the rest of the day. We love Trussville; we love our neighbors. We are here to bring some real, traditional Mexican food, and we are happy to be here.”
Con Huevos Restaurant
Con Huevos is the home to scrumptious, authentic Mexican meals.
201 Main St.
Trussville, Alabama 35173
Open Wednesday to Sunday, 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
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