Viva Mexicana

09/01/2026

Come and enjoy a delicious meal at Viva Mexicana. We’re excited about fall and enjoying some new specials like our butternut squash, Autumn salad and our organic pear aura fresca. We will also be making a lamb dish soon so look for it! 🥰

07/09/2026

Best tacos and no extra crappy ingredient

07/08/2026

We are open every day from 11 to 8. Persian Food is available from 4 to 8 and we’d love to see your come in and enjoy our new art as well. .

07/05/2026

07/03/2026

Make sure y’all come out to visit and support this local artist and conservationist.

05/16/2026

Persian gardens and architecture place enormous importance on water features for several interconnected reasons:
Symbolic and Spiritual
Water represents life, purity, and paradise in Persian culture. The word “paradise” itself comes from the Old Persian pairidaeza, meaning an enclosed garden — and water was central to that ideal. So, here at Viva Mex, we bring you this paradise!

05/10/2026

Look at her. 😍
This oil painting of my late mother is one of my greatest treasures. She’s wearing the most stunning traditional Middle Eastern dress, and she looks absolutely magnificent — because she was.
I lost her a few years ago, but her grace, her culture, and her spirit live on. This Mother’s Day, I’m celebrating HER. 💐
Happy Mother’s Day to everyone holding the memory of a mother close today. You are not alone. ❤️ ❤️

05/05/2026

At Viva Mexicana we believe that food should be holistic in the truest sense of the word. This means it should be nourishing, flavorful, bring joy, be an experience not just fill the belly, and on the most essential level, to be made with love. We love what we do, and care for the food deeply, where it comes from in the Earth, and how it is served on a plate, and the goal through that process, owner Sima says, is to bring people together.

05/02/2026

One of the central values at Viva Mexica is that of service, service to the community, service through food, service to joy. For forty years now we have been a little hub of community, pouring joy into food, supporting local artists, centering meals and cuisines that the community responds to, sustaining deep roots and enduring friendships in the sebastopol ecosystem. Join us and experience some of these connections for your next culinary experience.

04/30/2026

Ordinary beauty: mosaic glass work and samovar resting on the back wall of the bar at Viva Mexicana, catching all the light flooding through the windows. Did you know, mosaic glass work dates back thousands of years? And the samovar is a central symbol of hospitality in Persian culture. A samovar is rarely hidden away; it is historically placed in the center of the home or table, acting as a constant source of hot water and a symbol of welcome for guests, who are almost immediately offered tea upon arrival.

The wingless heart mosaics have been lovingly crafted by local artist Jane Kelly.