Salt Cod Croquetas in Durham

Matt Kelly's salt cod croquetas are the single dish most associated with Mateo Bar de Tapas and the starting point for virtually every visiting food writer's meal. The combination of a properly bechamel-bound bacalao filling, a shattering-thin fried crust and the house aioli created a benchmark for Spanish cooking in the American South that has not been matched elsewhere in the Triangle. Kelly has been a perennial James Beard Best Chef Southeast semifinalist, and the croqueta is the dish most associated with that recognition.

The editor-picked rooms for Salt Cod Croquetas in Durham are still in research. Meanwhile, see the Durham signature-dishes index or the Durham food guide.