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| - Vegetarian burrito AND grilled Vegetarian burritos are both made with animal lard (in the beans). One employee shrugged her shoulders, another said "that's the way it is", and a third said I'd just have to order it without the (lard) beans. Why make this naive restaurant mistake? Don't call it a vegetarian burrito if it isn't vegetarian. Just call it a veggie burrito. It's especially annoying because vegetarians tend to gravitate towards more gringo places like this one that are more likely to have vegetarian items than the more "traditional" Mexican places where lard and chicken stock is put in everything.
Grilled veggie burrito had cold cheese inside. Not melted, not lukewarm, but cold. Tortilla wasn't the slightest bit warm either, just as if it was served raw. So there's this cool to the touch tortilla with cold cheese inside, and then the grilled veggies.
Tables receive salsa which is nice, the hot is really more of a medium, but then a small portion of chips. The one-top next to me had the same chips portion and we had 3 in our party. Why do this to people? You're going to hear a request for more chips within the first few minutes, and people are going to wonder why the table only had one little portion in the first place.
Atmosphere is clean with huge mirrors on some of the walls, and a flat panel TV on the other showing a nature documentary. A few fake Macaws hanging from the ceiling. It still has a trace of the Pick Up Stix feel that used to be here but went out of business. Ordering procedure is the same.
Staff was entirely unlike most Mexican places - vast majority of people were caucasian, or gringo if you prefer, and that raises an eyebrow in an ethnic restaurant. Maybe that matters to the reader here, maybe not.
On a positive note, the employees did check on tables as folks were dining, and were over the top with politeness. That's incredibly rare these days.
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