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| - For the people who follow my reviews, I have neglected to recount the experience that really started this entire adventure that my girlfriend and I have made of finding new places to eat. This was the first place that she took me the first time that I came to visit her in Charlotte, NC. She claimed that it was better than Guadalajara, a local-to-me Mexican restaurant, mainly because it was authentic (whatever that could mean - she is Spanish, not Mexican!).
I knew from the start that it was going to be interesting, for everyone is dressed up in cultural clothing as you walk in. When you are seated, they bring you two types of "salsas," one that is what you would expect, and one that I recently heard our server refer to as pico de gallo, although I have always thought of it as some sort of slaw. Both are incredibly fresh, and if you order the table-side guacamole, you are continuing to take in the fresh flavors that this place has to offer (also the great service, as they will prepare the guacamole to your liking).
Upon my girlfriend's recommendation, we ordered the vegetarian express burrito, a burrito filled with rice, beans, cheese, lettuce, and tomato, and topped with sauce and guacamole (not as fresh as the table-side guacamole but still delicious). This burrito is large, large enough that two people can easily split it, especially after filling up with guacamole beforehand. It is fresh and filling, two things that we look for, being vegetarian.
When you are finished, they bring out little sopapilla-type chips, covered in whipped cream and strawberry sauce. Even if you are full to the brim, you can finish one of these little bites, and it makes for a perfect ending to a perfect meal. We have definitely come to expect them at the end, knowing exactly how full we will be upon leaving.
One thing I would note is to beware of the large guacamole if you are a party of two for two reasons. First, there is a potential for it to fill you up and dominate your meal, instead of accentuate it. Secondly, I noticed after a while that my check was quite high after only ordering one entree, and I figured out that the large guacamole actually costs more than the vegetarian express burrito.
I have given this establishment five stars because, as my girlfriend boldly claimed when we first went there, it is better than Guadalajara. Everything about this place makes it unique, but it is not unique in any way that makes it seem a little off. Veronica, a server that we have come to regularly have, knew what we wanted the last time we visited. We were (stupidly) thinking of trying something new, but in the end, we decided that to us, the vegetarian express burrito was what makes this place so great. She was happy to know that she remembered our order perfectly, and we were happy to feel so at home.
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