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| - A friend and I were looking for a place to eat and spotted El Rio Grande. She had been craving Mexican for weeks at this point, so there was no doubt we had to give it a try.
When we walked in, we almost turned around because there was clearly no one in sight and when we came to the door, the host almost jumped out of his skin from excitement. He asked if we were there to eat or to get applications...not sure what that means. Anyways, we sat outside because it was a perfect day for it and our server was really nice (though I think he was forced to serve, since there seemed to be an exchange between him and the host about servers calling off--maybe that's why they wanted to hire us).
Our food was pretty good and the drinks were tasty (though they could have been stronger in my opinion). Nothing to rave about as far as Mexican goes. The salsa has definitely been approved, though, which is good since that's the only thing I'm SUPER critical about. It was de-lish.
Complaints/oddities: The backs of the chairs were back so far that I felt like I was at the dentist. We also had to walk back through the dining room to get to the car, which felt weird since it was like we were parading through the now semi-full restaurant. The host almost turned us away with his kind of creepy excitement, especially since this place is sort of secluded/hard to get to and away from. When I ordered green sauce on flautas it was way different from the green sauce that came on my to-go order of enchiladas for my boyfriend. Also, the enchiladas seemed to be full of spinach, and I'm guessing this is because they never even asked what I'd like inside of them.
I'd definitely give this place another chance, and if it flops again, oh well. At least I ate more of that salsa.
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