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| - I was impressed with our first visit to Bakersfield on a lot of fronts, mostly the size and scale of the restaurant, and of the food. We went with a large party of 16 people, and while they have a lot of big tables available, it still wasn't big enough for our entire group as we crammed in.
The biggest surprise of the night was their group dinner special where $15 gets you guac, salsas, queso, chips, salad, and from what I could tell, unlimited tacos. The guacamole was wonderful, as were the presumably homemade chips. The salsa had a smokey chipotle flavor that I wasn't a huge fan of, but there was also a cilantro verde sauce that I enjoyed. Queso was unique with the best part being the peppers, black beans, and chorizo sitting on top.
Nice family-style salad, that I didn't eat a lot of as I was already getting full. When they brought out the trays of tacos, each had 1 pork with pineapple, chicken, beef, veggie, and fried fish. I tried all except the chicken and veggie - and the standout was certainly the pork with pineapple on top. Fried fish taco was also delicious but the slaw was veryyyyy salty.
Drinks aren't outrageously priced, and it's neat that they had such a large list of not only tequila, but whiskey.
The downsides from my first visit was first, the sound. Being Pittsburgh, trendy, and new, you of course have Edison bulbs, exposed brick, steel fixtures... and as is usually the case, it was very loud. I couldn't even hear the group on the other side of the table unfortunately.
And while the waitstaff that was bringing the food and drinks were great, our waiter in particular was pretty terrible, and he somehow had two huge parties he was waiting on. Being a taco and tequila restaurant I tried to order either Sangrita or a Mexican Mule, neither of which he had ever heard of. No big deal, and had I been able to ask the bartender they might've known what I was talking about. It was sort of interesting as they don't have many cocktails on the menu outside of the margarita and a spicy margarita that my wife enjoyed. Beer and liquor prices are reasonable though.
I'll definitely be back here for another visit, on first glance it doesn't beat out some other taco joints in Pittsburgh, but not by much.
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