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| - Am I still in Ohio?!? This little taqueria tucked in the front corner of a Mexican grocery store is the real McCoy. I lived for years in the El Paso, Texas area and spent much of my time across the Rio Grande in "extremely safe and tranquil" Ciudad Juárez, México consuming tacos, gringas, quesadillas, and flautas in simple but delicious places much like this one. I recommend trying quesadillas with nopales (cactus) and tacos de buche (pork stomach) or something with lengua (beef tongue). AnywAys I suspect anything here is freakin' good! Painesville has a very large Mexican immigrant population to which this establishment caters. There are various salsas and cilantro and superhot roasted chilis available in little plastic containers to garnish your food with, typical for such roadside stand type places in México. There are some very modest bar stool seating arrangements inside and a couple plastic tables outside. The setting is , well, primitive, but the food is great. There is a lady next door on the side walk making Mexican style fruit shakes/icies that are pretty good to accompany your food with. When I discovered Painesville, I felt temporarily removed from the agonizing sameness of Middle America and brought to quesadilla de nopal y buche bliss! I might give this place like 4 or 4.5 stars for the food but since this is in the middle of nowhere in Ohio it wins an extra star for existing!! Definitely worth going out of your way for, because "Ohio Mexican food" is easily explained by the fact that most "Mexican" restaurants in Ohio serve "chimichangas" and "hard shelled tacos"!
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