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| - First time visit & was very pleasantly surprised. It's got a good, clean feel to it and the staff was excellent, friendly and helpful.
Salsa was very runny (which I typically like more than chunky), but had a fantastic flavor and enough heat. Chips are on the thick side, but good. Queso was also on the thicker side and good, but not great. The queso was honestly the worst thing we had if that tells you something.
On to the entrees. My girlfriend had the "Naked Burrito" which was basically an open faced burrito. Large flour tortilla with chicken (or beef), onions, tomatoes, bell peppers, black beans, rice, sour cream, hot sauce, guacamole and Pico de Gallo. Easily enough for most people to have two meals. The chicken was PERFECTLY cooked too and just as delicious. I had been considering it too and almost wished I had gotten it, but was equally impressed with my own entree, "Carne al Albanil". It was basically two large, very thinly sliced pieces of steak COOKED in salsa verde. Holy cow it was good. It also came with rice and beans, a salad and tortillas. The salsa/beef had an amazing flavor and an unexpected, but welcomed bite that I wasn't use to from most salsa verde. The beef of course was tough, but I also didn't expect it to be filet for $11. My portion was also easily two meals and had I not avoided the rice all together, it would have been.
My girlfriend also got a strawberry frozen margarita which, as with everything else, was quite delicious.
I'd give this place a 4.5 if I could. A 5 for me has to be a place that's incredibly memorable and whereas this place has that potential after trying a few other dishes, I think it was simply the perfect place for us tonight and can think of another couple Mexican places I'd prefer more, although they certainly aren't as local as this one. A new favorite perhaps for us when we eat Mexican locally.
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