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| - First of all, I have to say, I love the ambiance of this place with its cute patio right in a neighborhood...sadly not too much love to give after that.
We started with the chips and salsa. At $6, I expected a pretty nice salsa with housemade chips. Well, the chips come and I realize that half of them are Tostitos "Scoops" (TM) and the other half other Tostitos. Come on Julie, you're not even trying to pretend that you put some effort into it. The salsa was spicy but boring with crudely cut large pieces of tomatoes and not much else....really just a pico de gallo.
This was followed by the ceviche ($10). It doesn't come with chips or bread, but thankfully we had "Scoops" (TM) leftover to eat it. It started off well, but then we realized there were large bits of lettuce wadded up in the ramekin of fish. Basically, it was just filler to make it look like we'd received a larger portion. I kind of think the fish was the previously frozen type, as it had none of the charm of a fresh ceviche.
Other dishes were small, overpriced, and underwhelming.
The one nice spot was the platano maduro frito ($5) which was indeed tasty and sweet.
The half liter of sangria was indeed pricy, although it was alright in quality.
Service was pretty uneven and below average. Some amount of effort was required to get the bill at the end of the night.
Overall, I'm quite puzzled as to why this place is so popular. All but one of our dishes were substandard and service was poor. Julie is definitely phoning it in.
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