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| - 3.5 stars... love the owners and staff here. They're great and easily 4 stars. I think it's great they want to share the food of their homeland.
I love meeting restaurant owners who have a passion for their food of their home country and want to share it with Toronto. There's something about these people that make believe in the goodness of food and the act of wanting to nourish someone else. The owners here come from Mexico and it was interesting hear him talk about the menu. The menu reads like any normal Tex Mex but the recipes are not. He explained how the recipes reflect a different region of Mexico because when you're away from home, the thing you miss the most (aside from family) is the food.
The restaurant is in the heart of Streetsville and in it's own tiny building with a patio! I wasn't expecting the patio.. though it's fully enclosed from the street and between buildings. The spot is clean but has a very very rustic feel to it. It reminds me of an old tavern from the 80s and never left that decade. Lots of dark woods ... terra cotta colours... texture popcorn ceiling and walls. You get the idea. The windows to bring in a lot of light though... so it's not a dark spot. I do have to call out the mural outside... quite beautiful and unusual for Mississauga. Frida Kahlo looks great.
The menu has your typical apps of chips and guacamole, burritos, tacos, and a few special mains. We wanted more of a mix of tacos but their menu is structure in a way you can only mix and match tacos from half the menu only. Oh well. We chose the reigning Mississauga favourite taco, fish taco (3 of them), and a mix of 3 tacos (veggie, chorizo, and carnitas).
One take away before I get into the food... I think their dish washer might be broken. In two of the utencils we were given, we found dried food. Yuck. Obviously if they spot it ... i would think they would rewash but just be careful of what you're using.
Though some tacos are better than others, I do want to mention that they single wrap and that's a bit of an issue. Also, they do provide a choice of 2 sides (rice or bean soup). They're quite small but I guess they just add enough to fill you up more.
Veggie Taco - This was chopped up vegetables of carrots, peppers, zucchini, and corn and topped with shredded lettuce. I would say this needs the hot sauce to bring up the flavour. It was quite mild. Though I think it would have been fine served fresh... I think this interior was pre-made and attempted to reheat before serving. It was mostly lukewarm with some vegetables being moderately hot. 3/5
Chorizo Taco - Quite soft and unfortunately I think this and the Carnitas tacos was made ahead of the freshly made Fish Taco. So these sat on the single corn shell... it was a mess to eat as the taco shell instantly dissolved. Similar to the veggie taco, the filling must have been premade and attempted to reheat... it at least cooked too quickly. It was just warm. This also needed the hot sauce to perk up the flavour. 3/5
Carnitas Taco - tender and juicy is great ... but when sitting on a single taco shell, it's bad news. We couldn't even lift this off the plate. It feel apart immediately and was not possible to even salvage the shell. This one was tender but mild in flavour. We used up the last bit of the hot sauce on it. 3/5
Fish Taco - freshly made, these arrived crispy and hot to the table. Crust was light and not too thick in the fish. Fish wasn't dried out. The toppings were bland so it really needed the hot sauce to bring it to life. We did like the fact it's fresh. 3.5/5
Churros - these were great because we had a history lesson come with it. They're pink for a reason ... it's from Strawberries and it's a tradition from specially Mexico City. Outside the churches, men would sell tons of these lightly pink churros as a snack. These were crispy and super hot ... just nicely coated with enough cinnamon sugar to keep licking your fingers. 4/5
I think this spot is one of the better options in Streetsville for food. They family that runs is just great. The food could be a bit more flavourful and served hot. I wish them much success!
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