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| - I really want to give this restaurant four stars one day - right now it's at a 3.5. Hubby and I dined here on Valentine's Day and it seemed busier than usual (a good thing!).. We live in the neighbourhood and are always excited to try out new restaurants - this location has been through a few "new" openings and closures so I wish El Local Loco luck! I hope management reads the constructive reviews here to better those chances.
Space - great Latin music, made me want to keep dancing in my seat, nice layout, artwork, tables, plates etc. We were thinking getting a live band/mariachi band on some nights would be awesome for the space.
Drinks - margarita was awesome, hubby had one of the cervezas and it was great
Food - prices - more expensive than the best taco joints in the city (not impressive), portions are about the same, I echo the need for more fish in the ceviche!
Food - the good: the fish ceviche was awesome, the guac was good, the beef cheek taco was yumo and the churro dessert is every donut-lovers dream.
Food - the bad: the crema they put on some of their tacos was turning bad and they were still serving it (had a definite smell and taste...). I'm hoping this changes as the restaurant becomes more popular as my guess is that it's a vat of crema in their fridge that just needs to be used up faster. The chorizo in the chorizo taco is giant cold chunks of sausage and not ground up and warm like at other taco joints in the city. In general, it seemed like everything we ordered was a mix of tortilla (fried/soft), meat/fish, guac - so that it wasn't as complex and multidimensional as Latin food can be, which other taco joints in the city have gotten right. The menu/ingredients are thus worth considering as, while the guac is good, lathering it on everything is playing it too safe.
Customer service - good - management took the tacos with the crema away and apologized.
Overall, I definitely want to return in the near future and hope that some changes will have been implemented by then - lots of potential here so don't waste it!
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