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| - And, the great mexican restaurant pittsburgh 2009 tour continues. I found myself here last Wednesday having some time to kill between appointments. I get here at about 6 PM and the place is practically empty. I scoot upstairs to the bar and the bar is empty, so it's easy to get a seat directly in front of one of the two plasmas. The place is huge. It used to be a "Don Pablo's" years ago. It has two floors, very high ceilings and plenty of tables and booths. There is a fountain in the middle of the downstairs dining room. The colors are earthy browns, yellows and blues. There is the type of ornaments and art you'd expect. okay, on to the food. They brought out the customary chips and salsa, chips warm? check! Salsa appropriately spicy, fresh with plenty of cilantro, check! They seemed to have a good selection of patron and other tequilas. Unfortunately, I did not indulge as I was still "on the clock" so to speak. I decided to try one of the queso dips. I got the queso dip with beef. It was a very healthy portion with plenty of beef. It was also relatively cheap since I was there for happy hour and all apps' were discounted as well as beer I think. I can't say I was overwhelmed with it. I mean there was plenty of beef and cheese, but it was a bit bland. You can also get it with cherizo instead for a buck more and if I go back I'll pick that option. The queso arrived in a matter of just a couple minutes. I then ordered the two combo. If you get it with two sides its $8.49 or $.50 less with just one side. I was at Patron the weekend prior and it's basically the same cost for their combo. I kept it simple and settled on one taco and one burrito (beef) and refritos and "guacamole salad" as my sides. The entree also arrived really quick which is good in one sense, but also it's bad in that these items obviously aren't made to order. The guacamole salad is a bit of a misnomer. It's basically a small scoop of guac on a couple pieces of shredded lettuce. I don't know what I was expecting, but this didn't really do much for me. The refritos were okay, but not as good as Patron. The burrito and taco were both okay, but again the beef seemed a bit underseasoned. Overall, the service was attentive and quick but not necessarily friendly. Usually, when I'm sitting by myself at the bar the bartender makes some effort to chat, but again not a big deal and he may not have be quite fluent in english. Overall this place probably deserves 2.5 stars and is not nearly as good as Patron or even El Campesino (which are both only a couple miles away). I don't see how this place will be here for too long given the lack of customers and the two better options in the same area. I also can't really understand the economics of having such a large restaurant and I'm sure rental payment while selling $2 tacos. I mean that's got to be a lot of tacos sold to keep the lights on. It's okay here, but you'll probably enjoy yourself at the two other spots.
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