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| - So I was coming from Portland on a weekend trip and wanted some good Mexican food. Not nouveau, authentic, fancy, Mexican. Just honest to goodness tasty Mexican food. And a margarita or three. I did a lot of research and talked to many friends and finally settled on this place. Mostly it was the pictures of the beans and rice. I like my beans pinto and mashed. And I like rice that is not in the shape of an overturned bowl, meant to look fancy.
So we get there on a Friday night around 7 and I'm expecting a wait because the parking lot if filled. We enter through the back and immediately the fresh smell of peppers hits us and I know we've made the right choice. We were immediately seated at a nice table by the bar and it was our good fortune to have Gabby as our server. She was very sweet and had a can do attitude! She recommended several dishes and we decided to start with the Mary Lou Christmas tree. It's basically a fat quesadilla served with beef and red sauce on one side and pork and green sauce on the other. It was phenomenal and a ton of food! Seriously we would have been full from that, but my wife and I love enchiladas so I ordered the red/cheese with beans and rice. She ordered the chicken ala carte. Again, very, very good. Great salsa and chips too.
We wound up taking at least half the food home and had for lunch the next day.
The margaritas were just ok, not fantastic but the service was A plus!
If you're looking for good, down home, tasty Mexican with great and friendly service with huge portions at a very reasonable cost. this is the place. There, aren't you glad I did your research for you?
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