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| - I visited Steel Cactus for the first time last week, but my first visit was enough for me. I arrived around 6:00 to meet with a group for happy hour, the plan being to talk over cocktails and nibble on food. Should have made for an enjoyable time overall.
We placed our food order not long after most of us arrived, only to sit with our cocktails for about an hour waiting for the food to get to our tables. By the time things were coming out of the kitchen to us, one of our party members had to get a box and take her freshly delivered food home. I myself asked for a check the moment the food arrived so that I wouldn't be held up too much longer.
As for the food itself, I will grant that I thought it was tasty - I was pretty delighted to sink my teeth into something after the long wait. I had ordered two tacos as part of Taco Tuesday: $2.50 per taco, not a bad deal. I more or less got to order them my way, too, as you can pick the type of shell, meat, vegetables, and sauce/salsa on your order. However, if we had been here any other day I may have been disappointed - a regular order of 3 tacos is at least $10, a bit much given the size of them. Admittedly, the normal order comes with beans and rice, so - you do get more than the tacos. If the tacos were a bit bigger, I think I'd be less hesitant to give a normal order my blessing. Compared to some of the tacos I've eaten elsewhere, the ones I got were snack sized.
Ultimately, while I didn't order a full meal, my food and cocktail were very good - and reasonably priced during a Tuesday happy hour, yay! And across the board, people thought their orders tasted as good mine. But the experience as a whole did not leave me begging for more. I plan on frequenting other watering hole and taco joints in the 'Burgh, at least for a while.
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