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 | 	- Whoa!  DO NOT ENTER THIS ESTABLISHMENT.  Whoa!
At the end of the day I don't know if it was racism, language difficulties, if they hated just me, or they were just trying to clip me but my one-and-only visit to this dump was like a visit to a border town. 
Dishonest, disingenuous, disappointing. disgusting. 
It was 8:17 PM and, of course, Garcia's was already closed waaaaaay ahead of their web-and-store- posted 9 o'clock closing time, so I thought why not try Los Portales?  It's right there, right up the street...give it a shot!
I walked in and glanced at the menu  a young lady asked me what I would like. I told her that I was interested in a combo platter: burrito, relleño, taco rice and beans and she said $7.99. "Sure", I said. 
Then we went to beer. "$4 for a Corona" she said then she brought out one of those little baby 7 oz Corona's. Are you kidding me? In my neighborhood alone, I've got at least 3 restaurants that serve SIX 7 oz Corona's for $9.99!  I started to sense that there was gonna be a problem or two. I ordered a regular sized Corona for $5. 
The food came: no rice, no beans, no chile relleño. She was made to understand to retrieve those items; the relleño never appeared. 
Now, when, precisely, in American food history did "carne asada" come to mean,  "burned beef" because somewhere along the way that's what Carne Asada has come to be, MOST ESPECIALLY AT LOS PORTALES!!!!  Horrible, dry, very salty beef with some pepper. Ugh. 
Then I ordered guacamole and it was mediocre. Overall, the food is HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE!
Then the bill came, which should have been $5 for the beer, $5 for the guacamole and $7.95 for the food...I'm not that good at math but I'd calculate that to be about $18. The bill was for $27.95. 
I told her to make the correction or get me the manager but if there wasn't a resolution at $17.95, I was calling the cops before they did/could. The manager, begrudgingly, never got out of his chair, did make the correction.  This is The part where I call the manager and the restaurant names but Yelp won't like it so I'll just leave it at that. 
YOU GO TO LOS PORTALES. I'VE BEEN. QUITE UNSUCCESSFULLY. Thankful I got out with my life.
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