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| - Dear fellow reviewers: this is not real Mexican food...it's not even particularly good food.
This place commits what, in my mind, is the greatest possible sin in so-called "Mexican" cooking:: the "beef" is ground beef. Mexican food is all about the meat--the texture and flavor of thoughtfully prepared steak, pork, or chicken. Here, the "beef" wasn't slices of grilled steak but little mysterious bits of ground beef floating in sauce. It was like eating trashy American food--if I wanted a sloppy joe, I'd go to a cheap diner. The chicken, on the hand, was dry and flavorless.
Second strike: canned salsas. Mexican food isn't particularly complicated, and its success rests on using fresh ingredients, particularly vegetables. My burrito was smothered in a canned-tasting sauce with little bits of canned of vegetables. If I wanted supermarket Mexican, I'd visit my mother (Mom: sorry, though I do love you).
Finally, the dishes are served with rice and salad....yes, salad...not beans. There is nothing better than the way that rice and beans mix together with each other and the other food on the plate. But this place isn't really Mexican food, so why would they even bother to provide beans?
In fairness, the food was edible but mediocre, but it's not Mexican.
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