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| - We had lunch yesterday at Mad Mex. Since we were having one more nice day before the rain and cool weather set in, we chose MM for their patio seating. We split one of the lunch specials. I had the black bean soup and we shared (thank god) the massive Carnitas burrito with pork slow-roasted in garlic, cilantro, chipotles and Dos Equis. Fresh, roasted green chilis inside, blue cornbread, pico and sweet-n-sour slaw on the side. We each also had one of their Original Margaritas which was too tart for my liking. The black bean soup was only O.K. Many years ago TGIFridays used to have awesome black bean soup, but for some reason, they never put it on the menu. You had to know to order it. That became my gold standard for black bean soup. But I digress, if you have a craving for good black bean soup, forget about MM. Buy a can of Goya's version, heat it up, add some diced onions, a little shredded cheddar, and give it a splash of Sherry and you will have a much better black bean soup. The Carnitas burrito was massive, certainly more than enough for two people to share for lunch. At first we thought it was filled with mostly rice (well, actually it probably was), but we found enough pockets of the pork buried under the rice to satisfy us. I loved the blue cornbread, but my wife didn't, which worked for me cause I got to eat her share. We both loved the taste of the sweet-n-sour slaw. Service was a bit slow, and I had to ask twice to get a glass of water, but for a place of this price-point, service was adequate. Based our our limited sampling of their items, it's not really fair to generalize, but I have a hunch MM serves up quantity rather than quality.
Pros: Decor, patio seating, inexpensive
Cons: See above
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