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| - America's is obviously trying hard. They seem to be very media-aware and I think it's fair to say they have an enthusiastic local following. It is a charming little place, to be sure. Too bad it's all ruined by the brain-rattling ethno-techno soundtrack they've got bellowing from the speakers. Thankfully my Corona helped me avoid getting a headache. The menu is... odd. They have five or six offerings, but since all I'd heard about this place was "carne asada! carne asada!" I uh... went for the carne asada.
I understand that there is authenticity and that authenticity comes with a price, but frankly, I really just don't CARE. I want my food to taste good and be reasonably priced and if it just so happens that the food also tastes exactly like your great aunt Carmelito made lo those many years ago in Oaxaca, the more's the better. This place serves mediocre (but authentic!) food in meager portions. The carne asada burrito, so breathlessly described by Phoenix magazine as not to be missed, is certainly delicious - but it took them 20 minutes to bring this out? Seriously? It's a kiddie burrito! On the side? A greying radish chunk. Yum!
I will say the salsa is delicious. Darn near perfect. Just the right texture, just the right flavors, fresh with the perfect amount of heat. It's a good thing, too, because you have to pay for it. I'm not opposed to paying for chips and salsa, but considering that you get it free as a starter at a lot of Mexican restaurants these days, I'd at least like to be asked if I want a refill. I would heap similar praise on the guacamole, but the guacamole sucks. If this is how they make it in Old Mexico, I'd sooner have it from Taco Bell. It tasted like avocado paste with a hint of oil. I'm serious, I saw somebody talking about how great the guac was and wondered if I had stumbled into an alternate reality (to be fair, this does happen to me a lot).
All in all, I paid about the same I would pay at any other competent Mexican restaurant, and got about half the food. I know, I know, it's a taco shack, not a Mexican restaurant - but the prices aren't taco shack, and taco shacks don't generally do table service, so whatever. When this sort of thing happens to me, I inevitably demand that the food be so delicious that it overshadows everything else. This has happened to me before, but is simply not the case here.
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