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| - My visit was after the lunch crowd, around 1:35 on a week day and we were sat immediately.
If you've never been, the decor and atmosphere can be classified as Americanized-Mexican. Plenty of parking available. The ambiance is nice, decor is that of a mix of modern and Pier One Mexican decor. There's modern American music playing, but it is very possible to have a conversation with people at your table.
Clientele is a good mix of stay at home mothers, old pals catching up for a drink and others there to have business lunches. Most are dressed from casual to business casual. Bar area wasn't busy, 3-4 patrons sitting at the bar. They offer daily drink specials but I didn't partake in this during my visit.
Our waiter was very attentive. I was there for a quick meet up, to have some appetizers and not having a full fledged meal. We ordered the Prima Guacamole (made at our table) and were very specific that we did not want anything spicy in our guacamole. Waiter listened to us and made our guacamole perfectly. Fresh tomatoes and lots of lime and a smidge of cilantro - just how I like it. Chips were warm and had perfect salt seasoning - not too much, not too little.
We also ordered the Chicken empanadas off of the appetizer section. This includes 4 triangle empanadas filled with cheese, chicken and Pico de Gallo. Perfect serving for two people. The plate was garnished well with a bed of lettuce and bits of tomatoes for the empanadas to lay in, empanadas were drizzled lightly with chipotle ranch and serve with side of guacamole and sour cream (not spicy). These empanadas were flavorful and served at perfect temperature!
We then shared a Cuatro Leches Cake to satisfy our sweet tooth. Cuatro leches is a cake with four types of milk poured over it. It is topped with a sugar-merengue, garnished with mint leaves. It was DEVINE but very rich for just one person to have, in my opinion. We shared this cuatro leches cake and between the both of us were unable to finish it.
We enjoyed our visit to Cantina but felt a rushed at the end, as our waiter brought our bill at the same time as our dessert. Our total visit was less than a hour long, there were lots of open tables and no one waiting to be seated so I thought perhaps it was shift change.
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