My girlfriend picked Zocalo's and we had high hopes. It was busy at dinner time on a Tuesday. Clevelanders could not be spending their hard earned cash at a bad Mexican place, could they? But, Cleveland, you really let us down.
The meal started with good salsa and chips and went downhill from there. The food was basically bland. My girlfriend got a prickly pear margarita which tasted neither like a prickly pear nor like tequila. We factually ordered a shot of Cuervo 1800 and poured it into the margarita in order to make it actually taste like a margarita.
I had a goat cheese quesadilla. Yes, it taste like goat cheese-- but a very weak, bland goat cheese. And my plate was smudged with food streaks around the edge of my dish as if the plate were dirty before food was put on it.
My girlfriend had a combo fajita platter of shrimp and chicken. She complained it was very bland as well. I had one of her shrimp to nibble on and, although it has the basic texture of shrimp, it real tasted like nothing, like air.
The tab was $46 for two dinners which included 1 margarita, 1 shot of Cuervo 1800, and a Corona Light. The best thing I had was my Corona Light. My girlfriend could make better-- and cheaper-- Mexican food in her kitchen. I'm still not sure why this place was even as busy as it was.