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| - This restaurant was recommended to me so I decided to go for dinner. When I entered I decided to sit at the bar. Since I was alone and the World Series game was on it seemed like a good opportunity. I have a way of telling whether not service will be fair, good, or excellent, and I could tell that service here was going to be about average or possibly a little lower than average. My waitress was the bartender, and she wasn't immediately attentive to my needs, but she did service me in a timely fashion. The front of the menu has the history of the family on it, and there's a typo, so when you're reading it makes you wonder about the attention to detail. For Mexican food their pricing overall is pretty high. The menu was not well thought out, and you don't feel like there's an opportunity for you to save a few dollars if you want to unless possibly you just order off of the side menu, which wasn't readily apparent. I had to ask if chips and salsa we're going to be served instead of it automatically being brought to me when I sat down at the table which is normally the custom at a Mexican food restaurant. Water was not offered to me either. I took a while to decide on the menu and finally decided on the combination plate having an enchilada and a taco with shredded pork. They serve the chips and salsa along with refried beans, and the chips are very fresh, thin, and salted very well and taste very good. The combination of chips and salsa and the refried beans is excellent and something they're known for. It's easy to over eat with the chips and salsa and refried beans before your meal is served. I could tell that my meal had probably stayed in the kitchen for a little while since it wasn't immediately served to me in the time that I would've anticipated it and the busyness of the restaurant. With Mexican food restaurants you can tell when the food is served to you whether or not the chef is passionate about their work. There's a fine line in Mexican food restaurants for food service and the food that is served, and I find that that fine line is here at this restaurant because that's how I feel that they are treading. They are treading on a fine line because their food is neither excellent nor really that bad. I suppose that you can have a business that's built on being average, and there are quite a few businesses that operate that way. I like to think the businesses are always striving to improve and to improve customer service. When things tend to turn in the opposite direction I think it's the time that the business needs to evaluate their operations and take time to train their staff accordingly and evaluate the quality of their food. This restaurant fits those criteria and gets three stars from me. It wasn't a bad recommendation, but I'm not certain how soon I'll be back. I think the one thing that I would say in closing is that if you come here just plan to take some time and have a little extra time and don't worry so much about all the details and just really enjoy yourself.
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