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| - Not impressed. Everyone I know (for the most part) raves and raves about La Unica. I don't know why. The menu is overwhelming, for starters, and nothing I've ever had there leaves me wanting more-you know, wanting to savor the last bite? Not here.
I do want to give a shout out to our servers who made serving a table of 16 or so look like cake. You guys were the bomb, and you never made us feel like a bother. Props to you guys!
Menu prices are average. It's a very reasonable place to eat at, somewhat convenient to I-77 if you're familiar with LKN.
For the food...
The chips are good, light and crispy, but the salsas are bent on the extremes. One is way too bland and puréed while the other is too hot and chunky. When you mix the two you get a decent salsa ? I ordered a drink from the bar and, out of all I ordered, it was the best thing (Long Island Iced Tea, although it was really small, the skimped on the mixers, not the liquor.) Hard to go wrong on drinks. My friends ordered margaritas, and those looked amazing though I can't attest to how they were.
I ordered tacos in three varieties: chorizo, barbacoa, and asada. All tacos are topped with cilantro and onions. I was hoping that the meat was seasoned well. All tacos had a generous portion of meat (high five on the filling) and here's how it played out:
Chorizo-nice flavor, but the meat was dried out. No one likes dry meat.
Asada-flavorless, I needed salsa on the taco for emotional support.
Barbacoa-the most moist of any meat, tender, tasty, but GREASY. There was a pool of fat on my plate, ready for any brave taco divers.
I DO like that their tacos are double stacked because corn tortillas tear easily, but these were yummy!
Also tried some queso. Word to the wise-don't. It's bland. When you have to sit there and close your eyes and give yourself a pep talk, saying "you're eating queso, taste that cheese!" here's your sign.
Dinner summed up in the word:blah. I won't return unless there's another friend gathering that I don't plan because this isn't my favorite spot. I wish it's something I could like, but Mexican can be so much better than this.
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