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| - This place completely knocked my socks off. I was given one piece of excellent advice prior to going, and I will pass it along to you: no matter how tempting, don't get the guacamole sampler. Not because it isn't delicious, but because it is way too much food and you won't be able to eat dinner, which would be such a shame. Pick one guacamole, and savor it. I went with two friends, and we got the guac with crab, and never looked back.
Then the taquitos. Wow, that is a lot of fantastic food. I got the lamb, which was seasoned with mint and was complex and fantastic. Another friend got the carnitas, which were fantastic. The third friend picked the sleeper hit of the night: the beets. I do not like beets, pretty much ever, but the beet taquitos had myself and the other avowed meatarian at the table converted. I'm not kidding, they are that good. We also had the smoked gouda tamale dumplings on the side, and I wrote down all the things I could identify in the dumplings to try to remake them at home.
Possibly the thing that really made the night, though, was the fantastic service. The bar staff were friendly and attentive while we waited for our table, which is saying a lot because the placed was probably over the legal head count when we arrived. We had a reservation at 9:30PM, but the previous tables were still not really interested in getting up (and I can't blame them). The owner came and apologized to us, and paid for our appetizer. He really didn't have to do it, but he is clearly a good businessman and cares about quality of service. I would go back to this place in a minute, no matter how long I had to wait.
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