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| - I will admit I was reticent about Salt & Pepper given the varied reviews but my brother and I went in finally and were pretty impressed.
A cute, traditional Mexican design replete with soundtrack and complimentary nachos and fresh salsa. I had the special which opened with a steak and vegetable soup that was bursting with flavour and piping hot and headlined with the chicken enchilada that pretty much shut conversation down at the table. Even my brother, who had the Tacos, Tacos, Tacos, actually said "I can't talk, this is too good." Tall order for both of us, I know.
We showed up in the middle of lunch rush and we were out in about an hour. Our servers - although I found them to be kind if curt, serious - were friendly, very skilled, and I was asked no less than twice how lunch was. I said I was really happy and would be back. The two things that stuck out here were the full and intense flavour of our dishes and the fact they were hot out of the oven. Quite a benchmark, but it will be the benchmark they have to live up to second time through. Stay tuned for Part 2...
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