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| - First visit, August 2015 on a Saturday morning about 10am.
I don't have a real good grasp of this history of this structure but I suspect it's something like a theme building from the 1960s when Highway 60 was the main route into the Phoenix area from the east, back when those tourist motels in that area were hot properties with crowds of tourists. That's my theory anyway.
Here's the process: Drive-up and park somewhere. There is outdoor seating with limited shade. I don't think there is a toilet. Consider you'll be sitting waiting in the heat for about 10+ minutes. There's limited shade unless you wait in your car.
The menu is a collection of photographs on a sign on the side of the building, plus a smaller more traditional text based menu right next to it. Most of the menu does not show the prices, so bring enough CASH and pay whatever they tell you. I got meals for three adults for about $20.
I ordered two ala carte tacos, a two-taco platter with rice and beans, and a nachos deluxe platter. All were served in styrofoam folding meal containers with extra sauce in tiny covered cups, plastic forks and napkins. It took about ten minutes from order to delivery.
The nachos were huge. The ala carte tacos were great buy they need sauce.
I think you can walk up and order something like "Two tacos please" and ignore the menu and they'll make it for you.
I've been to Mexico many times years ago back when Juarez was very safe and fun. My experience with Mexican cooking was that without added sauce I found their food bland by American standards. You add the sauce you want to make it as spicy and hot as you like it, not as the restaurant likes it. This place seems to be just like that.
I'm also not a fan of refried beans in general, the texture doesn't appeal to my tongue. But theirs were very tasty, I'm just not a fan no matter where they come from.
They don't have a menu online or on paper, so you might drive over and take a photo for yourself.
To sum up, I really like their food and service, the value and location. In fact, I think I'm going to drive over there in about an hour and get more of their wonderful tacos, ala carte. Then I'll add my own Cholula at home. Yummy!
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