Had only been to Mixteca for drinks never had eaten the food. Met one of my husbands coworkers for a Car show being held in the adjacent parking lot so it was convenient to have dinner there.
The place was packed, but was it from the food being good or the car show? We would soon find out.
It's a quick service restaurant more than a normal Mexican restaurant. You order at the counter and wait for them to call your food number. We ordered one carne asada burro, a cheese crisp and a pint of Albondigas. This might have been a five star review if the lady taking our order would have been a little more pleasant. She never once cracked a smile. Even when my husband added a tip to our bill.
After ordering you help yourself to the salsa and chip bar and drink station. Salsas all fresh, chips a plenty. Everything was clean and free of spills.
It took forever and I mean forever to get our food.
At first glance my Albondigas was like never I had ever seen before. A big uh oh went through my head. The bowl had very little broth with a scoop of rice, what looked like a whole boiled potato cut in fourths, a extra large carrot cut in half inch circles, large pieces of squash with my meatballs all hidden beneath. But. The broth was flavorful and the meatballs tender. If the veggies would have been cut a little smaller with less rice and more broth this soup would be my go to on a cold day.
My husband's carne burro was filled with lots of tender, diced, seasoned steak wrapped in a paper thin tortilla. He said it was so good he could have eaten another one. My husband is a small man who isn't into food so that means his burro was a 5 star.
Kids ate all but one piece of the crisp so it too must have been satisfactory.
After our meal we were wanting something sweet. Ordered a churro and cinnamon sugar chips. The chips were fried a little to long so we would probably never order again. The churro were standard but good enough and satisfied the craving.
We will definitely be returning to Mixteca.