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| - Yesterday was my first time trying this place. It's really good food. They make salsa fresh, and their roasted salsa starts with a batch of tomatoes on the grill sitting over hot mesquite coals. It doesn't get better than that! Their carne asada was slightly on the dry side last night, but I still loved it - you can taste the mesquite smoke, it's just plain good.
I had the stuffed steak quesadilla, it was incredibly good. Again, the meat seemed slightly dry but the flavors and textures were very good for the quesadilla overall.
The aroma surrounding Backyard Taco is wonderful. It's not something I've come to expect out of a typical Mexican Grill, but this place is anything but typical.
Back to the salsa - you just have to try it! I didn't like the salsa that came with the "chips and salsa" order because it tasted like the put tamarindo in it, it just didn't taste very good. However, sitting in the free salsa bar is a roasted medium/hot salsa that will knock your socks off. So good. Give it a whirl.
A good friend of mine, urging me to go to Backyard Taco, said "Don't mess around and be an idiot." I feel the same way now. Please don't mess around and be an idiot - Get a carne asada quesadilla (maybe two - and ask for extra cheese), some of that roasted tomato salsa, and a big ole Coke. Tell em Jimmy sent ya. You're welcome.
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