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| - Shopping at Desert Ridge and it was past lunchtime. Despite there being only two or three tables occupied and several hours past standard lunch hours, it was a bit untidy. A few littered tables, some bits on the floor, the salsa bar needed straightened. (Minus a point) I was waited on at the counter by the manager, who greeted me with a big smile and was very pleasant and patient as I studied the menu. As it was my first time, I decided to go for the Famous Fish Tacos plate. They gave me my number, my pop cup, and I mosied over to the salsa bar and filled up some cups with different salsas to try before settling at a high-top by the window. It wasn't long before another smiling counter-person brought out my order and checked to make sure I had everything I neeed. Very nice level of service.
Then things started going downhill. The fish tacos---they tasted very, very, VERY fishy. In fact, I started to worry that maybe the fish had gone bad. (Of course, I didn't think of that until I was halfway thru my second taco! Eeeek!) (Minus another point) Now the beans were very good---super tasty!---in fact, I should have gone with just a big plate of them!
But the killing blow---and so many eating establishments, both fast, casual and fine do this and I don't know why!!!!???---was as I started my meal, the manager started sweeping up around my table with a broom and dustpan as I ate. As I said, the dining room was basically empty, she could have started anywhere else. Better yet, she could have done something less dust-raising, like clean off the table tops or tidy the salsa bar or clean a bathroom or iron money or SOMETHING! Do these people not realize what an absolute turn-off it is to be trying to eat and imagining dust from countless other diners wafting around your food? Yuck! So, MAJOR point reduction.
Would I eat here again---maybe, maybe not. There's quite a few quick eat places at Desert Ridge to try out and even though I didn't get sick, there was something not right about those fish tacos. Or maybe that's just how they taste at Rubios---but I have had fish tacos before that have been delightful. These were not. And, like I said, it just irks me to be swept around when I am eating. So, like I said, maybe...maybe not.
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