| rev:text
| - My husband and I went here on a bit of a whim on a Friday night. We'd seen the restaurant, and had wanted to check it out and we finally did. I was a little trepidatious because Friday nights can be really busy, and some of the review of this place weren't the best, but we wanted to see for ourselves.
Overall we had a very pleasant and delicious meal, and we will definitely be back.
We probably got there about 6:20, and as expected they were busy. We were told the wait was 20-30 minutes. There was no room at the bar. But the patio was available and they had misters. Since it wasn't too hot a night and we were hungry we went on the patio. This worked out okay, except they really have some kinks to work out on the misters -- the only tables available were drenched with water and the mist was too strong to sit under the misters. We ended up moving the table (which didn't really help), and then switched tables to a drier location. The road noise wasn't much fun, but what can you do about that? There is a TV on the patio, but it didn't appear hooked up yet.
Once we got that figured out, things went smoother. The servers were attentive and helpful, knowledgeable about the menu. The pacing of the meal was a bit off --we just got our drinks when the food came out. I'd have liked a bit more time to enjoy the drink first. (BTW, my husband doesn't agree -- he was hungry and thinks the timing of the food was spot-on perfect! LOL!)
I had the 'Make your own burrito chimichanga style' with the adovada and red sauce. My husband had the Farmers burrito with the adovada. We both had the Cadillac margarita with the house tequila. The chips were plentiful and the 3 types of salsa fresh, homemade, and delicious. Keep ice in your water glass to help cool the tongue after enjoying the red salsa - Mmmmm!
The burritos were large and filling - no skimping on the meat. We asked for extra cheese on the burritos but didn't receive it. They forgot to bring the sour cream that was advertised to be included with my meal. The margaritas were very good - no complaints.
The server confirmed that the owner is a son of the owners of the Los Dos Molinos restaurants. One of the items I love at Los Dos Molinos is their adovada pork (oh and also their salsa!) If possible, La Rista is doing both of these better than his parents.
I believe the owner has some kinks to work out in their service and some training issues (like pacing and handling special requests), but the food and the drinks were very good and the location convenient for us. Process improvement and training is easy -- getting the food and atmosphere right is the hard (and most important!) part. (P.S. I suggest a small prepping table on the patio to help the servers. When Ivan came to take our order, he had a water jug, and there was no place to put it so he could write except on our table.)
And guys, this isn't a national chain -- it's a local guy trying to build a business and providing jobs in the community. This is something I'm willing to be supportive by giving him a chance to get things working smoothly.
|
![[RDF Data]](/fct/images/sw-rdf-blue.png)
![[cxml]](/fct/images/cxml_doc.png)
![[csv]](/fct/images/csv_doc.png)
![[text]](/fct/images/ntriples_doc.png)
![[turtle]](/fct/images/n3turtle_doc.png)
![[ld+json]](/fct/images/jsonld_doc.png)
![[rdf+json]](/fct/images/json_doc.png)
![[rdf+xml]](/fct/images/xml_doc.png)
![[atom+xml]](/fct/images/atom_doc.png)
![[html]](/fct/images/html_doc.png)