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| - We were looking for a delicious quick lunch from somewhere other than "the Usual Suspects" in the fast food world when I came across Costa Vida.
This place is pretty good!
I noticed that the big, clean space was well laid out as we made our way to the front of the line.
The ordering system is easy: Pick your menu item (burrito, taco, salad, enchilada, etc), then pick your protein ranging from chicken to different kinds of pork and beef, then pick your sauce (red, green, raspberry chipotle, and at least one other). You then pick your sides and a few additional veggie-based toppings and you're good to go!
My lunch date had the pork carnitas burrito with green tomatillo sauce - it was enormous! Lots of meat inside, too. I had the chicken enchiladas with rojo (red) sauce. Although I found the flavor of the sauce to be lacking, the other ingredients were plentiful and flavorful, and it wasn't dry which I find to be a common problem at other Mexican quick service restaurants.
We both had about half of our meal left over, so they certainly don't scrimp on size.
I love that on their website they have a nutritional calculator so you can see that ordering a salad won't save you much calories ;p. All their items are pretty healthy and nutritious, nothing is deep fried or fatty.
So go ahead and get the tacos, you deserve it!
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