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| - Mixteca used to be our favorite place in Phoenix to eat. The atmosphere, the food, the service, all was spot on. I'm not sure what happened but some time back- about a year ago, maybe less, things began to decline. The regular crew we were used to seeing started to vanish but most importantly the incredible kitchen staff was replaced. You could very noticeably taste the difference, it was like eating at a completely different restaurant. The service seemed to drop off a bit as well.
We ate here regularly for years yet the owner never acknowledged us, which we always found kind of odd, yet people who came in for booze were regularly acknowledged like family. You can tell by a lot of the remodeling he did that he wanted the place to be more of a cantina and bar than a restaurant, when it used to be the reverse. Maybe that explains a bit as to what happened, but it truly is a shame.
The last few times we went in we kept forcing ourselves, yet the food just became more and more aweful. We spoke to some neighbors who also frequented and they agreed, unfortunately. The final straw came one day when we got what seemed like a bit of food poisoning that made us really sick. It's a shame indeed but Mixtecca is not the restaurant it once was.
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