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Chips and salsa guy got chips and salsa down before I could even take a picture. Impressive.<\/p><\/div>\n

After we sat down, about 5 seconds had elapsed before the chips and salsa were on the table.\u00a0 Los Amigos chips and salsa guy definitely has talent, but just isn’t quite a first ballot hall of famer like La Fuente chips and salsa guy.\u00a0 I don’t mean to take away from a very impressive effort, he’s just the early 90’s Buffalo Bills of chips and salsa guys.\u00a0 No shame in that.<\/p>\n

The chips and salsa at this place are quite good.\u00a0 The chips are warm and obviously made in house, while the salsa is smooth, full of flavor and completely fresh tasting.\u00a0 I’m not a huge fan of chunky salsa so this was perfect.\u00a0 It looks a little like a picante sauce at first, but once you dive in there’s a few chunks of tomato, onion and other goodies.<\/p>\n $\"\"$ <\/a>\n

I had heard rumors of drink specials that could make a grown man cry, so I asked the waitress what the current special was on margaritas.\u00a0 The answer I got?\u00a0 Half off all alcohol<\/strong>.\u00a0 Yes my friends, half off all alcoholic beverages.\u00a0 What she means by that is you take the price you would normally pay for what you’re drinking, divide it by two, and that’s what you’re actually paying.\u00a0 So for every two drinks you have, you’re really paying for one full priced drink.\u00a0 I know this doesn’t require that much explanation, but it sure is fun to explain how half off all alcohol works.<\/p>\n

Naturally, I ordered a large margarita pitcher on the rocks which cost me $8.50.\u00a0 Happy hour is 7 days a week from 3-6pm at this place.\u00a0 This explains the full to capacity bar area on a Tuesday afternoon.\u00a0\u00a0 Alcoholics.<\/p>\n

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\nThis place was impressive so far.\u00a0 Talented chips and salsa guy delivering tasty chips and salsa and incredible drink specials?\u00a0 They couldn’t possibly screw this up, could they?<\/p>\n

The menu at this place<\/a> has a ridiculous amount of items.\u00a0 Usually I use the system of finding three things I want then picking one when the waitress puts the pressure on me, but I had to ask for more time TWICE.\u00a0 They have your standard Mexican categories, but so many varieties of each item.\u00a0 They have 26 combos, 14 specialties, 4 different types of fajitas, 11 burritos and much more.\u00a0 I ended up sticking with the burrito portion of the menu, even though the Enchiladas Poblanas were stuffed with BRRF.\u00a0 Yum.<\/p>\n

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\nI went with the Burritos Tampiqueno<\/strong>, which is two burritos – one steak, one grilled chicken, topped with green salsa and served up with black beans a rice.\u00a0 I was almost lured in by the Pollo Loco, but the burritos just sounded too good to pass up.\u00a0 What I got was a HUGE double burrito platter with plenty of beans and rice on the side.\u00a0 This was the perfect portion for me.<\/p>\n

The burritos were smothered in the delicious green salsa and were stuffed to capacity with fillings.\u00a0 The steak was perfectly cooked and very flavorful.\u00a0 The burrito consisted of nothing else to mess around with the flavor, just good ol’ salsa, tortilla, and steak.\u00a0 The chicken was surprisingly flavorful as well, although not as impressive as the steak.\u00a0 I have to say this is one of the more impressive burrito offerings I have ever received.\u00a0 The fact that it’s as simple as it is but still incredibly flavorful is a huge accomplishment in my book.\u00a0 Ahh, the beauty of Mexican cuisine.<\/p>\n $\"\"$ <\/a>\n

Stephanie went with the Special Dinner<\/strong>, which had caught my eye as well.\u00a0 This Special Dinner, which is a perfect name, comes with one chalupa, one chile relleno, one taco, one tamale, and served with beans and rice.\u00a0 I’m pretty sure she assumed that it was mini portions of each, which I did as well, because her facial expression turned to horror when the waiter brought her out two completely full plates of food.\u00a0 This was like a Mexican combo for the Gods.<\/p>\n

The special dinner turned out to be pretty so so, or to be really clever… not so special.\u00a0 The enchilada was just as good as my burrito and topped with an absolutely delicious sauce. \u00a0 Unfortunately, the taco was your normal every day taco, the tamale was very average, and we couldn’t even remember what the chile relleno was until we took another look at the menu.\u00a0 Chile rellenos are normally one of my favorite foods in the entire world, but this one just fell a little flat to me.\u00a0 Overall not an awful dish, but I would suggest wandering your eyes elsewhere.<\/p>\n

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Special Dinner part 1: Chile rellano, guac, taco<\/p><\/div>\n
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Special Dinner part 2: Tamale, enchilada, beans, and rice<\/p><\/div>\n
Completely stuffed after finishing mine and half of Stephanie’s dinner to go along with two baskets of chips, I sat back and let my stomach stretch out a bit.\u00a0 I couldn’t possibly eat any more food after what I just ate.\u00a0 The portions were perfect and that was a whole lot of lime juice and tequila that I had just taken down.\u00a0 Definitely couldn’t eat anything else even if I wanted to.\u00a0 Nope.<\/p>\n
Oh wait, they have Fried Ice Cream<\/strong>.\u00a0 Yes, I ate more.<\/p>\n
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All in all, not a bad place at all.\u00a0 Drinks are cheap, portions are large and fairly priced, and the food was good.\u00a0 I would have to say they easily make my list of top 5 Mexican joints in the area, but no where close to #1, which is still reserved for my beautiful beautiful La Funete.\u00a0 Definitely worth a try if you’re a fan of good, authentic Mexican food like myself.<\/p>\n
If you’re going to head over there, make sure you print out one of the many coupons on their website<\/a>.\u00a0 Savings is always a good thing.<\/p>\n
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