This is a new restaurant that has only been open a couple of weeks (if that). Im giving 4 stars based on the fact I loved the food for the most part, and they have great potential! We are so excited to see another great restaurant come to our neighborhood that has been starving for options beyond pizza and burgers!
Being new, they definitely have some fine tuning to do, but they know it! We were greeted immediately by the hosted (very nice BTW) and told that they don't have alcohol because they have not received their liquor license yet... We southsider's have a rep for being drinkers I guess.. but my husband and I really aren't so this didn't deter us, haha. The waitress later told us they are BYOB until they get the license so if you'd like to drink, you can always BYOB for now.
Their menu is pretty simple, and actually the drink menu, though I didnt take time to look closely - took up the same amount of space as the food.
Simple starters included guacamole and chips, which we ordered. It was good!
Everything is á la carte here. Two salad options, and a lot of taco choices and torta choices. Also give optional sides of beans, rice and a couple of others. We both ordered tacos - and between the two of us managed to try six of them (did a little sharing)! I will say, I dont love that they are served all together on a platter like small plates. I would have preferred we each get our own dish but its not a big deal I guess! They use homemade corn tortillas which were great! I am not usually a fan of corn because they tend to always be dry and/or fall apart but these are great! My favorite was probably the pork taco..loved it, followed by sweet potato and chorizo! That was just unique and had good flavor. What I loved about the fish taco was the fish itself - it was good, and crispy without falling apart or being mushy like so many fish tacos I have had. That was a little spicier than I thought it would be though. Also enjoyed the steak. Chicken had a great flavor to the chicken itself - but seemed a bit unexciting for additional ingredients. Brisket I was excited about but my husband thought it was dry and I just thought that was a bit boring and bland... So that was the one I wouldn't probably try again.
I did get the side of rice but I probably won't next time. I thought it was ok, definitely not exciting and not worth $2.50.
Our server was great, forgot to get her name. Drinks took forever but she apologized. There was not many options with the bar closed - Mexican coke (not a huge fan) and cans of diet coke (hate cans at a restaurant). I went with the limeade which she explained they were just making more of. So that came out late but when it did, it was delicious. YUM. Next time I will try the horchata which she said was great. My only wish for drinks would be, just have fountain pop machine that has regular options for us boring people who like a good fountain coke etc when we go out and aren't drinking alcohol.
We were there on a Sunday night and most tables had families but they must not have a kids menu? I hope they reconsider that or forgot to tell us - I feel like this is a big family neighborhood and as evidenced by almost every patron we saw - it would be nice to have some plain kid choices - even 2 or 3, and some kid-friendly drinks (regular lemonade, milk).. Simple is fine but just something.
Overall though - we really enjoyed our food and can't wait to go back. I feel like it will only get better and we are so glad to have this addition to the neighborhood. read more