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    Blue Tomato

    3.9 (180 reviews)
    Closed 11:00 am - 8:00 pm
    Updated 3 months ago

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    BLUE TOMATO ATMOSPHERE

    What's the vibe?
    Moderate noise
    Divey
    Casual
    Dogs allowed

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    Margaritas!

    Every thing from food, drinks and employees! Best margaritas, the shrimp quesadillas with added spinach Alfredo sauce always!

    Danielle K.

    I love this place and they never fail to provide a good meal whether it's from their Mexican side of the menu or the Italian. Their margaritas are to die for and are often on a special. I've noticed the freshness and good quality of the fish in their dishes and am always satisfied with the bean dip and other parts of the appetizer menu. I definitely want to try more items on the menu but I've never taken someone here who didn't love it.

    This is my wife's chicken chimichanga with rice and beans. It was good. If you want it crispy, ask for the sauce on the side.
    Steven S.

    It's been well over 10 years since I've been here. I used to come often and it was always busy and good. I was getting tired of the same old same old so the wife and I went to eat. She's never been. She's from the Westbank. The crazy thing about this place is that they offer Italian and Mexican food all the time and they do them both incredibly well. We were craving Mexican. We started with chips and salsa. The chips were freshly fried and hot! I had the 3 enchilada plate with rice and beans. I went with one of each chicken , pork and ground beef. The ground beef was awesome. I wished I'd gotten 3 of them. There's a faint hint of cinnamon I've tasted in Mexican cuisine before and it was really good. Then I tried the pork. Wow!! It was better than the beef. I wished I'd gotten 2 pork and 2 beef now. The chicken was just ok. The last 2 were hard acts to follow. The tables are few but well spaced. I'll go Italian next time and be sure to update. Give this place a try , you won't be disappointed.

    Chips and salsa
    Kris C.

    Have passed this place hundreds of times and finally decided to give it a try. The menu is widespread with Mexican, BBQ, hamburgers and Italian food. My wife decided to try the shrimp tacos and I ordered the fish tacos. Wow! Both of them were excellent. They both came with rice and beans, which were mediocre. That's okay, the tacos made up for it. The service was great and attentive. We will definitely be back.

    Garbage can nachos
    Mitchell J.

    Got the garbage can nachos togo and they sucked. The chips literally had no crunch. They were soggy! I live about .25 miles from the restaurant so It's not like the food sat a long time. I'd recommend not getting the nachos or just getting them at the restaurant.

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    This place is too expensive for what you get. However; there are times when all I want is garbage lid nachos and a damn RC cola

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    Big fat burrito was delicious. Went for lunch. Decent service and good food. Would definitely go back

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    We rolled into dinner hungry...like "scan-the-menu-before-you-sit-down" hungry, and in the mood for…read moregreat Mexican food and a couple of memorable cocktails. A few years ago I had been to La Tia in Metairie, and it left a serious impression. What stuck with me most were the craft cocktails...creative, clever, and a little bit mischievous. I still remember one in particular: a Mexican-inspired cocktail with mezcal and beet juice that somehow managed to taste like summer decided to take a vacation south of the border. It was the kind of drink that makes you pause mid-sip and say, "Okay... whoever thought of this deserves a raise." Somehow the place drifted off my radar over time. But when the craving for Mexican food hit, it popped right back into my head. I was excited to bring my son and daughter-in-law since they had never been. Unfortunately... the reunion didn't exactly go as planned. Two things hit me immediately while looking over the menu. First: the craft cocktails were gone. Not "different." Not "updated." Just... gone. Replaced with the same drinks you see in every other Mexican restaurant. Second: the prices nearly made me spit out the water I hadn't even ordered yet. $6 for a Corona. $18 for a basic burrito with fries. $10 for a kids plate over chicken tenders and some fries. And not the old La Tia burritos either...the ones I remembered piled high with rich molé, bright verde sauces, and layers of flavor that made you wonder if you should be taking notes. Nope. Now we're talking about a plain flour tortilla with some ground meat inside, no sauce, and a side of what looked suspiciously like freezer-aisle French fries. For eighteen dollars. My daughter-in-law ordered the fajitas, and honestly... they were rough. Thin strips of overcooked meat that looked like they had taken a brief vacation in a plastic bag before hitting the grill...served on a plate. Lately I've gotten into the habit of pulling up Yelp photos to compare dishes from past years, and I did exactly that. I found a photo of the same fajitas from about three years ago...big, juicy steak pieces, sizzling on cast iron and full of life. What we got looked like it came from a completely different restaurant. To be fair, my shrimp tacos were actually pretty good. Nicely cooked shrimp, decent flavor, and probably the lone bright spot of the night. But overall, it felt like the La Tia I loved had quietly packed up and left the building. The elevated Mexican food? Gone. The rich sauces? Gone. The inventive cocktails that made the bar worth sitting at? Also gone. In their place: food that feels pulled from a bag... at prices that feel pulled from a luxury menu. It's a tough thing when a restaurant you once loved loses its spark. But sadly, this visit felt less like a reunion and more like running into an old friend who has completely changed--and not for the better. As much as I hate to say it, I don't see myself returning to La Tia anytime soon. Turns out the only thing that stayed spicy... was the price tag.

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    Food was great as was the service. Our server today was Marbelin and she was perfect. We both…read moreordered from the lunch specials menu. I had the pulled pork sandwich with fries, very generous serving of pork on the sandwich and the fries were some of the best I have ever had. Kinda flat french fries, yum. Wife had the grilled chicken enchiladas with refried beans and she said the enchiladas were full of chicken and were delicious. She also had a small cheese dip which was a very generous portion. We will be back. The lunch menu is a real deal with our selections today costing $10 each.

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