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    Desierto Rojo

    4.5 (17 reviews)
    Closed • 11:00 am - 9:00 pm

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    Quesabirria taco
    Samantha W.

    We arrived at 11:20 on a Saturday to find just one other family seated - the restaurant was clean and inviting with a welcoming atmosphere. As a newer restaurant, they're still expanding their menu (no rice and beans or queso yet), but the hostess was warm and helpful with recommendations for first-timers. Our horchata came first, followed by fresh chips and salsa. The horchata was delicious, not watery at all and full of flavor. They make all their specialty beverages in house, and you can tell! The chips were warm and fresh, and the salsa had a really great flavor to it, unique from other Mexican restaurants we've more recently been to. Our 4 year old daughter enjoyed the music and videos playing of Salsa dancers and other traditional Hispanic dances while we waited for our food. The quesabirria and carnitas tacos were both excellent - full of flavor and clearly made with care! We're already planning our next visit to try more of the menu. This is going to be our new go-to family spot.

    Menu board Nov 2025

    Oh my gosh! Please, everyone in Fruita try this place. The fish taco is out of this world, and the street corn cup is a perfect snack. We've been coming in regularly since we first stopped in, and it's quickly become one of our top 3 date night options. TRY IT!!!

    Mexican street corn in a cup
    Kim F.

    The "Red Desert" has delicious Mexican street food & a great location. Surprised more locals haven't discovered them yet! Did I mention ice cream available open to close? Oh and $3 beers on daily happy hour The carnitas street tacos and Mexican street corn in a cup were my favorites Get over there and give this authentic family business some love

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    19 days ago

    Delicious carnitas tacos and the mango lemonade was so refreshing after a morning of mountain biking!!

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    1 year ago

    Very good food, very good service, great decoration and ambiance. Our Server was Anaya and she did great. Highly recommend.

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    1 year ago

    The tacos were very tasty! The service was excellent! I would suggest that you offer a daily special.

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    Cattlemen's Bar & Grill - Advertised Steak and shrimp dinner

    Cattlemen's Bar & Grill

    3.5(77 reviews)
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    Great steaks and full bar. It's hard to find a salad bar these days so that was a nice surprise. i…read moreordered the beef tips - three nice pieces of tenderloin topped with a delicious gravy over mashed potatoes. With a stock yard out back, you know the steaks are gonna be fresh and Cattlemen's did not disappoint. Met the owner and she was gracious and invited us to stay. We hung out on the patio and shared stories with her grand daughter and husband who later joined. The deserts looked amazing but we were too full to enjoy. We'll plan better next time. The house Cabernet was great too and it was a nice pour. Only 15 minutes outside Grand Junction so easy to get to. We'll be back next time we come this way.

    I will never ever be back here. Empty place very unwelcoming with no ambiance. Waitress Kirsten was…read morevery occupied with flirting with the two men at the bar. Once we're seated, we waited 10 mins for someone to take our drink order (a soda and a beer), 10 mins to get our drinks, then she couldn't take our food order, waited 10 mins to order our food... and we were the only table in the joint. LITERALLY. I ordered a 10 oz ribeye medium rare and it came well done (maybe med well? See pic) and a quarter inch thick... 10oz size questionable. Also notice how all of my sides were eaten but the steak is still on the plate... yeah she didn't check to see how our food was until we flagged her down like sailors in distress. The waitress informed me that they cut all their ribeyes that thin and if I got another ribeye, it would be 1/4 inch thick also, so I didn't order another. My friend's filet was blue rare (raw but seared on edges) but ordered medium rare and the waitress didn't offer to cook it more but instead blamed it on having a new cook. Took Kirsten 10 mins to get me a menu. When Kirsten finally found the time to come by our table to have me order a replacement, my friend finished her dinner already. I got the cowboy chili with cornbread. The chili was lukewarm if I am being generous- they could've just microwaved it like wtf how do you serve lukewarm/room temp chili if you have a microwave??? The cornbread was dry and crumbled into a million pieces. The service was the worst and least attentive I've had in maybe ten years probably my entire life. It was almost like we were in a comedy skit except it wasn't funny. I will never ever ever go back. Texas Roadhouse is way better which is just sad. I did notice an employee eating a big beautiful steak while she closed out her shift, I asked what cut and she said a ribeye. So I guess they cut the 1-1.5 inch thick cuts for employee steaks and customers get ribeyes a 1/4 inch thin cooked into shoe leather. Pro tip: go to Strayhorn. Rumor is cattleman's doesn't even use local beef anymore, they just cosplay ranch life so you get to eat a low quality steak with the comforting smell of cow poo.

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