Zax Pearson
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The atmosphere and the esthetic is far better than previous owners made attempted it to be.
Never a large crowd, and they support #byob.
Authentic foods never dipped in unnamed chemicals.
However, despite the adorableness of the waiters, what truly stops this location from being my go-to Mexican restaurant despite literally living less than 40 seconds away from it. Is the lack of public restroom usage and the limited, if not arcane menu listings.
To provide more context to the latter, essentially, its only true weakness is the fact that there is a genuine lack of creativity on the menu, but that does not denote quality. Although many of the nearby restaurants are friendly a competition is a competition it's still there although indirect, this one location within this very zip code that it's in has to compete albeit indirectly against upwards of a dozen different Mexican eateries of various classes.
And this menu is so carbon copy that I actually failed and being able to find anything on it that makes it stand out or could be considered a signature piece or dish.
In fact, even though I haven't looked at it again, I'm pretty sure I didn't see a Chef's special section.
Although a lack of creative desserts is something I will never hold against any restaurant, a lack of creative items on the menu given the wealth of knowledge and resources in the Mexican food vocabulary it's a little bit disappointing that I could literally go to almost any other restaurant in driving and walking distance and the entirety of the zip code 60629 and almost not even be able to distinguish this menu.
They have all the tools and resources, but they chose averageness despite the insane and amazing quality of the food.
If you ask to customize your order, they will attempt it to the best of their abilities as well, so the room for creativity is obviously there, but it's under utilized if even at all.