Salsas & Michealadas - Great Starters!
As we turned onto Fort Point Rd, we could feel the anticipation building, knowing this would be our first review for the site. When we pulled into the crowded parking lot and found a parking space, we felt a sense of personal satisfaction, knowing how rare that could be at lunch time. As we walked into the front door, it was clear that, visually, this place may initially have been designed to be a take-out only establishment. We sat down at a table and noted the full bar to compliment our lunch selections. The place has enough tables, which can be put together to accommodate groups. There are also several TVs, just in case you need to avert your attention when you are dining with co-workers who are not your first choice.
Carnitas Burritos
As for service, the waitress was very nice, albeit slow, but not slow in a lazy way, more like she wasn’t trying to rush us out of the restaurant and turn the table over (like the bad behaviors you might find at a Chilis or Fridays). It did however take a little while to get our food and later to get our check. She was the only waitress working there. Bottom line is, if you want quick service, order take out.
Chicken Fajitas
Let’s get down to the nitty-gritty: the food. Overall, we scored this place a 3.5 out of 5. We agreed that the salsas were great, and that the food was definitely pretty authentic. While it has a bit more flavor than most “Authentic Mexican” food places, we agreed that “Authentic Mexican” is always a little bit on the bland side. I was able to add some salsa to mine and I found the result to be fantastic, but my cohort can’t eat raw onions, which made it hard for her to add anything since naturally all of the salsas contained them. “What did we get?” you ask. The meal starts with a basket of chips and three selections of salsas: Verde (it’s medium-spiced and creamy green in color), Pico de Gallo (minced vegetables – mild in spice) and Roja (red, pureed vegetables medium in spice). The salsas had a tremendous amount of flavor and were a great addition to our meal. We ordered Steak Sincronizadas (a quesadilla-like selection with cheese, onion, tomato and avocado in a tortilla shell), Carnitas (Marinated Pork – my personal favorite) and Steak Burritos (The burritos are quite large and stuffed with meat, lettuce, refried beans, rice, onion, avocado, tomatoes, cheese and sour cream), and Chicken Fajitas (chicken, bell peppers and onions with home-made totillas and rice and beans on the side). We washed all of that down with Micheladas (beer with spices and lime served in a salt-rimmed glass), and they were good, not the best ever, but they definitely hit the spot for a lunch-time cocktail.
Steak Sinchronizadas
And back to the real reason we are here: Price. The price of our meal for 3 people and all of the food listed above [drum roll please]… $41 dollars. That rounds out to be about 13 dollars a person before tip, which means that this place definitely scores high on our “champagne taste on a tap water budget” philosophy. For a really reasonable cost, you get one alcoholic beverage, an appetizer and a very filling meal. All in all, we are putting our stamp of approval on this place, warning that the service can be slower than you might be used to, and there’s some spice to the food (so if you have a sensitive stomach, pack the Pepto), but that the food is great for “authentic” and you will not walk away hungry unless you want to (which would be crazy).
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