Your fav. Mexican food restaurant OUTSIDE Mexico is...? - Page 13

Dianita · 04-22-2007

Dos Amigos is owned by two partners, Enrique, the chef is from San Luis Posoti, Mexico and Mauricio his partner is from Ecuador. They have been friends for years opened the restaurant about 8 years ago. Everyone who works in the restaurant is family. They have the best guacamole north of Cancun, the menu is all authentic recipes that they have sourced and traveled to Mexico to research. For anyone in Toronto, they are on Bathurst, north of Dupont and just opened their patio for a couple of hours today with the balmy weather we had this weekend.

duffey · 04-23-2007

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Originally Posted by Islandgirl66

Habaneros here in Rockford, IL. The owner is from the Cancun area! Every dish is authentic mexican and all her grandmother's receipes!!

Where is it located ?

armchairshrink · 04-23-2007

Casa Latina in Berkeley, CA has the best carnitas tortas I've ever had - and I adore tortas.

dartay · 04-24-2007

We have a little taqueria in town called Rancho Grande. They have the best chorizo tacos. Just good chorizo, some cilantro and fresh lime juice.

Mrsfuzzmo · 04-24-2007

Port Washington, WI - Beanie's Mexican Cantina. It's got a giant tree behind the bar.......the bar with "swings"! Yep! It's a swing bar!!! Love it. margaritas are big and fresh, just had a cactus juice margarita the other day...and the food is pretty decent. They make a spicy shrimp over coconut rice that is to die for!! Don't know how authentic it is, but its damn good!

mastequilapf · 04-24-2007

Two categories:

Cheap Mexican food: Restaurante Taxco, which is about a mile from my house. Great food for a great price. Notsobad tequila selection. $13 60oz pitchers, which they do REALLY well with cheep tequila. We can walk to it and have a few pitchers and be very happy.

Expensive Mexican food: Agave. One of the best tequila selections in town. Great food too. But both are very very very expensive. But its worth it. It's about 30 minutes away, so we have to plan to go to this one. And you have to make reservations.

Yucatanned · 04-25-2007

Los Quatros Amigos in Bay City Michigan. Run totally by great Mexican Folks! 120 mile drive for dinner but I do it every month or two to remind me of Playa!!

tgd156 · 04-25-2007

Taco Bell in Brockton Massachusetts.
(and to think i thought Taco Bell was the phone company in Mexico!!)

Brent & Kim · 04-25-2007

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Originally Posted by duffey

Where is it located ?

Its where Cafe Patou' used to be by Broadway and Alpine in the Strip Mall east of The Sports Page.

Packers4girl · 04-25-2007

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Originally Posted by Brent & Kim

Its where Cafe Patou' used to be by Broadway and Alpine in the Strip Mall east of The Sports Page.

Hey thats my favorite also! Habaneros right? We were just there a couple of fridays ago! Maybe we will run into you sometime!

goicuon · 07-04-2007

Two years ago June the Spousal Unit and I had 2 phenomenal meals at Rick Bayless' two places in Chicago.

We had lunch at Frontera Grill, and it was so good that we walked over to the maitre d and reserved space at the upscale sister, Topolobampo, for the Chef's Tasting Menu.

Frontera was wonderful, Topo was ethereal. One of the courses was broiled lobster in mole sauce. I couldn't imagine how broiled lobster could come to the table without being overcooked, and I couldn't imagine how lobster could hold its own against mole sauce.

The lobster was the spiny lobster that you'd find in QRoo (and here in Florida), split in half lengthwise. It was cooked to perfection - not served as sushi, not at all rubbery or dired out. And the rich lobster held its own against the mole; the sauce didn't eclipse it at al. The wine pairing for each course was seamless.

Now a bit closer to home, there's a little diner-type place called El Toro Negro in Pinellas Park that is always full of Mexican people that serves tons of good food very inexpensively. There's also a significant Mexican population in Clearwater, but that's too much of a hike with El Toro so close at hand.

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abachechi · 07-13-2007

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Originally Posted by tgd156

Taco Bell in Brockton Massachusetts.
(and to think i thought Taco Bell was the phone company in Mexico!!)

I don't think..... no wait, Taco Bell is NOT mexican food.

We've got a nice little place, well a lot of them that serve some great tortas. I forget what it's called though

We also have a tortilla factory here in Albuquerque, mmm fresh

**Jesus** · 07-13-2007

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Originally Posted by abachechi

I don't think..... no wait, Taco Bell is NOT mexican food.

You are right, Taco Bell is not Mexican food, it's the names and concepts but tunned to placate American tastes in an artificial way.

jevans · 07-13-2007

We have some restaurants that are owned by some families from Ameca, Jalisco that are pretty good. Authentic if you will. That is a word that drives me crazy. People will even go to Mexico and say that they ate in an authentic Mexican restaurant. Of course its authentic. Mexican food cooked by Mexican people from Mexico or even while you're in Mexico. Sorry. I should have put that on the rant thread.

We also have lots of Basque restaurants here.

Dos locos · 08-26-2007

"El Novillero"(The Apprentice) in Sacramento, CA has outstanding Mexican food. It's has been voted one of the top 50 "latino" restaurants in the US. It's been in business for over 30 years.
There specialty is Carnitas.

04-22-2007	#181 (permalink)
Dianita beachaholic Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Kingston, Ontario/Florida Keys/Playa Posts: 446	Dos Amigos Dos Amigos is owned by two partners, Enrique, the chef is from San Luis Posoti, Mexico and Mauricio his partner is from Ecuador. They have been friends for years opened the restaurant about 8 years ago. Everyone who works in the restaurant is family. They have the best guacamole north of Cancun, the menu is all authentic recipes that they have sourced and traveled to Mexico to research. For anyone in Toronto, they are on Bathurst, north of Dupont and just opened their patio for a couple of hours today with the balmy weather we had this weekend.

04-25-2007	#187 (permalink)
Yucatanned beachaholic Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Gaylord Michigan Posts: 385	Los Quatros Amigos Los Quatros Amigos in Bay City Michigan. Run totally by great Mexican Folks! 120 mile drive for dinner but I do it every month or two to remind me of Playa!!

07-04-2007	#191 (permalink)
goicuon ruined Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Florida Posts: 82	Frontera Grill/Topolobampo Two years ago June the Spousal Unit and I had 2 phenomenal meals at Rick Bayless' two places in Chicago. We had lunch at Frontera Grill, and it was so good that we walked over to the maitre d and reserved space at the upscale sister, Topolobampo, for the Chef's Tasting Menu. Frontera was wonderful, Topo was ethereal. One of the courses was broiled lobster in mole sauce. I couldn't imagine how broiled lobster could come to the table without being overcooked, and I couldn't imagine how lobster could hold its own against mole sauce. The lobster was the spiny lobster that you'd find in QRoo (and here in Florida), split in half lengthwise. It was cooked to perfection - not served as sushi, not at all rubbery or dired out. And the rich lobster held its own against the mole; the sauce didn't eclipse it at al. The wine pairing for each course was seamless. Now a bit closer to home, there's a little diner-type place called El Toro Negro in Pinellas Park that is always full of Mexican people that serves tons of good food very inexpensively. There's also a significant Mexican population in Clearwater, but that's too much of a hike with El Toro so close at hand. B

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04-23-2007	#183 (permalink)
armchairshrink into ruins Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Oakland, CA Posts: 74	Casa Latina in Berkeley, CA has the best carnitas tortas I've ever had - and I adore tortas.

04-24-2007	#184 (permalink)
dartay añejo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Dallas Posts: 1,881	We have a little taqueria in town called Rancho Grande. They have the best chorizo tacos. Just good chorizo, some cilantro and fresh lime juice.

04-24-2007	#185 (permalink)
Mrsfuzzmo life=playa Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Fredonia, WI Posts: 648	Port Washington, WI - Beanie's Mexican Cantina. It's got a giant tree behind the bar.......the bar with "swings"! Yep! It's a swing bar!!! Love it. margaritas are big and fresh, just had a cactus juice margarita the other day...and the food is pretty decent. They make a spicy shrimp over coconut rice that is to die for!! Don't know how authentic it is, but its damn good!

04-24-2007	#186 (permalink)
mastequilapf Un Hombre Legendario Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 4,946	Two categories: Cheap Mexican food: Restaurante Taxco, which is about a mile from my house. Great food for a great price. Notsobad tequila selection. $13 60oz pitchers, which they do REALLY well with cheep tequila. We can walk to it and have a few pitchers and be very happy. Expensive Mexican food: Agave. One of the best tequila selections in town. Great food too. But both are very very very expensive. But its worth it. It's about 30 minutes away, so we have to plan to go to this one. And you have to make reservations.

04-25-2007	#188 (permalink)
tgd156 life=playa Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: albany, massachusetts Posts: 871	Taco Bell in Brockton Massachusetts. (and to think i thought Taco Bell was the phone company in Mexico!!)

07-13-2007	#194 (permalink)
jevans life=playa Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Nevada Posts: 815	We have some restaurants that are owned by some families from Ameca, Jalisco that are pretty good. Authentic if you will. That is a word that drives me crazy. People will even go to Mexico and say that they ate in an authentic Mexican restaurant. Of course its authentic. Mexican food cooked by Mexican people from Mexico or even while you're in Mexico. Sorry. I should have put that on the rant thread. We also have lots of Basque restaurants here.

08-26-2007	#195 (permalink)
Dos locos lost on fifth Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 12	"El Novillero"(The Apprentice) in Sacramento, CA has outstanding Mexican food. It's has been voted one of the top 50 "latino" restaurants in the US. It's been in business for over 30 years. There specialty is Carnitas.

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