Armando's

This place has been around a Loooong time since 70s whn the Cadillac plants were running! I knew someone who ate their Carnitas I think it was Roast Beef with Tomato & Mexican Rice. When I tried thm yrs later hey had the BEST MEXICAN Food hands down anywhere! I tried the other popular places nearby 2 in particular bt no compare! We made it a point to travel for my family's favorite ethnic food! We dine-in bt I hv traveled with carryout on ice. However in the last 10yrs it was sold & our dine-in experience was extremely disappointing. We ordered the same variety of items as normal my sister's fav is the Pork Sandwich. I think its called. There was 8 of us. The pork had the oddest after-taste known to any meat. It did not seem to be a spice or cooking technique it was IN the meat but I couldn't handle it. It had an unnatural taste! To be fair 2 others had 1 felt the same, the other was a Newby & didn't detect it. I haven't been in a good while since that time I was so turned off. We mentioned to staff. Chimichongas a fav bt they were smaller & skimpy on the toppings & cheese (when u have to ask that's a problem). Its always been a lil disappointing they don't use ground beef for Chimichongas as an option (american I suppose) bt Chicken was always great. We loved going down for Cinco de Mayo! I'm surrounded by Mexican rest now bt none compared to original Armando's & fall short. My sister after years went down & she was satisfied so I'm going to 'give them another try' & some new ones I've heard about nearby! After all it was my favorite Mexican restaurant & hope it will be again!