I stopped by this restaurant on a Tuesday around 4:30 PM, and the place was nearly empty—I only saw one other person picking up food. I’m not from the area, but I wanted to support a small business rather than the other Mexican restaurant down the street.
My mother ordered caldo de res, and I got three steak tacos and one taco de cabeza. The taco de cabeza was okay—I’d rate it a 6/10, but the steak tacos were the worst I have ever had! The meat tasted precooked and reheated, and my tortilla was actually hotter than the steak itself.
When I mentioned this to the waitress, she informed me that this was a franchise, which I hadn’t realized and confirmed that the meat did indeed come precook!!! What!!! I never heard of steak taco meat being precooked it literally does not take much to cook taco meat! Meanwhile, my mom noticed that the meat in her caldo de res looked greenish, like it wasn’t fresh. It had that off-color you see when meat has been sitting in the fridge too long or maybe had freezer burn from being stored improperly. Either way, it did not look like fresh caldo de res meat, so I refused to eat it.
Thankfully, the waitress didn’t make me pay for it, but overall, the food was horrible. I really hope they start cooking things fresh because this experience was very disappointing.
Would not...
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