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remmers
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Mexican Restaurants
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Jan 11 10:24 UTC 1994 |
The title says it all.
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remmers
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response 1 of 22:
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Jan 11 10:35 UTC 1994 |
Has anybody tried a little place called "La Fiesta Mexicana"? It's
on Cross Street in Ypsilanti, just southeast of the EMU campus. I'm
not a connoisseur of Mexican food by any means, but everything I've
had there has been quite tasty (and spicy), and the management seems
to be authentically Mexican.
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danr
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response 2 of 22:
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Jan 11 12:30 UTC 1994 |
My wife and I ate there last year. The food was good.
We like the Don Carlos restaurant on Washtenaw better. They have a
buffet at lunctime ($5.95 on weekdays, $6.95 on weekends) that's a
great deal. The buffet often has selections not found on the menu.
At various times, they have had albondigas (meatball) soup and a
spicy lamb dish that I liked.
Of course, the best Mexican resturants are still in Detroit. We
really should organize a road trip. There are a couple of Mexican
bakeries down there that I like, too.
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jdg
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response 3 of 22:
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Jan 11 20:53 UTC 1994 |
It's our favorite Mexican restaurant.
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md
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response 4 of 22:
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Jan 12 13:47 UTC 1994 |
Outside of Detroit, we used to like Tenuda's Villa Rio in
Pontiac, but the neighborhood has gotten so scary we never
go there any more. One of the teachers at our kids' school
is a Mexican-from-Mexico, and she says the only edible Mexican
food she's had in the Detroit area is at Mexican Village at
Drake and Walnut Lake Roads in West Bloomfield. We've eaten
there a few times and I don't think it's all that great. It
might be that I just don't "get" Mexican food.
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tnt
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response 5 of 22:
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Jan 13 04:05 UTC 1994 |
If the title truly said it all, there would be no need to respond.
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md
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response 6 of 22:
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Jan 13 18:02 UTC 1994 |
Opps. Our West Bloomfield restaurant is called "Old Mexico."
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vidar
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response 7 of 22:
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Jan 14 01:46 UTC 1994 |
This reataurant has nothing to do with Michigan. It is located in
MN, somewhere and its name is "Los Banditos", they serve you
a humongous plate of fine food. My relatives are usually surprised
at how much I can eat.
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tnt
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response 8 of 22:
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Jan 17 02:52 UTC 1994 |
Fascinating.
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jrg
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response 9 of 22:
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Jan 17 16:14 UTC 1994 |
La Casita da Lupe is good, but *way* over priced. I got cheaper Dos Equis
in New Zealand!
If you go abroad (outside of the americas) I reccomend taking along your
own salsa. They have a funny idea of what salsa is -- or even if it should
exist. Had lunch at a Tex-Mex restaurant in Edinburgh (Scotland) and for
garnishes they brought an assortment of sweet pickles and relishes. However
they did actually serve jalopenas on the Nachos. Got some interesting
stares in N.Z. when at a Mexican restaurant we ordered chips with they're
hottest salsa. Was about the same level as Ortega "medium" so asked that
the rest of the meal be spiced at approx. the same level. Don't think
a lot of the rest of the English speaking world consumes hot peppers like
we do in the states.
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popcorn
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response 10 of 22:
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Jan 18 23:38 UTC 1994 |
Weird... I'd thought that Americans were wimps compared to folks from
other countries when it comes to spicy food. Look at the cuisines of
India or Thailand, for example.
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vidar
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response 11 of 22:
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Jan 19 02:38 UTC 1994 |
Until it closed down, I liked "Trini & Carmen's"
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danr
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response 12 of 22:
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Jan 23 00:50 UTC 1994 |
re #10: I think he's suggesting you take salsa with you when you go
to countries that you don't normally connect with Mexican food, e.g.
countries in the British Commonwealth and Europe. British food is
the most bland of any I've ever tasted.
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vidar
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response 13 of 22:
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Jan 23 01:35 UTC 1994 |
Blood Pudding=just as delicious as it sounds.
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denise
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response 14 of 22:
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Jul 25 00:04 UTC 1994 |
A number of years ago, a group of m-net folks went to the Detroit
Museum of Art and afterwards, went to a great Mexican restaurant.
I can't recall the name of it but the Andres would know since
they recommended it! :-)
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helmke
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response 15 of 22:
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Feb 13 02:01 UTC 1995 |
If you go to Lansing, the best Mexican restaurant in the state (IMHO) is
El Azteco. Also one in E. Lansing, which many MSU grads think of fondly
later in life.
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bmoran
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response 16 of 22:
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Feb 16 15:01 UTC 1995 |
Quite agree! El Azteco has to be one of the few places worth waiting for a
table. We went with a party of 8 one time, and the bill was so low people
were fighting for it! (I stayed out of the fray).
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denise
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response 17 of 22:
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May 6 07:59 UTC 2007 |
Anyone do any dining out at a Mexican restaurant or otherwise do
anything special for Cinco de Mayo this weekend? I saw that there was
a parade and festival for the occasion downtown Detroit but had too
many other things to do, so I couldn't go. It probably would've been
fun, though.
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mary
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response 18 of 22:
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May 6 15:24 UTC 2007 |
I made a taco salad for dinner. Does that count? ;-)
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denise
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response 19 of 22:
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May 7 13:20 UTC 2007 |
Sure it does, Mary! :-)
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edina
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response 20 of 22:
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May 7 16:06 UTC 2007 |
Weirdly, I ate Mexican (or some derivative of) all day. We did a
breakfast cruise with Dave's car club and I had eggs scrambled with
peppers, onions, cheese and it came with beans and a tortilla, late
lunch of Taco Bell, and then a Cinquo de Mayo themed wedding with
various Mexican appetizers for the reception.
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denise
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response 21 of 22:
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May 8 01:58 UTC 2007 |
Sounds like fun, Brooke...
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edina
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response 22 of 22:
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May 8 16:32 UTC 2007 |
The breakfast and the reception were fun...if any of you are ever out
in Phoenix, I recommend two things: Call me and we'll go up to
Tortilla Flats (it's east of the city, up in the Superstition
Mountains) - the drive is spectacular. The other thing is that if you
don't want to go with me, go on your own. ;-)
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