Eric Ruth offers a story today about eating cheaply.
Last night, I was out with a terrific group of friends (shout out to you all) and we ate at "Eat."
Well, that's what I always call Border Cafe, a Tex-Mex/Cajun eatery in Stanton, because of the large "Eat" sign out front. (Is there even a Border Cafe sign out front??)
The dining rooms were very busy last night - and there were about a dozen people waiting for tables when we arrived. When I opened the menu, I quickly realized why it was so jammed. Wow. I don't think there was any entree more than $18. In fact, most meals are in the $10 and under range.
The creamy guacamole ($3.95 a bowl), flecked with tomatoes, onion and cilantro and served with a basket of warm tortilla chips, was very fresh-tasting and quite good as were the slightly spicy catfish tacos. The catfish taco platter - two tacos on flour tortillas - also comes with a side of rice and black beans for $7.47. That's some seriously cheap eats.
However, I'm no fan of Border's margaritas which are syrupy sweet icky. (Someone also said they tasted watery.) No thanks. I'm spoiled. I had a wonderful, freshly-squeezed pineapple margarita recently at Distrito in Philadelphia and now there's no going back to poorly produced cocktails.
Get a bottled beer instead, or maybe a glass of wine, which come in tumblers, for under $7.
And, speaking of icky, Border's needs to give its ladies restroom a serious scrubbing.
I guess that's the price you pay for cheap....
5 comments:
Mr. Ruth, your Mom should have told you that you belong in the MEN'S room, not the ladies.
Please stop calling it Border. You wouldn't call the Olive Garden "Olive". Would you? Where have all the editors gone? Long time passing.
Anyhow, Border Cafe's food is good and cheap. Service is almost always very good. Vats of soda keep you from asking for seconds. Kid's treats at the end of the meal and balloons make it a happy family place. Just do not plan a reunion meal with anyone there. It's LOUD. Music is good there. And in the summer when it's really hot, the AC does not touch the heat so you really feel like you're in Mexico. That seems like a bad thing, but after a margarita or two, it just seems right.
Someone should report him for stalking the women's room. Pervert alert
To clarify: Talorico wrote the post about Border Cafe - and the icky restroom.
I linked to Eric Ruth's story about cheap eats. (He's not hanging inside or outside ladies restrooms.)
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