The offical Mexian food in Utah worse than Cafe Rio thread

[Donuthole]

ah, arturo. what a bastard. he's actually an arab who decided to open a mexican restaurant. i grew up in bountiful and have eaten far too much el matador. my neighbor got banned for life.

His name isn't arturo, and he's actually Persian.

[Donuthole]

To be fair, we need this thread too:


Los Hermanos
Sister Smith/Monson/Pratt/Taylor/etc. and her "chicken enchiladas"

Aren't you in Texas right now? And you're still consumed with Mexican food in Utah?

[Fiyero]

You guys out west are so spoiled. Cafe Rio would step into Dayton and be the best Mexican restaurant in the history of the city. I have been an advocate for the many Live, Work and Play opporunities available here in the great Ohio Miami Valley, but the Mexican food options here are seriously dreadful. Horrible. I've been to every Mexican place in the area and haven't found one that is respectable. Even the taco truck by the Super Dave's beer drive thru is awful. Do you fools know how lucky you are to even be having this argument? Do you?

I second this. I visited a friend in Paul's Valley, OK (an hour south of OKC) and we went to an "authentic Mexican" restaurant. The rice and beans were obviously out of cans, and the cheese enchiladas were two frozen Delimex taquitos, and the chips and salsa were obviously out of a sack and jar. And I listened to her rave and rave about how much better it was than the previous owner.

[Coach McGuirk]

The food at Los Hermanos is horrible. Twice I have laughed at someone who told me how good it was. They didn't take that very well.

I had to go there maybe two years ago for a work b-day party. Apparently the B-day person had LH as their favorite. I hadn't eaten their since early 90's. I got a chicken burrito. To this day, I believe they served me a spoiled tuna burrito. Horrid.

[old_gregg]

His name isn't arturo, and he's actually Persian.

that's what he's always told us it is. and apparently persian is the same as arab in davis county high school lore. still, he's a dick. and the food isn't very good.

[Donuthole]

that's what he's always told us it is. and apparently persian is the same as arab in davis county high school lore. still, he's a dick. and the food isn't very good.

I will not disagree with you that he is a tool. He was a client of ours at place I formerly worked, and he was not pleasant to deal with.

His full name is Artoosh Hasratian, though I might have been wrong about his nationality (the original restaurant served Armenian food). If I were from the Middle East and I owned a Mexican restaurant, I would probably claim my name was something more Mexicanish, too.

[wuapinmon]

I ate at a Mexican place in Bountiful once in about 1996 that served saltsa that was HOT, like warmed up soup hot.

Grossest place I ever ate in Utah. Way worse than JC Mickelson's or Prestwich Farms.

[old_gregg]

that could be the very same el matador. it could also have been lorena's.

[chrisrenrut]

I ate at a Mexican place in Bountiful once in about 1996 that served saltsa that was HOT, like warmed up soup hot.

Grossest place I ever ate in Utah. Way worse than JC Mickelson's or Prestwich Farms.

Probably Casa Melinda. They searved their tomato sauce-like salsa warm. Big white casa looking building on Hwy 89. I think it is a La Puente now.

As a kid I loved to eat there. As an adult, I couldn't stand it. Their only redeeming value was their sopapilla's with honeybutter.

[CardiacCoug]

An intern (Carron Phillips) from Atlanta and New York here for a few weeks at the Salt Lake Tribune (print edition) gives a shout out to Cafe Rio, saying he will always be addicted to it.

Can't find the link

[MarkGrace]

El Matador sucks.

[FMCoug]

We decided to give La Puente by University Mall a try tonight.

Sadly, it met our expectations.


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[cougjunkie]

We decided to give La Puente by University Mall a try tonight.

Sadly, it met our expectations.


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I ate at La Puente in AF and I thought it was pretty good considering the price and the fact that it is a chain.

[creekster]

You think Ohio is bad? Try Canada.

My parents love coming down here and going to Cafe Rio and Los Hermanos. My mom is a huge mexican food fan and the best she can do up there is Taco Time. For a while there they got lucky and could go to Chi-Chi's up in Calgary.

canada is bad but the worst I have ever had was in New Zealand (dont ask). Of course, in New Zealand no one cares.

[MartyFunkhouser]

We decided to give La Puente by University Mall a try tonight.

Sadly, it met our expectations.


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La Puente is not good Mexican food. However, the smothered burritos are decent food. It isn't bad and I would eat that over Cafe Rio any day.

If you were around the University Mall there were good options. Go to Diegos or El Gallo Giro next time.