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Zapatista

October 1, 2005 by Dave!

There’s a new Mexican restaurant in our neighborhood, called
Zapatista so my wife (who loves Mexican food) and I decided to try it out tonight.

The head chef is from the less-than-stellar Adobo Grill and there are several touches that give that away… like the guacamole made fresh table side. Only in our case, it was made fresh 15 feet away at the bar and brought to us, I don’t know why. We ordered it “hot” (as we are wont to do) and it was anything but. Seriously, I’ve had hotter oatmeal. But that doesn’t mean it wasn’t good–the ingredients were all fresh and it was quite tasty. But not hot.
My wife had the chilies rellenos which were decent, but nothing special. One was cheese, the other stuffed with chicken, and while good quality, they just weren’t very flavorful. The same, however, could not be said of my fajitas, which were incredible (with one flaw I’ll get to in a minute). The meat was stewed along with cheese and onions in this stone? iron? pot and the flavors were really outstanding. However, their tortillas bite. I mean, they suck. Seriously, how can you have bad tortillas at a Mexican restaurant?! I don’t know, but they do. Awful.
In the end, it was a decent meal (despite my tortillas). A little pricey for the inconsistent quality; however, I might return in a few months after they are more settled-in to see if the minor inconsistencies have been worked out.

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