El Chavo Burritos - $

Now that my show is over, I can get back to eating.

Guest Dinette: Jooyun Lee, who is very adventurous when it comes to food, and didn't bat an eye when I told her where we were going.

El Chavo is a glorified burrito stand. Glorified because it's got seating. But, it only has 3.5 booths.
As soon as we walked in, Jooyun pointed out the spider hanging at eye level from the ceiling vent. I said, "We've come to the right place" and ordered the steak burrito, their most popular item. Hold the spider, please. The spider crawled back up to the filthy vent. Somehow, this place got an A-rating.

Free stuff: None.

Bathrooms: None! What the?! Negative points for that one. How can you serve spicy food and not have a bathroom?

Ambience: Mexican, with pictures of banditos on the wall, but still gringo friendly. i.e. the menu was in english.

Parking: There's a lot in back with 3 spots dedicated to El Chavo.

Food: The steak burrito is chock full of generous cuts of steak as well as beans, onions, and a spicy salsa. I was sweatin'. It was delish. I also drank a Tamarindo because it was new to me. It's hard to describe. Kinda sweet. Kinda not. Still yummy. Go order it and you'll see what I mean. 4 forks.

Jooyun had the 2 beef taco combo with rice and beans. The taco shells were handmade and held together really well. They didn't fall apart on the first bite. Full of beef, cheese, lettuce and fried shell flavor. But, the rice was a little mushy. Being Korean, she knows good rice, and that wasn't it. She still ate it. 4 forks.

Laurie: 1 chicken enchilada, 1 chicken taco combo with rice, beans and chips. Skimpy on the chips. I think she got 3 chips. The rice "didn't look appetizing" so she didn't eat it. It wasn't just your normal rice. It had tomatoes and onions in it. I mean, I could see what they were going for. "A" for effort. oh well. Maybe it'll be better when you go.

Laurie: "I didn't see the 'taquitos avocado' on the menu before. I would've ordered that."

Me: "You still can. There are only 2."

L: "I'm not that hungry. I'm ordering too much food as it is."

After she finished her combo plate, she ordered the taquitos.

When we saw "2 taquitos avocado", we thought it'd be something like a deep fried avocado roll. I don't know where we thought we were - PF Chang's?? I mean, we're at El Chavo, for cryin' out loud! This place ain't that progressive. Nope, these were regular ol' taquitos. Nothing to write home about. Unless you're blogging.

We're convinced that the Olsen twins never set foot in this place. Maybe the spiders scared them away. If they had eaten here, they wouldn't have picked Henry's-wannabe-supermarket-taco-shell tacos to be the best taco stand north of the border. El Chavo's has Henry's beat to a bloody pulp.

Overall: 3.5 stars. We'd totally come back.

Next up: The Port bar and grill.