Taco Bar "fried chicken"??

[willie]

What's up with the chicken tacos at The Taco Bar? I ordered one Sunday night, and it came with one fried chicken strip on it.

 

[seacrestkristi]

I hate when that happens. ...and how much did you pay for that strip Never been to the place. Just can't bring myself to pay for chips and salsa. That's just too foreign to lil ole cheap me. The chips are free and overflowing with refills if you want where we get our Mexican food, from Mexicans.
People work too hard just to vacation in sowal much less get taken like that(unless it was a huge strip, of course)at your meal out. Some peope, single parents, young families mostly, only have budgeted one meal out while on vacation if that. I hope that wasn't it buddy. ;-)

 

[groveral]

I have read many positive posts on this new Mexican Taco restaurant, but my one experience was a steak taco and I could not believe how little meat. I wish them well and want them to succeed. We desperately need more causal fare---but, for me, not at any cost.

 

[scooterbug44]

Free chips and salsa at an open air restaurant in the middle of Seaside is not a viable business plan. I'm not in the restaurant business and I can see the $$ adding up as it becomes the new free beach lunch/predinner appetizer/kid's meal of choice.

Most of the items on the menu are less than the price of a drink almost anywhere in Sowal (and close to the price of a gallon of gas), so if that's what they budgeted for as their one meal out, they need a reality check!

What did they say when you told them you only got one chicken strip in your taco? Is that the standard portion or did they give you more when you told them and they realized you got shortchanged?

 

[Smiling JOe]

I'm not sure if your comment is more targeting getting a piece of "fried chicken" or getting only one piece of chicken.

I will say that the tacos, are not supposed to be super-size tacos like one might find at TacoHell. They are smaller, 5" shells, and if the piece of chicken has any size to it, one piece would be all I'd expect, especially if it was going to have any slaw or guac with it on the taco. Anymore, and it wouldn't fit into the taco, or my mouth.

 

[steele mama]

The Mexican Tacos at the Taqueria El Campano on 331 are small too but the tastiest things I've ever had. 3 for $5 and chips and salsa are free. It's not on the beach however, but convenient when you are on your way home! it!

 

[Lady D]

Most of the Mexican restaurants around here bring bowls of chips and salsa to the table to munch on before meals. And we do not get charged for the chips and salsa.

 

[scooterbug44]

Most of the Mexican restaurants around here bring bowls of chips and salsa to the table to munch on before meals. And we do not get charged for the chips and salsa.

Because of its location/setup, free chips & salsa at the Taco Bar would turn it from a taco stand to a free chip dispenser for the general population. There isn't a waiter to bring you chips and take your order, you place the order/pay at the counter and then they bring it to you. If it was an enclosed restaurant w/ waiters I'd expect free chips, but not the way this is set up.

 

[seacrestkristi]

The Mexican Tacos at the Taqueria El Campano on 331 are small too but the tastiest things I've ever had. 3 for $5 and chips and salsa are free. It's not on the beach however, but convenient when you are on your way home! it!

I this place too, steele mama. Quiet, cool, and good food without breaking the budget.

 

[Beach Runner]

I'm on Dave's side on this one. Granted, one chicken strip is too little. That was probably a mistake. But as far as chips and salsa go, paying extra for the non-Sysco ones at a pseudo-real taqueria is not unusual (again, I'm using Taqueria Del Sol in downtown Atlanta as my model). You're basically paying ? la carte at a place like that; i.e., you pay by the item. The typical Tex-Mex restaurant charges more for an entr?e by adding in the greasy refried beans and rice which are like the parsley at a tacky restaurant that most people don't eat. Dave's restaurant reminds me of the Spanish tapas restaurant model -- you pay per item rather than for a plateful of stuff, some of which you don't want. It's just a concept that isn't in the realm of what many people are accustomed to with their Tex-Mex.

And remember, Dave has a boatload of fixed overhead that the place on 331 north of the bridge (which I place to try out this weekend ;-) ) has.