When Mexican Grill opened a few years back, my husband & I started dining there a couple of times a week. The food is wonderful & the service is pleasant & prompt. Having lived in Mexico for a brief time we can attest to the authenticity of the food. It isn't the typical American idea of what Mexican food is, it is what you would find in Mexico. Not only the food but the atmosphere as well. Since moving to the opposite side of town 2 years ago, we haven't been there in almost that time, but last week we found ourselves in the neighborhood & decided to pay it a visit. We found that they had expanded the space & included room for a cantina & live music & dancing. We went for lunch so the place was quiet. The menu hadn't changed much in the two years and the prices were still just as reasonable as we remembered them. I ordered my favorite Flautas but my husband decided to try another one of their new additions, the lunch buffet. I was delighted with my choice. The Chicken flautas were just as generous & flavorful as always. The rice & beans were wonderful as well. The portions were so big, I had to take half of it home. My husbands decision to try the buffet proved a poor one however. At noon, when we arrived, the buffet was already half empty & what was there was only room-temperature at best. In the hour we were there, no one made any effort to refill the buffet or to check the quality of what had been out there for some time. The taco meat on the buffet was ground beef instead of the shredded beef that you can find on the menu. The ground beef was far too salty for even my husband who is a salt-aholic. The refried beans that came with my flautas were great, but we found that the ones on the buffet were almost runny & seemed to have a powdery taste to them as if someone had tried to thicken them up with masa or something. Not at all pleasant. The experience didn't turn us off though. No one can like everything. The food on the menu & the service is great enough for us to continue to stop by when we find ourselves in that neighborhood again. We'll just make sure we steer clear of the buffet.    [17 Sep 2001 07:59:09]

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Recommended Dishes: Flautas, Mole, Beefsteak, Shredded Beef Tacos

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