Location: Riverside, CA
Rating: F%#KING AWESOME!
Price Range: $5-$20
It was only fitting to kick off our little food blog project by posting our favorite resturant IN THE WORLD! Ok, maybe not the world but our favorite resturant in Riverside, CA. We eat there at least (or at most) 4 times a month. We will even skip the 45 minute wait for a table on the weekends and sit at the bar. This is a big deal for me (Gabi) because as Aran would say I'm a "complainer" and "too good" to sit at the bar. Neither are the case (ok, maybe I do complain but I do it on purpose). I just like to enjoy my food at comfortable table but waiting 45 minutes is a drag.
Once we are sitted at our table or at the bar the server bring over a basket of fresh chips and salsa. FRESH SALSA! We know this because Aran used to work at Anchos in high school. "Hardest F%#KING job I've ever had!"-Aran. Yes, the salsa is fresh and we can pretty much drink it. That's how good it is. I (Gabi) rate most resturants on their salsa.
Next up the server brings over their fresh flower torillas (made by the tortillas girl in the middle of the resturant)and butter. You can tell yourself that you will only eat one buttery, hot-yummy-groodness of a tortilla but after you put down your 3rd one you realize that you have no backbone against these delicious gifts from heaven. Oh, and did I mentioned the chips, salsa, tortillas & butter are free? Yeah, put that in your pipe and smoke it.
Once it comes to ordering our main meal, which by that point we decide there is probably enough room in our stomachs for one bite, we normally don't even have to open the menu. Yeah, it's sick but we've been that that many times to know that menu by heart. They have everything from ribs to some of the best fajitas known to man. The menu at first glance looks at your traditional Mexican resturant but its not even close. It's Southwest Mexican food. UGE DIFFERENCE (that is me saying huge but in a Donald Trump voice). A Mexican resturant will not ask you if you "Christmas style sauce"...don't ask just try it. Back to the ordering, Aran will never get anything other then the famous Anchos nachos. This plate is actually an appetizer but more then filling for a entree. They top fresh tortilla chips with beans, cheese and your choose of meat. On this night Aran decided on all steak. The steak is always grilled on an open woodfire grill. If a dish there has steak get it! Don't ever question the power of the steak.
I (Gabi) on the other hand got something new. Surprise, surprise Gabi gets something new on the menu. I can't help myself. This time around ordered the special of the night, a fresh grilled salmon top with a ginger line butter. It was so good I ended up making my own fish tacos. Yummy salmon + awesome tortillas=deliciousness. As you can tell we love this resturant and totally recommend this to all our family members and friends...and now you!
peace & grease,
been there (had that)
