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El Mariachi Grill

El Mariachi Grill

15627 Ventura Blvd, Encino, CA 91436, USA, Los Angeles, United States

Grill • Cheese • Mexican • Spanish


"EL MARIACHI MEXICAN GRILL is expansive, with a large, heated, tent-covered patio. Inside and outside, this sports centric eatery has enough big-screen televisions to support an appliance shop. The restaurant is homage to old Mexico, complete with ridingsaddles resting on the crossbeams in the main dining area. Corn chips, bean-cheese dip and vegan salsa are provided at eachtable. The menu is populated with familiar Mexican dishes. Our server, Orquidea, who has been with the restaurant for fiveyears, described the ingredients of the many dishes on the menu. For example, the black beans are vegan, containing no animalproducts, however the rice is prepared with chicken broth. She pointed out that Chef Roberto and his staff will do everythingpossible to match special dietary requirements. I ordered an off-menu, vegan burrito. It arrived in a few minutes. Theapproximately footlong burrito was, give or take, three inches in diameter. In other words, it was huge. The oversized tortillaencased gently stir-fried vegetables with black beans. It arrived toasted and lightly sauced. It was muy bueno. The elevenyear old restaurant lives up to its name, by providing live Mariachi¹ music on the weekends. El Mariachi offers lots ofspecial offers. Here are a few: On Sunday 's all you can drink Mimosas. Half off on Mondays on everything butalcohol. Everyday, Mexican meals are cooked to order on a BeniPaisa; a Benihana style grill. The restaurant and bathrooms areADA compatible. At lunch and dinner low-cost valet parking is required. There is little nearby street parking. Online ortelephone orders are accepted for pickup or delivery by DoorDash. ¹ Mariachi is thought to have derived from the French wordmariage marriage . The joyful sound first became popular entertainment in the 1860s. Google"

Tacos El Poblanito #2

Tacos El Poblanito #2

4405 New Utrecht Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11219, City of New York, United States

Meat • Tacos • Cheese • Mexican


"I am so happy to see these guys became a permanent fixture. They have good tacos, plates, and the standard taco truck items. They are friendly, speak English and Spanish, and look like they take cards or will do so shortly. It is a personal joy for me to walk out my backdoor and see the faint glinting of their multicolored lights reflecting off the ell. I used to go for walls before the area became dangerous at night. There aren't many lights in the area and there aren't many people around after dark since Paradise Fruit Vegetable closed. There is an industrial hardware store here now, remniscent of lower New Utrecht businesses. Without a bodega on this side of Bay Ridge Avenue, there isn't much life. The truck makes this a corner with light and stool and pedestrian customers as well as deliverymen: enough to give it a pulse. It feels safer to walk over here now, and tacos are an excellent excuse. Their Carne and pollo tacos are good. But the real specialty is their Brooklyn-style Bírria. I don't know enough about Birria to know how different theirs is, except that it is beef and not lamb. It is amazing, with that home-stewed comfort. Fried, seasoned toetillas stay crunchy against the salty, wet beef because of a layer of melted cheese. It hits that southwestern US tastebud with the cheese amd beef. Their beans and rice taste like I am a kid again, which has been one of the hardest things to find. I plan to try the flauta pollo eventually as the quest one was flawless. The flavors are fresh and on point without being overseasoned or bland. And a there's nothing like a walk at 3 am toward rainbow lights for comfort food. Please never leave."