Yes, salsa & beer sounds like a winning combination, but
that’s actually the name of a Mexican restaurant in North Hollywood. It was rated the #1 Mexican restaurant in all
of Los Angeles county this year.
That's not just the city of Los Angeles but the entire county. Wow. We had to try it.
Yesterday, a friend took my husband and me to Salsa &
Beer for lunch. It’s pretty close to his
house.
I was immediately impressed with
the décor. It’s so rustic. I loved the wagon wheel outside the front
door. Inside was very rustic as
well. It’s definitely the coolest
Mexican restaurant I’ve been to in L.A.
It was going on 3pm when we arrived, and the place was still
pretty crowded. The host led us over to
a booth near the windows, and we proceeded to look over the menus. They are big menus. They almost have too many options.
I usually like salads, so I thought about ordering a salad,
but most of them said iceberg lettuce, so I decided against it. I went for fajitas instead, which is kind of
like a hot salad with all the veggies.
While we were waiting for our food, they brought out chips
and a bean dip. There's also a salsa bar
with nine different kinds of salsa. We grabbed quite a few for the
table. All of the salsa had a little
heat to it, which I like, but none of them were as good as the salsa at
Chevy’s. I have to say, Chevy’s wins for
chips and salsa, at least in my opinion.
They brought our food to our table pretty quickly. We hadn’t even finished one basket of chips
yet.
I was impressed with the serving size of my order. I had the Guadalajara Spicy
Fajitas.
All of the sizzling fajitas
(and they certainly were sizzling!) are served with onions, zucchini, and bell
pepper. Plus, you get rice, refried
beans, pico de gallo, guacamole, and tortillas served on the side. I chose flour tortillas. My particular order came with a mixture of
chicken, steak and shrimp topped with a spicy chipotle sauce. I mainly ate the fajitas without the
tortillas. The shrimp was my
favorite. They were big and meaty and
especially delicious with the chipotle sauce.
The chicken was also good, but I couldn’t even bite through the
steak. I would never order the steak
again at this restaurant. I loved the
veggies. Zucchini was a nice addition
that I don’t usually see served with fajitas.
I only used one tortilla, and I thought it took away from the flavor of
the meat and veggies. The beans were
okay. They were refried beans topped
with cheese. I’m not a rice person, but
it was kinda good when eaten with a bite of beans. I liked the pico de gallo. I let my husband eat the guacamole with the
chips.
My husband always loves combos at
Mexican restaurants, so he ordered Combo #10 which comes with 1 cheese
enchilada, 1 tamale, and 1 hard taco. He
said the tamale tasted like pork, and the taco was beef. His meal also came with a side of rice and
beans. I was really impressed with the
size of the taco. I usually don’t see
tacos that big at Mexican restaurants, especially when ordering a combo. He said everything tasted handmade and authentic, like real
Mexican food. This restaurant is now tied
with Chevy’s in his opinion for his favorite local Mexican restaurant. Chevy’s feels more like a chain, and this
feels more like authentic Mexico, but they both have really good food. His birthday’s coming up, and this just might
be where he wants to go for dinner!
I don’t remember what our friend
ordered. It was some sort of chicken entrée. He said he’s eaten here with his wife several
times. He always tries something
different, and he’s never been disappointed.
Salsa & Beer, we’ll be back soon!
Happy eating!
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