Los Mariachis - February 19, 2010

7400 MacLeod Trail Southeast
Calgary, Alberta
(403) 253-5692

Blink and you will miss it, the tiny restaurant Los Mariachis comes across as trying to be authentic but is more kitch than anything else. I would recommend the nachos but majority of the food came out cold from the comments of the Shazam Dinner Club members...my Beef Burritos (the last picture) came out piping hot (too hot?) and were quite tasty actually...but the service was unfortunately very poor and really a downer on the evening. We didn't even get dessert!  I need to erase this experience with a visit to El Sombrero.

Los Mariachis Restaurant

Nachos

Black Bean Soup

This this was chicken tacos or soft tortillas.

Chimichangas

Chicken Quesadillas

Salad (Avocados, Eggs, Tomatoes, Olives, Onions, Lettuce)

Beef Burritos

Bring on the Beef!

This was only my 2nd time at the Vintage Chophouse and being the non-seafood eater that I am, I went for the 12 oz. New York Striploin! What a huge piece of meat! While the steak was cooked exactly to my liking, I found the steak size to be much too big.... however, my dog Benson loved it when I brought him home a doggie bag! I searched the menu for a smaller striploin but they only had 12 oz. or 16 oz steaks. Once again, I had my potatoes mashed and shared a side of asparagus with my fellow dinner clubber Bernadette. I washed it all down with a glass of McWilliam's Hanwood Estate Cabernet Sauvignon.

The food was good and the wine was tasty but I felt it was over priced. I'd rather go to the Keg and get the salad, bread, steak and veggies for less than the price of my piece of meat at Vintage. I'll give Vintage 3 out of 5 shazams!