Tried this Mexican restuarant across from the Geneva train depot on Saturday night with my wife and some friends. Our friends have been here before and really liked the restuarant, but this was our 1st time. Turns out this location is one of several in the western suburbs. The food here was very good and I can see why our friends like this place. They recommended we try the cheese nachos which were very good with just chips and melted cheddar cheese. The cheese was plentiful and very gooey. My wife tried a chimichanga (spelling?) which she said was great and didn't share! I had the Durango which was a sampling of 3 different items (taco, enchillada & burrito). I like that this restuarant has several combo meals where you can get a sampling of all their dishes. You are even able to mix & match the filling in each item (I had shrimp in the enchillada, steak in the burritto & shredded beef in the taco). Food was very good and reasonablely priced. Since I don't like beans and didn't want the rice, they have printed right on the menu the option of taking a side salad instead of rice & beans. The salad was great and the dressing was served on the side for you to control the portion. My friend got a taco salad with portabello mushrooms which was huge and served in the fried chip bowl.
Can't wait to return to this restuarant when in the mood for Mexican food.
Monday, March 16, 2009
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Olive Garden
Yes, I'm at another chain restuarant. I like to try new places, but I'm here with my family and they like places they know. The two things we really like are the all-you-can eat bread sticks and salad. However, my oldest son has stated on this trip he no longer likes the dressing on the salad.
On this trip, we tried the new ravioli fried appertizer (Fritta) and it was delicious! We also got the calamari and it's great along with the special white sauce that is so much better than the marinaria. I tried the Tuscan Garlic Shrimp and really liked it, but my older son got the other shrimp dish and it was way better. My wife had the crusted talipia and really enjoyed it. My youngest son had the mac & cheese which was just average. We were too full to try dessert. In fact, the portion sizes were so big, that we all had left-overs to take home. The meal is a little more expensive than some casual sit-down restaurants (Fridays, Applebees, Chilis, etc), but I think you get a good value with the bread/salad and huge portion sizes.
On this trip, we tried the new ravioli fried appertizer (Fritta) and it was delicious! We also got the calamari and it's great along with the special white sauce that is so much better than the marinaria. I tried the Tuscan Garlic Shrimp and really liked it, but my older son got the other shrimp dish and it was way better. My wife had the crusted talipia and really enjoyed it. My youngest son had the mac & cheese which was just average. We were too full to try dessert. In fact, the portion sizes were so big, that we all had left-overs to take home. The meal is a little more expensive than some casual sit-down restaurants (Fridays, Applebees, Chilis, etc), but I think you get a good value with the bread/salad and huge portion sizes.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Pal Joey's
This restaurant is in West Chicago, just east of the Tri-Cities on route 38. However, it's been around since I was in high school (early 1980s), but has moved to a new location a block away from the old one.
Unfortunately for our family's visit they were short staffed. The waitress said they normally had 4 people working the room, but only two tonight (saw a busboy besides her). The understaffing really showed as our food was slow to get to us and our waitress also messed up a couple of courses during the meal. Need to really come back on an evening when they are properly staffed to see if the service does improve.
The food was good. We all really liked our salad with the crisp and cold lettuce and generous amount of salad dressing. If you are watching calories or don't like a lot of dressing, be sure to ask for it on the side. The food was classic Italian and very generous portions.
We were on our way to a basketball game, so we had to rush through the food with the slow service and missed out on dessert as well.
Overall, I want to give them another try since the menu did look like there would be several dishes that would hit the spot if the service was there.
Unfortunately for our family's visit they were short staffed. The waitress said they normally had 4 people working the room, but only two tonight (saw a busboy besides her). The understaffing really showed as our food was slow to get to us and our waitress also messed up a couple of courses during the meal. Need to really come back on an evening when they are properly staffed to see if the service does improve.
The food was good. We all really liked our salad with the crisp and cold lettuce and generous amount of salad dressing. If you are watching calories or don't like a lot of dressing, be sure to ask for it on the side. The food was classic Italian and very generous portions.
We were on our way to a basketball game, so we had to rush through the food with the slow service and missed out on dessert as well.
Overall, I want to give them another try since the menu did look like there would be several dishes that would hit the spot if the service was there.
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