I went to Rio Loco with frequent blog reader Carmel tonight, and it totally lived up to the hype. First of all, let me tell you that they have $6 happy hour jumbo margaritas, and one of those got me approximately as drunk as an entire bottle of champagne on Sunday. Then we ordered entrees and they arrived in about 7 minutes – fast!!! I had the shrimp fajita nachos. Really good, grilled shrimp, vegetables. Carmel had a dish with a chile relleno, enchilada, and burrito. Before it came out she said she was picky about Mexican food, but once it came out she gave it a big thumbs-up.
Afterward we went to the Saucer for trivia, to discover that our team the Rapscallions had won yet ANOTHER first-place victory in our absence. They entrusted me to hold on to the grand-prize $25 gift certificate, which I almost lost on the way home but later found in my pants pocket.
It’s going to take me at least a month to roll through Rio Loco’s menu. I’m probably going to alter my plans and skip the Mpact event and go to Rio Loco again tomorrow night. I’ll definitely be there before happy hour ends.
Next on the list to try:
- Nachos Rio Loco: slices of beef and chicken cooked with green onions, mushrooms and bacon.
- A la carte: 3 cheese enchiladas, and maybe a side order of meat – a beef burrito, or Mexican sausage
- Enchiladas supreme: one each of chicken, bean, beef, and cheese enchilada topped with special homemade sauce, lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream.
- Combo #16: one chalupa, one chile relleno and one enchilada.
- Tilapia Rio Loco – tilapia, shrimp and carrots in a cream sauce, rice, avocado salad
- Le Preferida – a chalupa jalisco with beef burrito, cheese sauce and rice.
- The Special Dinner – one taco, one chalupa, one enchilada, one tamale, one chile relleno, rice and beans. I’ll have to be hungry for this one.
And that’s 7 of the 100 items on the menu.
On the way out, I asked them if they were open on Sunday. They said yes, so ATTN DRUNKS: We’ll still meet at Sleep Out’s (gotta have one of Lisa’s homemade bloody marys) but we may have to make a field trip down the street at some point in the afternoon. There’s no football this weekend (not that I would care) so we have plenty of time.
The Most Annoying Woman On Planet Earth saw my Saturday night post and e-mailed a response. To which I reply: STFU
Two ways to get me to become a regular at your downtown restaurant: Have Mexican food, or have Romanian waitresses. I have a feeling I’ll be talking about Rio Loco quite a bit in this blog in the future.