Steppin' on in to Huauchinango. Photo by Michael West
Well here we are, the tenth and final stop on my glorious and damn good Mexican Food Hidden Gems search. And wouldn’t you know it, they saved the best for last.
Welcome to Huauchinango.
Hidden Gems – Huauchinango
6 12 2010Comments : Leave a Comment »
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Hidden Gems – Rolando’s
8 11 2010
Welcome to Rolando's! Photo by Michael West.
It’s coming down to the nitty gritty on my ten-stop Hidden Gems Tour, and stop number nine took me to into North Phoenix and a place they call Rolando’s.
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Hidden Gems – Pedro’s
25 10 2010
Welcome to Pedro's Mexican Restaurant in Glendale, AZ. Photo by Michael West.
On my Hidden Gems Tour, compared to where I live in Tempe, I’ve been South with it.
I’ve been East with it.
I realized I needed to get North with it, pronto.
That’s where Pedro’s in Glendale steps in.
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Hidden Gems – El Sol
18 10 2010
Welcome to a glorious little spot called they call "El Sol." Photo by Michael West.
I head South down the 101 Freeway into the city of Chandler for my 7th stop on my Hidden Gems Tour around the Valley… and good God almighty, my 7th Heaven was a little place called El Sol.
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Hidden Gems – Mi Patio
4 10 2010
The sign outside of Mi Patio Mexican Food Restaurant in Phoenix, Arizona. Photo taken by Michael West (me).
I now have to count on two hands the amount of different Mexican food joints I’ve been to on my Hidden Gems search, and the first place I can count off on my other hand is Mi Patio Mexican Food in Phoenix.
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Hidden Gems – El Nopalito
2 09 2010
Round two of my Hidden Gems tour around the Valley takes me to the city of Phoenix and a little Mexican food joint called El Nopalito… and man am I glad I went here.
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Hidden Gems – Carolina’s Mexican Food
26 08 2010
Today marked the kickoff of my quest to find the best local Mexican food restaurants that the greater Phoenix area has to offer. Through my first two years living in Phoenix and Tempe, I really hadn’t found a Mexican food joint that could throw together some good, authentic meals. I knew that this year, that had to change. This past summer back home in California, me and a handful of friends scavenged the local streets to find the best authentic Mexican food and came across an abundance of great places to eat. I figured I might as well take that mentality with me back to ASU and see what Arizona’s Mexican food was all about. My first stop on the tour: Carolina’s Mexican Food in Phoenix. Having read plenty of positive reviews about the place, I thought I might as well hit up a good lunch spot with some friends between classes.
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