Bet you can’t guess from that title whose pick it is this week.

That’s right, Ted’s never ending quest to take us to every Mexican restaurant in the tri country area continues.

He was going to pick Uncle Tito’s in Mogadore, until it was pointed out that Shane actually picked it two years ago almost to the day. And when there are so many undiscovered Mexican restaurants yet to be visited, well, we can’t start repeating just yet.

If you’re wondering why you can’t place the location of this restaurant on your internal food map, that’s probably because until semi-recently it was a seafood /creole restaurant. Which may seem strange that we never visited until you take into account that the majority of those dishes contain shrimp, and that shrimp can kill Shane.

Details.

But wait, the menu at the new space still contains a good number of shrimp dishes. Plot twist. Did the leftover shrimp come with the place when they bought it? Is there a delivery that they can’t stop somehow? 

So many questions.

The menu seems to have been put together by the same type of person whose closet organization system – or lack thereof – probably gives a person like me nightmares. I mean, most Mexican food restaurants will group their dishes by various types of burritos, enchilada, fajitas, tacos, full dinners, etc. You know, so if you’re in the mood for, say, a chicken burrito, you can easily look under that submenu and locate a few different options.

Not here. This is more the “let’s just throw it all on the page and let them read every description” way of doing things. I believe the technical term is willy nilly.

To make the challenge even more fun, we had about 2.5 seconds after we sat down to locate the drink section of the menu and choose our drink orders, thanks to the fact that it wasn’t busy at all and our server was very friendly. 

It’s like the sit down restaurant version of Supermarket Sweep. Fun.

At least margaritas are an easy option. Mango for me and Shane (upgraded to a pitcher, because we’re economical), and strawberry for Ted.

Now on to meals. After an intense debate between the street tacos, the fajita burrito, the carnitas burrito and even a combination of a quesadilla and the tortilla soup from the appetizer menu, I eventually opted for the carnitas burrito.

Ted chose the flautas. Because anything deep fried is always ok in this group. I think he also chose it because it contained the least amount of cheese or cheese sauce, but that’s just my opinion.

Because gluttony is in our nature on Wednesday nights, he was also very tempted to get a burrito from the ala carte menu as a side to his meal. But then decided to wait and see how much food he ended up with just in his entree before he overdid it.

Enter Shane.

His meal choice was made solely on the answer to this question: so, what’s the main difference between fajita quesadilla and a fajita burrito?

Answer: the burrito is recommended which “if you want more food.”

It’s like she knew him already with that straightforward of an answer. Like if he wasn’t already married to me he might just have gotten down on one knee and proposed at that moment.’

But wait! Because the whole “more food” clearly wasn’t intimidating the bottomless pit that is Shane’s stomach, he decided to add an al a carte chimichanga as a side.

Because why not. I mean it’s not like that’s a whole actual meal for some people or anything.

Let’s just say he was full when we left, but still not as full as the night we went to Latino’s. Anytime Shane doesn’t have to sleep sitting up after a Wednesday night out is probably a good thing.

So overall the restaurant was decent. I probably wouldn’t get the same dish again, but that’s my fault because I always forget how fatty carnitas can be and that I really shouldn’t choose that as my main meat in my meal. I’d be interested in trying something else – and fortunately I have a list of things I had been contemplating, so I’ll have to remember to check back here before any return visits.

I mean, not that that will be anytime soon though, at least not on a Wednesday. There’s a lot more Mexican restaurant territory to cover, folks. Ted’s list is endless.

Picked by: Ted (shocking)