Went to Los Comales, located where the Dyers on Summer used to be..right next door to Guadalapana. Chips tasted like frying oil and the guacamole tasted strange as well. Mexican joints are a dime a dozen these days so dont waste your time with this one. Oh well!

In Oxford, there's a Mexican video store that has a little illegal restaurant in the back. The menu is limited, but the food is wonderful.

i tried los comales last week and left w/ the same impression.

dyers shut down?!?!? they just put up that deck.

dyers on Summer is gone. there's one on beale st

I think they moved one out to Germantown and maybe moved the Summer one across and down the street some.

I know this is probably an obvious question, but why on earth would you go to the place next to La Guadulapana?

good question...i guess after a weekly visit to the guad for eight years it seemed like a good idea to break with tradition and try something different.

it wasn't.

i hadn't gotten adventurous enough to try it yet. glad someone else got to it before i did. i am picky about mexican food. guad has me spoiled and i have gotten to the point of where i almost refuse to eat mexican food anywhere else, even if there are margaritas involved. (hey, note that i said *almost*.)

i like el 7 mares too.

I haven't eaten there since about '96 or so when it was called something else. However, it's run by the family of one of my kids, so I've been meaning to check it out.

I tried the Mexican place on Summer by the Lenny's Sub shop near Grahm (where Gridley's used to be; right before Pop Tunes). The name escapes me now, however. And no, it's not La Espiga. It wasn't as good as the Guad, but it was still great.

Hey, if mainly Mexicans are eating there and the wait staff can barely speak English, it's always a good sign.

I REALLY want to try this taquería on Llamar I saw coming into town. My bandmate has tried it a few times and highly recommends it.

Where is 7 Mares?? Ive seen it but cant remember where it is. Is it on Jackson?

i've tried the place on lamar... in a minimall next to a mexican store w/boots & stuff (i think)?

not bad, definitely not especially gringo friendly, but really cheap.

7 Mares used to be Acapulco and was pretty much the only decent mexican for a long time. it's still all right.

if yer goin down jackson towards raleigh, 7 mares is right over that bridge that goes over the military lookin cemetary on the right.

I gotya. Ima check it out.

even though the food is merely just "ok",...The Happy Mexican has the best margaritas....the Jumbo top shelf packs a helluva wallop...for only $8 a pop, its the best liquor deal in town...a couple Jumbos (24 oz. each) will have you mighty wobbly after 2...

Los Compadres margaritas will knock your dick in the dirt...food is pretty fresh too

Los Compadres margaritas will knock your dick in the dirt...food is pretty fresh too

I don't have margaritas very often but theirs are good, yes.
I have noticed a decline in the food over maybe the last year or so, but can't quite put my finger on it. Anybody with me on this?

yeha compadres seems to be going down a bit and it wasn't amazing to start with, but that chicken soup there is still bad ass. acapulco was better than 7 mares only because it had the pepper pickled veggies that we're absolutely perfect. i need to tell them to bring those back.

The food at Compadres and El Porton is exactly the same to me. Pretty half assed and the beans are always watery and nasty. Ive sat at the bar at Compadres before and watched those dudes in the kitchen. The are sloppin that shit out. Tastes ok but its half ass. Chips and salsa and Dos Esquis be good dough.

yeha compadres seems to be going down a bit and it wasn't amazing to start with, but that chicken soup there is still bad ass.

I'm with you on this - the soup is tremendous.

I like Burger King

The place on Lamar is El Gallo Giro. I used to go there when I worked for a printing place near the airport. The food was always good, but sometimes you were a little unnerved when the hookers would run in and hide in the bathrooms. And, it happened fairly regularly.

Los Compadres margaritas will knock your dick in the dirt...

dont have anything on happy mexican...im tellin ya...plus they taste about 100 times better than LC's....

That jumbo top-shelf at HM is pretty fierce. the food is ass-tastic at HM, though. "Salt burrito with salt sauce" pretty well summed it up ...

the "other" other place on summer is probably El Palomar. Tried it once, fresh food, expensive, huge portions. warm tomato-based salsa. very mexican.

still not as good as guad to me.

I have noticed a decline in the food over maybe the last year or so, but can't quite put my finger on it. Anybody with me on this?

i'm with you on this.

i said this in the other mexican food thread... sonoran cuisine (beans/rice/goopy cheese that most people think is Mexican Food) is pretty average-to-mediocre on a good day anyway. out of all the regional cuisines mexico has to offer, its the one lacking in character. add to that having to churn it out in the volumes that los compadres has to... quality declines fast.

2 common short cuts for volume feeding that equal bleh sonoran cuisine:

1) using anything other than lard to make refried beans (ie: getting them out of a can already "refried") results in flavorless, texture-less brown sludge
2) cheap cheese (ie: low quality - made w/ vegetable oil/shortening - as in "cheese product" rather than a dairy product)

don't know if this is los compadres' practice, but more likely than not, they're not using lard in their beans. i got their tamales once, and the masa was too dry for my preference and the meat inside not as tender as it should have been.

mostly, their food is not spicy enough for me, but that could be just me. the lack of flavorful fire in mexican food gets a big thumbs down.

the margaritas (not frozen) and chips/salsa are alright and completely potable and snackable, and i do love the cheese dip, not matter how velveeta-like it is.

that chicken soup there is still bad ass.
Last time I went to Los C after not having gone in a while, I got the soup and it was the worst, as was everything else. Very unfortunate. Jerryd and I started going to El Mezcal on Union after they opened for our gringo Mexican fix - their sopa pollo is really, really good, but you have to order it with light salt. Also good sopa is at the place on Highland where Mojo's used to be. Haven't been there in ages though. La Guad still wins in all categories though.

El Mezcal on Union

i ate there a few months ago - was taken there by someone who was concerned my california taste buds might not like memphis mex at all, but it was great. loved the salsa!

Shrimp of the Devil at Guad is the greatest!

los playtas..by the bass pro shop ans bibles for china..was my stop off before work...until i got the oysters and puked..then being a fucking idiot i go back there next week and get the octopus ceviche tostada thing was fucking gross shit... the shrimp tastada thing i got was actually cut with fucking catfish and that was really not pleasant...sucks when you want something ,more than just a bean burrito you run a great risk of being dissatisfied or worse food poisoning

or worse food poisoning

i hear you!!

alas -- it can also happen at posh places. i went 2 years without eating mussels because of a bad pan roast at the world famous, very expensive oyster bar in NYC.

i don't even order ceviche at restaurants anymore... i'm too scared

That jumbo top-shelf at HM is pretty fierce. the food is ass-tastic at HM, though. "Salt burrito with salt sauce" pretty well summed it up ...

they do carnitas pretty well...they fry em until crisp, like they are supposed to be...not cooked like grandma's pork roast, like most other places around do (except for Guadalapana, they do em perfect)...however, I have never had anything else besides carnitas and booze at Hap Mex...

the "other" other place on summer is probably El Palomar. Tried it once, fresh food, expensive, huge portions. warm tomato-based salsa. very mexican.


That's it.

still not as good as guad to me.

Agreed.

always tempted by the place on airways on the southeast corner right as you hit the 240 loopers to your right... sign's all in spanish, except they promise food "muy quick"!

Don't go to that place on Airways. I made that mistake once trying to "branch out" with some friends from work, as we were completely bored with the food we had been getting for lunch. When I left there I thought I had Dysentary. Los Mariscos (i think its called) is another one I thought was going to haunt me for a while. It caused a serious case of the doom farts.

Thanks for the tip. I'll admire their sign and lose the urge to sample their burritos. Is Los Mariscos on Winchester, across from Guad #2? Kinda expensive seafood, and not so hot. Rather go eat Korean or Thai if I'm in that area...

Rather go eat Korean or Thai if I'm in that area...

Where is the Korean joint?

Anyone know how the Thai spot across form the Hickory Ridge Mall next tot he asian market fared in the Tornados? I love that minced Chicken and Basil dish they have...

Yeah, that it the place on Winchester. We walked in and were given a sample cup of some kind of seafood soup that was a bit suspect, to say the least. I tried to play it safe and went with a burrito. It was not a safe play.

Korean = Asiana Garden Restaurant. 5992 Mount Moriah Rd

check it out. lunch specials look especially good, though i've never made it out there for lunch.

thai out there is chao praya.

Korean = Asiana Garden Restaurant. 5992 Mount Moriah Rd

check it out. lunch specials look especially good, though i've never made it out there for lunch.

fantastic. been wondering if there was any korean food to be had in memphis (other than the Kimchi at kwik check).

was great last night!

in the same area is BI BIM BAP... haven't tried it.

Is Los Mariscos on Winchester, across from Guad #2? Kinda expensive seafood, and not so hot


that place is pretty good. their cubed garlic seafood is tasty. it is a bit pricey, but they have an extensive menu and the complimentary soup with the octupus is fine. i've eaten there several times.

Korean = Asiana Garden Restaurant. 5992 Mount Moriah Rd

Top shelf! Just got back...we sat at one of the BBQ tables and had the BBQ beef and pork. Loved everything (wasnt crazy about the little dried fish things though). Damn fine meal with some beers....loads of middle aged Koreans dudes talking loud and getting shit-faced on Soju...

Korean = Asiana Garden Restaurant. 5992 Mount Moriah Rd

Top shelf! Just got back...we sat at one of the BBQ tables and had the BBQ beef and pork. Loved everything (wasnt crazy about the little dried fish things though). Damn fine meal with some beers....loads of middle aged Koreans dudes talking loud and getting shit-faced on Soju...



GREAT place. A Korean friend turned me on to this place, as well as another who's name escapes me.