Posted on 07/21/2012 3:51:29 PM PDT by Cplus
Cazuala’s is 3 years old I think. It is on Sara rd. just east of 528 (first light you come to). It is good. It is a bit nicer in terms of dining than Federico’s is.
Chipotle is ANTI-GUN
When AZ allowed CCW holders to carry in establishments which serve alcoholic beverages, CBG posted No Weaons signs in accordance with that law.
I refuse to eat in gun free zones. We know how safe such places are, to wit: Aurora, CO. My pastor and church friends and some coworkers may have been discouraged when I told them.. This may have reduced business in gun-friendly AZ.. Cant say about the rest of the nation.
“Ever heard of Boston Chicken, Snapple, Krispy Kreme? Guess what, THE VERY SAME THING HAPPENED TO THEM: the mo-mo boys ran them up to the sky, relative to actual hard-dollar value, then they missed earnings or revenues targets, then ... blooey.”
I’d short Five Guys tomorrow, but they’re private. They’re saturating markets, now going toe-to-toe with In-and-Out and think that their overpriced burgers will somehow win. They’d have their hands full just keeping up with McDonald’s, but no - they think they pull this stunt off. They remind me very much of People’s Express.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People_Express_Airlines
A few notes about Mexican food. To start with, Mexico has a lot of different cuisines, but what Americans think of when they think Mexican food is called “Sonoran”.
http://www.map-of-mexico.org/mexico-states.gif
Sonora is just the most northwestern state in Mexico, not including the two states of Baja. It has a border almost unique to Arizona. New Mexico and Texas border other Mexican states.
But it’s even more specialized than that. In effect, it could be called “inland Sonora”, because the cuisine along the West coast of Mexico is very heavily seafood oriented, and very different than what you think of when you think of Mexican food.
In Mexico, most food is cooked in lard, not vegetable oil, which is preferred in the US. So “authentic” Sonoran Mexican is considerably richer in taste. They also use Crema Agría (Mexican sour cream), which is somewhat stronger than sour cream and made from whole milk.
Queso Blanco (cheese) is also a very popular ingredient, but not cheddar. Hand made tortillas are usually better.
Mexican beef is often shredded instead of ground, and they prefer different cuts to their beef, like skirt steaks.
And what we have here in Texas (TexMex) is different depending on what part of the state you're in. Down here in the Houston area they use alot of chili gravy. Up in North Central (DFW area) chili con carne is prevalent. That's not even getting into the differences between states. New Mexico's idea of Mexican food is totally different from Texas!
If you’re ever in the DFW area try El Fenix or Pulido’s. El Fenix has chips and picante that’s hard to beat!
Most Mexican food in Mexico isn’t that good, and it’s over-priced.
Back in my wild days we had to shoot our way out of two donkey-bar Tijuana joints who insisted we leave an obscene tip.
Good Mexican food can only be eaten and enjoyed with a .357 strapped to your hip.
Not to overlook Oaxaca, which is home to one of the world’s great cuisines.
Oaxaca cooking is becoming better known in California where there are a number of food trucks in Northern California and LA that post their weekly scheduled locations on line and have crowds lined up waiting for them at lunch.
And one lady proprietor of a Michelin multi-starred restaurant from Oaxaca relocated her restaurant to Austin. While waiting for her license, she too operated as a food truck
People’ Express, like Freddy Laker’s airline but to a lesser extent, also took it in the chops because of the gyrations of the forex mkt in 1985-87. Five Guys? No idea. They were not in my home town when I moved out of the US. I’ve no reason to think you’re wrong, though — premium-priced fast food is NOT a long-term winning business plan (as our fiends [no typo] at Chipotle are just about to learn, the hard way).
LOL, I went to Chipotle once and couldn’t stand them. Let’s just see how they do.
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