Over the past couple of months, I’ve been seeing ‘ads’ on Facebook for over in Sharpsburg. We’ve known about the place for a while, but it just hasn’t been on our radar until recently. After reading a few of the reviews that accompanied the ads we decided that we should give it a try sometime. A couple of weekends ago we were planning to get out to run a few errands and decided to grab some supper while we were out. As were trying to decide where to go, Miguelño Tienda y Restaurante came up.
When we walked in, I saw that looked like my kind of restaurant…a hole in the wall. I already had my hopes up based on the reviews but now they were up even more. We were seated quickly, and a server took our drink order. We both wanted a Coke. We were a bit surprised when the server brought out a pair of Mexican Cokes, you know, the kind made with real can sugar instead of corn syrup, in 500 mL glass bottles. Sure, there were cans and plastic bottles of locally made Coca-Cola in the cooler, but he brought us the good stuff (OK, and probably the more expensive stuff, but I digress…). A basket of chips and a bowl of salsa were served along with our drinks.
After we’d had a chance to look over the menu, the server came back and took our order. I decided on the Carne Asada plate that includes carne asada steak, rice, and beans. ConnieLou ordered the Cheesy Enchiladas which included four cheesy chicken enchiladas served over rice.
Although the place wasn’t terribly busy, it took a bit for our food to come out. ConnieLou’s came out a few minutes ahead of mine and there was enough time in between for it to begin to cool off a little. My plate finally arrived and we dug in.
So how did Miguelño Tienda y Restaurante fare on the Thumbs Scale? We gave it 2 ½ thumbs up out of a possible 4, 1 ½ thumbs up from ConnieLou and 1 thumb up from me. ConnieLou said that hers was good, not great, nothing to write home about, but generally good. Mine was just OK. Everything was bland, including the salsa. There was none of the spiciness you’d expect from a good Mexican food and no heat from peppers of any sort. The only part of my meal that gave me any sort of wow factor was the Coke. The only problem with the Coke, you had to be careful not to chug it down like Mean Joe Green in the 1979 Coca-Cola commercial or you’ll have to pop for another.
Will we go back? Yeah, we’ll give it another try sometime. I hate to write any place off based on only one visit.
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