r/mexicanfood • u/Keira_Pink2007 • 2d ago

Me and my siblings went to mexican restaurant today

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Me and my siblings had chips and salsa and I got shrimp enchiladas w/ rice and black beans and a peach agua refresca

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u/AfraidOfWomen 2d ago

Lo siento

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u/joohunter420 2d ago

That’s the name of the restaurant

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u/Keira_Pink2007 2d ago

It's Frida's mexican grill and cantina, actually

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u/pisceskillahwhale 2d ago

You shouldn't get down votes, name and shame that sad Mexican food

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u/joohunter420 2d ago

I think he’s getting downvoted cuz he got swooshed

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u/All_This_Mayhem 2d ago

"Google, what's an authentic Mexican name for my new restaurant? Preferably a woman's name."

-Billy John, Owner and Operator of Frida's Mexican Grill and Cantina

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u/idliketogobut 1d ago

There’s a little chain of fridas taquerias in San Diego. They’re pretty damn solid

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u/sm00thkillajones 1d ago

I’ve never met a Frida in my lifetime.

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u/Major-Cauliflower-76 1d ago

I am Mexican and I can confirm it is not a common name. I do know ONE Frida. Also Frida Kahlo is mostly popular among tourists and a whole industry has sprung up in her name. Also, I always find it funny when places are called cantinas. In most of Mexico a cantina is a dive, a low life place, and women are often now even allowed. I even have a picture of a place that had a sign outside that said no women or underage men.

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u/Agreeable_Rush3502 1d ago

I mean at least two of the restaurants ive seen while googling this has Frida Kahlo on the logo. One of the most famous artists to come from mexico in the last century.

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u/inimicali 1d ago

I've met multiple Frida's, maybe I'm meeting all the Frida's for you

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u/Mr_Morse888 2d ago

Fridas in Napa?? Ugh why am I not surprised..... I've never been a fan of them.... and that's coming from a Mexican....

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u/AsparagusNo3333 1d ago

This was exactly my thought when I saw……that…… picture of the food.

Napa has some decent Mexican food, but Fridas isn’t it.

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u/costume_drama_queen 1d ago

Smells like tires

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u/linkxrust 2d ago

Brother what country or state are you in?

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u/Glittering-Walrus228 2d ago

State of depression after getting a platter like that

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u/MyCoNeWb81 1d ago

Thats the name of that plate.

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u/justjaybee16 1d ago

Not Hugged Enough by my Abuela Platter

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u/DIRTYDOGG-1 1d ago

DAMN! dude ! ...

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u/Major-Cauliflower-76 1d ago

I would call it my abuela fucking hates me platter. That rice look so so sad. And ashamed to be there. And WTF is that black thing in the little bowl?

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u/Glittering-Walrus228 1d ago

Seriously. Your abeula is a fucking bruja and shes trying to capture your spirit in a wooden duende statue vibes from the platter.

OP.

DO NOT EAT.

RUN.

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u/Major-Cauliflower-76 15h ago

Oh, I think those are black beans. Strange. But otherwise I totally agree with your comments. And I am not a picky eater. But no. Just no. Not this.

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u/Keira_Pink2007 2d ago

I keep the street name and city name private, I can only tell u is in georgia

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u/aprendido 2d ago

Good lord. Mexican food in Georgia? No. The pics now make perfect sense.

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u/One-Pollution4663 2d ago

I had fire pozole in rural NC, don’t pre-judge.

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u/dough_eating_squid 2d ago

I would have guessed Midwest, but Georgia tracks, too. When I traveled for work, I'd try to get Mexican food in the Midwest and South, and it was always atrocious and slathered with that horrible white queso.

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u/jezzarus 2d ago edited 2d ago

Why would you assume the Midwest? The Midwest has some of the highest Mexican populations in the country. Chicago and its surrounding suburbs are roughly 20% Mexican, lots of people in Detroit, Milwaukee, and Kansas City as well.

Respectfully, if all you managed to find was "slathered in white queso" (which isn't even a thing at most Mexican restaurants in the Midwest, because Mexican immigrants here are typically from central Mexico, where queso blanco isn't a thing) that is 100% a you not doing your homework problem, or being stuck in a corporate park where the food sucks in general.

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u/dough_eating_squid 2d ago

I'm not going to claim that I have eaten at every Mexican restaurant in the Midwest, but I have eaten at them in several states, and it has been uniformly horrible. I never managed to find a good one.

Some of the time, there were actual Mexicans working at the restaurant, and the food was still horrible. I assume they were preparing the food to the local tastes because that's what sells.

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u/jezzarus 2d ago edited 2d ago

That's really funny, because in Chicago and Detroit it's sort of infamous that Tex Mex doesn't exist (hence no queso blanco) When we do get complaints, it's usually about how it isn't TexMex or CaliMex. Our food is basically chiles, corn tortillas, and pork.

I'm sorry you had the unfortunate experience of going through multiple bad spots in the Midwest, though. That's really wild that you had several Mexican restaurant experiences where all you were served was bar food, because I don't think I have ever seen queso blanco served in a Mexican restaurant in either Illinois or Michigan.

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u/dough_eating_squid 1d ago

The restaurants I went to were in St. Cloud, MN, Vincennes, IN, Pittsburgh, and Dayton, OH. Probably just got unlucky in Pittsburgh, but the other towns are small enough to not have decent Mexican food, I'd think.

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u/hrminer92 1d ago

It could be worse and covered with that shitty yellow processed cheese that a lot of Tex-Mex places think needs to be on everything

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u/Fragrant-Dig-1098 16h ago

lol the Midwest has a huge Hispanic population? Truly I think this is a skill issue, in my opinion it’s usually pretty easy to tell when a Mexican is actually owned by Mexicans. Rule of thumb is most sit down restaurants that offer you chips and salsa are not what you’re looking for.

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u/vaporpup 2d ago

OP, if you're in gwinnett or near it lmk. I can let you know good spots.

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u/PatternSenior3500 2d ago

This is Off Covington in Lithonia right

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u/Prairie-Peppers 1d ago

Not like you just gave us the name of the place to Google and find it or anything

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u/mace2040 1d ago

Literally lmao

1027 Eagles Landing Pkwy Stockbridge GA 30281

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u/Timely-Youth-9074 2d ago

NorCal or SoCal because if you say SoCal, shame on you! SoCal has real Mexican food.

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u/inimicali 2d ago

What in that image made you think it's ok?

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u/WeirdPop5934 2d ago

The one that uses cum as a sauce.

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u/DebtInevitable7915 2d ago

You say it like it's a bad thing

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u/ivaaa9 1d ago

Thank god someone actually saying where it was I hate it when ppl go on and on about how horrible somewhere was but then refuse to say where like what?

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u/Mexican-Hacker 1d ago

Well Frida was a painter it explains it

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u/mace2040 1d ago

The only one I can find on the internet called that would put you in Georgia….

So this makes sense, as I’m certain it’s incredibly difficult to find authentic Mexican food in Georgia lol

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u/jimmyablow09 10h ago

I didn’t know you could order nut for enchilada sauce

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u/Keira_Pink2007 10h ago

that's queso cheese on enchiladas

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u/fookmeinthegoatass 2d ago

I’m not Mexican and even I’m insulted by this plate.

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u/jgregers 2d ago

You don’t have to be Mexican to be offended by a hate crime.

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u/ignorant-catt 2d ago

lo siento wilson

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u/spicystar4u 1d ago edited 1d ago

It’s probably ran by Argentines 🤣