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sdhusky said:
Or you are playing pompous a . Another possibility.
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Was that even slightly necessary? Is dickishness becoming the norm around here? Like calling other people's opinion "garbage"?
 
Dogbreath2U said:
Was that even slightly necessary? Is dickishness becoming the norm around here? Like calling other people's opinion "garbage"?
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I gave you a like. But I have to wonder if you are guilty with your own argument.
 
Dove said:
My wife and I are Coyote Blue (Middletown) sycophants. Our annual December dinner sees me downing 3 Herraduro Reposado margaritas and we share a Coyote Coffe at the end. The nose id tingling and the drive home is barely remembered the next day.

Ariba!!!
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haha. Yeah. I can't believe I forgot about Coyote Blue. Is that really in middletown? Exit 10 off Rte 9? I go there fairly often, food is decent, but yeah the margaritas knock you for a loop. The drunkest Ive ever seen my mother in my whole life was last year there after 2 margaritas.
 
walker11 said:
I'll be out of state for much of this season but I'll be around for winning time, April and March. What do you think are the best game-day bars around?
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Anywhere in Norwalk or Stamford I would guess...
 
sdhusky said:
Or you are playing pompous a . Another possibility.
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Not too sure how I come off in that way. Giving an opinion and being somewhat knowledgeable when it comes to a certain topic is frowned upon by you I guess. Good to know.
 
August_West said:
haha. Yeah. I can't believe I forgot about Coyote Blue. Is that really in middletown? Exit 10 off Rte 9? I go there fairly often, food is decent, but yeah the margaritas knock you for a loop. The drunkest Ive ever seen my mother in my whole life was last year there after 2 margaritas.
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Those margaritas are deadly. My parents and I went there about 10 years ago before they attempted to enforce the two margaritas max rule. We all had three and needless to say both my parents hugged the toilet at the end of the night. A night to remember.
 
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This explains why the friends of ours who keep asking us to join them for dinner at Coyote Blue always talk about the margaritas when I ask them about the food.

Me: Like what kind of Mexican food is it? The menu looks pretty basic; do they have specials?

Them: We don't remember, but the margaritas are awesome!
 
BTW, speaking of margaritas, I think we've touched on this before, but Herradura Anejo (gold) is my standard house tequila, and I don't usually order margaritas out because I make such damn good ones myself, and I hate sour mix. Well, if that's your bent as well, there is a relatively new product to look for and keep in your fridge for the times when you don't have a ton of limes, or you don't feel like squeezing them:

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It's a local company, from New Haven, and I have been seeing them in more and more stores, so ask for it if you don't see it at yours: https://www.drinkripe.com/. I use very little and one bottle has lasted a few weeks in the fridge; I've probably gotten around a dozen margaritas out of it, with maybe one left, but I have added some of my own citrus as well.
 
UConnKev said:
Those margaritas are deadly. My parents and I went there about 10 years ago before they attempted to enforce the two margaritas max rule. We all had three and needless to say both my parents hugged the toilet at the end of the night. A night to remember.
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The "trick" is to down 1 or 2 while you wait for the table. Then get to your table fresh for 1 more. Don't think about a second one for your own safety.

They have their classic sour mix but also have a skinny mix that adds 1.50 to the price. Meh
 
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Milagros in the Stonington Borough is fantastic. Margaritas are exceptional as well
 
8893 said:
BTW, speaking of margaritas, I think we've touched on this before, but Herradura Anejo (gold) is my standard house tequila, and I don't usually order margaritas out because I make such damn good ones myself, and I hate sour mix. Well, if that's your bent as well, there is a relatively new product to look for and keep in your fridge for the times when you don't have a ton of limes, or you don't feel like squeezing them:

RIPEMargBottle2.png



It's a local company, from New Haven, and I have been seeing them in more and more stores, so ask for it if you don't see it at yours: https://www.drinkripe.com/. I use very little and one bottle has lasted a few weeks in the fridge; I've probably gotten around a dozen margaritas out of it, with maybe one left, but I have added some of my own citrus as well.
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I rely on you for restaurants. I'm waiting for @mauconnfan to give his critique on this! If he doesn't say next than I'll look for it!
 
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If it doesn't burn on the way in, and burn on the way out, it doesn't count.
 
There used to be a pretty good one in Branford MANY years ago Su Casa on Rt1 - doubt it's still around. Great hiding place when balancing multiple girlfriends back in the day. LOL and the food was pretty good.
 
mauconnfan said:
There used to be a pretty good one in Branford MANY years ago Su Casa on Rt1 - doubt it's still around. Great hiding place when balancing multiple girlfriends back in the day. LOL and the food was pretty good.
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Still there. This place survives only on reputation. Just bad mexican now.

Will be at Coyote Blue tonight.
 
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Agree with the posters who've noted you can find really crappy "Mexican" food pretty much anywhere. I've had what I'd consider "Americanized" garbage on Olvera St. in LA, at plenty of places in Texas and in areas you'd think would be great, like Sedona or San Diego (and to be fair, I found some very good Mexican in LA and San Diego as well). But, what the vast majority of Americans want is a filling plate covered in glop - frijoles, "Mexican" rice and something wrapped in a flour tortilla, based loosely on border cuisine. And if that's what sells, then who's to critique a restaurant owner who serves it?

I lived in Mexico City for a year and had some great dishes that aren't commonly found in US restaurants - probably because they wouldn't sell here. Oaxacan and Veracruzana dishes are some of the best I've had anywhere, but rare to find decent copies in US.

You can, however, find decent taco places in a lot of cities in the US. I wish more places did traditional fillings like lengua or al carbon or al pastor. And yes, even chapulines (grasshopper - much better than you'd think). Sit down places for a full meal are a different story. I like Maya in NYC, but it's expensive for what it is. I find Chicago the best city for representation of every regional cuisine of Mexico. But I'm also fine with a good non-authentic fish taco, as long as it's not tilapia, or a simple milanesa or grilled shrimp dish. Otherwise, I cook better Mexican at home than I find eating out.

Anyway, the concept of "authentic" is mostly B.S. You can be eating on one block in Oaxaca and the cook will tell you the mole recipe from the place two blocks over isn't "authentic" because their family's recipe is different. And you're simply not going to get all the same ingredients cooked the same way once you're away from where it originated. All you can ask for is it to be a decent facsimile.

That said, if someone finds a good snapper a la veracruzana in CT, please do post!
 
Coyote Blue. I drank four margaritas there and lived to tell about my experience.




Don't do it.
 
I wonder what 8893 or other locals think of the trucks in front of my office in Madison?
 
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mauconnfan said:
There used to be a pretty good one in Branford MANY years ago Su Casa on Rt1 - doubt it's still around. Great hiding place when balancing multiple girlfriends back in the day. LOL and the food was pretty good.
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Used to go there after hours in the early 90s. One of the restaurant guys I worked with knew one of the bartenders or managers. We used to go in, put a $20 on the bar each and they would just put our favorite bottle on the bar till we decided to go home. Which was usually around 3.

Strangely enough never ate there. Some of those hangovers are coming back to me now. Flashbacks. Ugh. :)
 
David 76 said:
I wonder what 8893 or other locals think of the trucks in front of my office in Madison?
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Taqueria Cinco is great (black school bus). Extremely nice guy and family. Uses his grandmother recipe and only cooks prepares the foods over wood cause that's the only way his grandmother would cook.

Better than any truck on long wharf. Has all the traditional meats along with stuff like nopales.

I see no problem with the trucks there BTW and have shown my support throughput the whole ordeal. No reason for the racist bigotry things they have had to put up with. No one ever gave the good humor guy crap
 
Having lived in both CT and TX, I can say the Mexican food up north is nothing like it is closer to Mexico.

Steak, BBQ, or Mexican? Go to Texas.

Italian or seafood? Go to the Northeast.
 
Mexican isn't a priority when I visit CT
But if you ever get to Mesa
The Tia Rosa is excellent
 
8893 said:
Yeah, our waitress at Hugo's mentioned Rosa Mexicano when we were bemoaning the lack of high quality Mexican cuisine in the Northeast generally, so that made me seek it out. I did not think it was close to the level of Hugo's in any respect, but they are trying for that higher-end; whereas the Hell's Kitchen places are more "ordinary," authentic (sorry Waqouit), everyday kinds of places.
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Rosa Mexicana is fine. I think Dos Caminos is at least as good, if you're talking about chains. Mexican food in NYC has come a looooong way since I've been living here. Lots of decent to good places. There are a lot of good mom & pop places and there are also bodegas that make tacos, tortas, etc.

The tacos at Taqueria (on St. Mark's - moved from the LES) are as good as any tacos you'll find on the Northeast. The guy who started it is from LA. (I'm not sure if that's a backhanded compliment, but they're sensational.)
 
Well it is kind of a long drive from Storrs, but Casa Maya in Gillette NJ is pretty good.

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