Cafe Del Mundo

Well, here's the deal with these fine people.  The food is good and pretty cheap, and they are open 24 hours, which is great.  I used to go here all the time and never had  a problem, until just recently.

Let's put it this way - if you don't mind "creative accounting" and "mystery receipts" then you'll be fine.  But if you have an aversion to getting ripped off, read on...

We went in and ordered two meals and one pop.  We knew that with tax, the bill would be around $10.50.  

When hubby went to pay, the lovely gentleman behind the counter must be in love with the idea of "make up your own prices" because he said our bill was $13.00.  $13.00 even, mind you, which we found to be a curious amount.

When we confronted Mr. Personality, he just barked at us "that's the price, man."  Okay, cool.  When we pushed further this older man came over with a calculator.  We told him our order.  The calculator came out to say $11.65.  We said "what's up with that?"  When we pressed still further, now a mystery lady comes from the back, she also had a calculator and her amount was now different, but still off.  Without an apology, she goes to the cash register and tosses 50 cents in front of us.

Confused, we said, "but where did you get these prices?"  We asked for a receipt, and we discovered a strange charge for $2.00 that simply said "bears."  Really??  You sell bears in there now?  What kind?  Grizzly?  Pandas??  Don't remember eating or meeting any bears??

Sadly, they refused to make it right with us, never apologized, acted like we were the bad guys, and so we just decided to let it go and leave.  Be warned.  The food is fine, the prices are decent, but watch out for "creative" receipts and those darn bears!!  They did, however, have "Family Guy" on the TV that night, and my favorite episode was airing, so I gave them one extra star for that :)

Mum mum mum mah
Nom nom nom nom
Yum yum yum yum

I wanna hold em like they do in Texas pubs
Eat em without napkins their fries are fresh and hot, (I love it)
Luck and intuition had me searching for 24 hour burger joints on yelp
And after just a second I found a new one that stole my heart

Oh, oh, oh
They made it hot, showed me what they've got!
Oh, oh, oh
They made it hot, showed me what they've got!

Can't beat my, can't beat my
No you can't beat my burger face
(Two burgers for $5.75 and a LARGE fry!)
Can't beat my, can't beat my
No you can't beat my burger face
(Looks like a craphole and that's how you know it's good)

Imagine mexican and american cuisine
A little gambling on the cleanliness of your cooks hands, (I love it)
Russian Roulette is not the same without a gun
And baby when it's greasy if it's not on a cheapie wonderbread bun it isn't fun, fun

Oh, oh, oh
I'll eat the fries right out of the boiling oil, show him what I've got
Oh, oh, oh
Sit on a stool while I watch my food fried on a flat grill and then char broiled!

Can't beat my, can't beat my
No you can't beat my burger face
(When you're passing the Golden Nugget YOU'RE CLOSE!)
Can't beat my, can't beat my
No you can't beat my burger face
(This place isn't closed they just don't have a sign lit up, they advertise in painted letters on their windows so look out!)

OW!

I welcome Cafe Del Mundo to my neighborhood. Its very nice 24 hour BYOB burger / Mexican food joint at the moment although things will change when they get the liquor license. For now the owner gave us full attention, put our beer in the fridge and the rest in a ice bucket. Food is good and prices are cheap. The place needs a sign and needs to define itself fast because I do not want to see this place go.