El Patron

We came in on a coupon from a fund raiser booklet we bought. Apparently all the el patrons have gone out of business and this place is now called durango. The guy barely wanted to accept the coupon, but eventualy did. The food was pretty bad. Everything was reheated in a microwave. Prices are ridiculous for such low quality at $10-$15/plate. My husbands flauta was dripping hot oil all over like someone was pouring oil all over his plate. I Will never come back.

We were in the area for a few days and went there for dinner one night, and loved it so much we went back again a few nights later. As soon as we got there a very nice waiter gave us three different kind of salsas: a super spicy red salsa, a medium spicy green salsa, and a mild mushroom salsa. All three were fantastic! We had one vegetarian with us, and that was not an issue in the slightest.

Over the course of the two nights, we had various burritos, enchiladas, tamales, quesadillas, and chile reillenos. All of the combo plates were great, and the chile reillenos were especially tasty. The salad we had was iceberg-based, and didn't live up to the rest of the meal, but it did. We had the flan and the churos for dessert, and both topped off the meal very well.

Overall, the service was friendly, the food was great, and we can't recommend this place more.

I don't understand how this place is getting good reviews.  When my boyfriend and I arrived there on a Tuesday night, there was only one other customer with two beer bottles in front of him as he stared at the TV broadcasting in Spanish.  He didn't seem to order any food before leaving.  That left the waitress and her friend, maybe her husband, with only my boyfriend and I as patrons, but she didn't make any real effort to serve us.  The whole time we were there, we felt like we were an inconvenience.

My boyfriend ordered pork tacos which came with rice and beans.  The pork was ok, but the rice seemed to be off.  I'm not sure if some spice went was added when it shouldn't have been, but it didn't taste right.  I ordered the chicken salad.  While there was a lot of chicken on it, the lettuce was covered in grease from the sauteed chicken and onions.  I couldn't bear to put dressing on it and didn't finish it.  We both felt sick from all of the fat later in the evening.

Toward the end of our meal, another couple who were friends or relatives of the waitress joined them.  That actually even sent the service further south.  While the waitress and the man in the restaurant to start were laughing with the other couple, not once did they ever smile at my boyfriend and me.  All the interaction with us was very cold and curt.  It was odd and off-putting.  

We'll never go back even though we live in the area.