El Rio Grande

Finally, some solid Mexican food in Dry Ridge!  This El Rio Grande is pretty much the same as the rest around Northern Kentucky, which is a very good thing.  You get delicious Tex Mex, huge portions, and good service, all for a great price.  The salsa is great, but be warned, it has LOTS of cilantro in it.  For those of you out there that are unfortunate enough to hate cilantro, you may want to steer clear.  No problem though, because their cheese dip is really good.  My favorite entrees are the carnitas and the special fajitas, which have beef, steak, chicken, shrimp, and chorizo.  I skip the shrimp and order extra chorizo with mine.  The amount of meat and veggies you get is easily enough to make 8 huge fajitas, so be sure to get extra tortillas to go!  The beer here is standard Mexican, so go with a Negra Modelo or Dos Equis Amber.  This location used to be a Shoney's back in the day, but they've cleaned it up nicely, and the service was great for a Saturday dinner.  I'll definitely be back!