La Mixteca

I am a regular here and absolutely love the food here. I have brought individuals here that are from Mexico and they vouched that it is truly authentic. They also mentioned that it was southern style which basically means a lot of the meat it is in a sauce. You can get chicken, beef or pork in a variety of preparations. Each and every preparation is very unique and flavorful. The barbacoa is probably my favorite beef item and the pork is a toss up between the cochinita pibil or the chorizo. If you want authentic with a world of flavor try this taqueria.

UPDATE: La mixteca is closed...too bad too cause it was awesome.

I'm normally a fan of small 'ma and 'pa restaurants but I simply could not get myself to like this one.  The place smelled bad right of the get go.  There was one person in line and she asked me to go sit down because my order would take a few minutes.  As more people showed up, they started to get their food ahead of me.  She finally brought out my order.  If the food were good it would have been worth it, but it wasn't.  I actually didn't finish and drove somewhere else to get some good tacos.

I had been here 5 times and thought it was pretty good Mexican food (for MN). I would usually order "La Cecina", which was a thinly-sliced sirloin steak with grilled onions, jalapenos, rice, beans, salad and pico de gallo. The past 2 times, I haven't had the best experience. Last time my wife ordered some enchiladas, and the ingredients were sitting out. Even thought they didn't look too appetizing, she tried it anyway since I insisted and was sick for 2 days. Then, this past Sunday, we visited and ordered La Cecina, to stick to a known dish that we knew was good. Unfortunately, the steak tasted old, and this time we just returned it. When I told the lady it tasted old, she told me it might've been the oil - it wasn't only the steak that seemed to be old. She also charged me full price for the meal. I recognize it is not exactly fine-dining, but a 10% comp or something would've been nice for a meal that  was seemingly not fit for consumption. Needless to say, I won't be trying them out anymore...