Sangrias

Closed. Done. Defunct.

Great food. This is real Latin American food with a twist, as opposed to the average Mexican restaurant. The Chilean top round is superb. Make sure you try the chili infused rice. The still-not-great part is the service. It is weak. I will give it a higher review if by the next time I am in South Bend, service improves.

A coworker and I were in downtown South Bend today and it was surprisingly difficult to find a place for lunch!  We tried the new Ciao's (apparently not open for lunch) followed by Trio's (apparently stopped doing lunch a couple weeks ago!).  Sangria's happened to be the only open place on the block.

We walked in and were greeted right away (we were the ONLY folks) in the place!  It had been awhile since I'd been to Sangria's and I have so say I was previously turned off by the confusion between Sangria's, Agave, etc and there seemed to be a lot of inconsistencies and wasn't worth the confusion.

Anyways, on to today's lunch...  We received fresh chips and salsa, which were both good.  The salsa was fresh and flavorful.  We were told it was Taco Tuesday - 5 mini tacos with your choice of shredded chicken, grilled chicken, ground beef, steak or pork.  We both opted for the shredded chicken.  The tacos are served American style with lettuce, cheese and tomato or Mexican with cilantro and onion.  The entrees come with a complimentary soup which was vegetable and rice (very subtle flavorful, but a nice soup).

It didn't take long for our meals to come out since we were the only ones in the place!  The tacos were good.  Each taco was served in a small, double corn tortilla - one tortilla per taco would be enough.  The chicken was a little bland and dry, but the additional of salsa helped.

Our lunch for two people was $10 - can't beat the price and we left curious to try the other daily lunch specials.

A few other tables were seated right when we finished eating so it took longer than necessary to clear our dishes and bring the check.

I admit that today's visit to Sangria's was better than anticipated and I would go back!