Tortilla Grill & Cantina

The place closed and reopened as BW wild wings

I wrote off Tortilla Grill after the tortilla chip incident of '99--a painful stab in the mouth that soured my experience there... But on December 22nd, after a long day of wrapping up my Christmas cookie sweatshop and driving to my parent's house, Justin and I needed margaritas and Tex-Mex food and Tortilla Grill was the only place still serving at 9pm (what is up with that, by the way?  I am so spoiled by city livin', I guess).  

Let me say that this was a very odd experience.  We walked in and noted that while AC/DC was blasting (interesting choice for a Tex-Mex restaurant), there were only 4 other patrons in the entire cavernous place, which made me even more surprised that it took a few minutes to be seated.  We ordered our margaritas (first couple sips, good; rest of the drink, watered-down), enjoyed the chips and salsa and placed an order for some good old queso.  Not authentic queso fundido, mind you (although that is on the menu)--we're talking melted Velveeta and Rotel tomatoes.  Low brow and mighty delicious.  Justin thought the chicken in his taco and enchilada was very good and I liked my little bowl of "drunken beans" (pintos) and rice.  Our server was nice to us even though it was so close to quittin' time and the AC/DC made a smooth transition to Marvin Gaye, so the experience, while certainly a bit unusual, ended up being a pretty good one (3.5 stars).  I'd go back for the beans and the queso the next time I'm jonesin' for Tex-Mex and in the area, but I'll pass on the margs, thank you very much.

The food is good, but man it gives me diarrhea...sorry!! (But it does).  Maybe it's just me.  So I don't think I'm going there anymore.   The waitress, Erin, is great.  Oh, and I LLLLOOOOOOOOVE the sherbert!!!