Philly's Americana
2155 Expwy 77 N. Suite G
Brownsville, TX 78520
ph: (956)554-7000
I saw this place one night driving over to Denny's. I eagerly awaited for it to open and after a long day at work and dealing with fucking idiots all day, I see the shining open sign like a beautiful set of boobies. I call up a friend and we are there in 5 mins. I walk in and sit down on a coors light barstool [fuck budweiser] and I get handed a menu. I scan it over and it's a simple menu with not much on it. The staff is friendly, atmosphere is good, and the prices are reasonable. After taking a recommendation from the owner I end up getting a Buffalo Chicken "Cheesesteak". Yeah I know, I went to a cheesesteak place and didn't even try the original. I wanted it, I got it. I get to see the food being prepared as I kinda watch sportscenter or some show. The food comes and the first thing me and my "hip" do is smell the greatness. I bite into my sandwich and instanly get hit with the delicious buffalo sauce and provolone. I savoured it as much as I could while devouring it. "Hip" had a mushroom philly. I took a bite from that and was stoked there was an actual amount of mushrooms. Now, since I had ate this being eager and hungry as hell..maybe I liked it just cause of that. So, I went back again. "Hip" and I go back. This time I hit up a original philly with whiz and onions. FUCK YES. I ate this happily watching the Astros play and now as I type this I think im going there for lunch today. I really recommend this place if you like simple things. If you are a person who likes a fill blown menu, you'll hate this place. But if you just want to drink a brew, have a good sandwich and watch a game, then this place is for you.
8/10 they would have gotten a 10 if they had refills. They are just starting out so check them out. Total Tumbs Up...
-chuck
"At War With False Salsas"
Monday, May 11, 2009
Hollow Flavorless Letdowns....
Taqueria Lilia
2514 Boca Chica Blvd
Brownsville, TX
(956)504-6217
Well, I wanted mexican food. As we were driving down Boca Chica I've always seen this place but never stopped. It's the shack looking place next to Lin's FYI. Anyways, since it's been open since I can remember, I told my partner in crime to check it out. We stopped and wondering if the fucking place was open. It looked dead, no typical music, and I saw jackshit of life. In my head I was thinking it was cause it was late, lets try it out. I sit down and the hag of a waitress asks what we are drinking. I notice there was no refills on anything. NOT EVEN FUCKING TEA. WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT? SERIOUSLY? ON TEA?! YOU CHEAP FUCKS IT'S WATER AND A GOD DAMN POWDER [well to me it is]. I order a Dr. Pepper and review the menu. This lamenated, badly photoshopped menu had little items...yet the pics on the wall show amazing looking tortas and these flautas. The menus has typical items. Beans, tortas, tacos, nachos, and what caught my eyes...Now, I ask for these amazing looking flautas and wait a reasonable amount of time for them to arrive. As I am trying not to finish my Dr. Pepper, I notice we have been there for a good while and not another person come in. Our food comes and these what seemed to be flautas made of playdoh show up on this plate that looks like it was found in some shitty store downtown. I end up trying to be optomistic on this sorta thing. This looks nothing like the pic. Now, I know you never get anything looking like the pictures you see on tv or menus but this was way off. Basically, I ordered from the picture was a ferrari and I ended up getting a moped. I bit into these crispy tortillas and taste the delicious, nourishing, delightful...tortilla. Wait, what!? Where the chicken? I take another bite wondering to myself if they just didn's spread it out correctly. No chicken taste on the 3rd bite...So I open one of these "flautas" and see that there is chicken..in some parts. Alright, so the flautas suck. NO refills. THE SALSA! MAYBE ATLEAST THAT WILL TASTE GOOD. negative. NOPE. Bland tomato soupy crap with no spices. This place is just striking out. Now, I always finish my meals no matter how bad it is. I get up to pay and now I order 2 orders of flauta. 6 bucks a plate. 2 Dr. Peppers come out to 4 bucks. Now these prices are rounded off and if you add that up...6+6+4+TAX is maybe like 18, 19 bucks. The fucking dude charges me 22 bucks. I ask if tip is included and he says, "No". The fuck? How does this add up? I'm to pissed to give a shit so I pay, don't leave a tip, and I return to my seat. I sip the last of my soda and notice I'm sitting next to the neon open sign. I proceed to turn this light off and leave.
I'm not even going to rate this place. Taqueria Lilia gets a huge Thumbs Down. It even gets the "nah uh" award. NOONE HAS EVER GOTTEN A "NAH UH"
-CHUCK
"If You Are Vegan, Do Not Entry"
2514 Boca Chica Blvd
Brownsville, TX
(956)504-6217
Well, I wanted mexican food. As we were driving down Boca Chica I've always seen this place but never stopped. It's the shack looking place next to Lin's FYI. Anyways, since it's been open since I can remember, I told my partner in crime to check it out. We stopped and wondering if the fucking place was open. It looked dead, no typical music, and I saw jackshit of life. In my head I was thinking it was cause it was late, lets try it out. I sit down and the hag of a waitress asks what we are drinking. I notice there was no refills on anything. NOT EVEN FUCKING TEA. WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT? SERIOUSLY? ON TEA?! YOU CHEAP FUCKS IT'S WATER AND A GOD DAMN POWDER [well to me it is]. I order a Dr. Pepper and review the menu. This lamenated, badly photoshopped menu had little items...yet the pics on the wall show amazing looking tortas and these flautas. The menus has typical items. Beans, tortas, tacos, nachos, and what caught my eyes...Now, I ask for these amazing looking flautas and wait a reasonable amount of time for them to arrive. As I am trying not to finish my Dr. Pepper, I notice we have been there for a good while and not another person come in. Our food comes and these what seemed to be flautas made of playdoh show up on this plate that looks like it was found in some shitty store downtown. I end up trying to be optomistic on this sorta thing. This looks nothing like the pic. Now, I know you never get anything looking like the pictures you see on tv or menus but this was way off. Basically, I ordered from the picture was a ferrari and I ended up getting a moped. I bit into these crispy tortillas and taste the delicious, nourishing, delightful...tortilla. Wait, what!? Where the chicken? I take another bite wondering to myself if they just didn's spread it out correctly. No chicken taste on the 3rd bite...So I open one of these "flautas" and see that there is chicken..in some parts. Alright, so the flautas suck. NO refills. THE SALSA! MAYBE ATLEAST THAT WILL TASTE GOOD. negative. NOPE. Bland tomato soupy crap with no spices. This place is just striking out. Now, I always finish my meals no matter how bad it is. I get up to pay and now I order 2 orders of flauta. 6 bucks a plate. 2 Dr. Peppers come out to 4 bucks. Now these prices are rounded off and if you add that up...6+6+4+TAX is maybe like 18, 19 bucks. The fucking dude charges me 22 bucks. I ask if tip is included and he says, "No". The fuck? How does this add up? I'm to pissed to give a shit so I pay, don't leave a tip, and I return to my seat. I sip the last of my soda and notice I'm sitting next to the neon open sign. I proceed to turn this light off and leave.
I'm not even going to rate this place. Taqueria Lilia gets a huge Thumbs Down. It even gets the "nah uh" award. NOONE HAS EVER GOTTEN A "NAH UH"
-CHUCK
"If You Are Vegan, Do Not Entry"
The Beginning
So,
This started as a joke with a few friends. And with some time on my hands I decided to actually try this out. I go out to eat alot and usually tell people the check this place out and the sorts, so I'm going to update this blog with my random stuff. I'm not a food critic of any sorts, I'm just a regular dude with regular taste buds. So some of these entries are going to be pretty one sided. Randomly, I will also include entries from others as well...
-Chuck
"Only Mustard Is Real..."
This started as a joke with a few friends. And with some time on my hands I decided to actually try this out. I go out to eat alot and usually tell people the check this place out and the sorts, so I'm going to update this blog with my random stuff. I'm not a food critic of any sorts, I'm just a regular dude with regular taste buds. So some of these entries are going to be pretty one sided. Randomly, I will also include entries from others as well...
-Chuck
"Only Mustard Is Real..."
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