Okay, so this is the PREMIER breakfast/lunch spot in town, hands down. It's basically like they…read morebuilt an amazing bakery and then built an equally amazing restaurant around it. Any tortilla or bread product used in the breakfast dishes are baked/prelared on site, daily.
Coffee: generous cup served with real cream on the side, and there are two styles: American and Cafe Olla. The cafe olla is prepared with chocolate and cinnamon, it comes slightly sweet so nothing else but cream needed and it is just delicious.
Fresh fruit: prepared daily, perfectly ripe. All juices are FRESHLY SQUEEZED daily. I mean, just pure goodness with minimal pulp, and it's so refreshing. And fresh fruit is pushed here. When we were at the table, a girl came by with a fruit cart (see picture) offering a promo: if you order a large juice, get a fruit cup for 85 cents. See the pic, it was a serious fruit cup with cantaloupe, pineapple, mango, papaya, strawberry, grape and a lime wedge...and all perfectly ripe.
Plates: just check out the menu. There is a focus on regional specialties, so queso Panela and sweet corn tamales/tortillas are seen frequently. The salsas are different here, than in northern Mexico on the border. There is a focus on the SAVORY, not so much on SPICY, yet there is still kick. I, as an El Pasoan, find it to be more balanced than some northern dishes...and that could accurately describe food here; it is well balanced. There are many dishes that are sweet, spicy, savory, soft and crunchy, and all at the same time. Flavors and textures abound.
Bakery: The pictures here do not do it justice. What you see is a fraction of what they make. Remember the fruit cart? Well, check out the cake/pie cart photo. ALL of it is made in-house. I mean, they must employ an entire ARMY of Betty Crockers to churn out the massive amounts of baked goods that they produce on daily basis. Must. See. For. Yourself.
Prices are low, quality high and the variety cannot be beat. Oh, and everything tastes amazing.
