You kind of forget about this place, what with all the Mexican restaurants that have opened in the area over the last 10 years or so, but it was one of Greensboro first Mexican restaurants, maybe the very first. Salvador Ornelas and Anselmo Arellano opened the original restaurant on West Market Street in late 1988, and had opened 2 more on different ends of Battleground Avenue by 1992. These two men are part of large, extended family from San Jose de la Paz, in the state of Jalisco, who came to the East Coast of the US, and started opening Mexican restaurants, the first in Georgia in the early 1980's. At one point it was estimated that family members operated over 75 Mexican restaurants, including the Mexico Mexican Restaurants here (2 remain open currently), La Carreta in Winston, the Rio Grande restaurants in the Greensboro area, and at one point at least, La Bamba on State Street. Though similar in many ways, these restaurants are operated independently. I was on my own for lunch Friday, and I stopped in here on a whim - Tex-Mex sounded good, and I'd not eaten here in quite awhile. I ordered the Mexican Sampler, which was comprised of a hard shell Beef Taco (still enjoy one from time to time), a Chile Relleno, a Tostada, 2 Beef Enchiladas, Rice, and Beans ( priced at just under $13). The chips and salsa here are solid, if not spectacular. The items on this sampler were much the same, and I'm fine with that. The Chile Relleno and the Beef Enchiladas were probably a bit better than "solid", in fact very tasty. The service was very good, the interior clean and colorful, if a little dimly lit. I ate my first meal at Mexico Mexican Restaurant shortly after it opened IN 1988, and I still find the food good - and it is what it is, primarily Tex-Mex, with a few traditional dishes (Carnitas, for example) available, as well. From some of the reviews there seems to be less than a consensus on the quality of the food or the service, but my visit was very pleasant. read more