Archive for 'Mexican'

And another Rubios

I work up in American Fork, which was the first city in Utah County to get not only an El Pollo Loco, but also a Rubio’s.  There must be something about mexican chains and American Fork being the first place to test the waters around here.  And the waters must be good for Rubio’s as [...]

The Chimi Project: Red Iguana

For eating Mexican food, the Red Iguana is a landmark in Salt Lake City. Whenever a discussion about where to get good Mexican food occurs, it will always get a mention. When I figured out that it had chimichangas on their menu, we put it on the list of places we needed to evaluate as [...]

The Chimi Project: Cafe Pierpont (or Pierpont Cantina)

This entry is a little late in posting as we visited Cafe Pierpont about a week ago. I had to squeeze a short trip to Disneyland in during the last half of last week and I didn’t get the review written before I left. Chimichangas and you might even say most mexican food is all [...]

The Chimi Project: Bajio

My brother and I continued our survey of chimichangas available in the greater Salt Lake area. Today was stop number 2. See our first stop in the previous post on Su Casa. Today was Bajio Mexican Grill. For those not close to a Bajio, it is a regional mexican chain that started here in Utah. [...]

The Chimi Project: Su Casa Mexican Restaurant

Su Casa is a small Mexican restaurant in downtown Salt Lake City. I was recently reading the editor’s monthly message in a local Utah business magazine and he was drawing a comparison between chimichangas and advertising. I won’t go into the details, but… …he did provide a list his favorite places to get a chimichanga. [...]