[AzJohnnyC]

I agree about Chino's! It's not authentic, but it's a must for me when I've got company from out of town. I'm a Chino finatic. 8B 9Q with black beans and white rice is my usual. The emerald chicken is a hit with the first-timers who like a mild dish.

[azkitch]

Chino's! Just a healthy mile from my front door. Jerk Fried Rice!

[AzJohnnyC]

Yeah, Dave, JFR is good, topped with some pollo diablo. Yum!

[azkitch]

We should descend upon them in numbers. With numbers, since that's how we'd order. I do believe on line or fax ordering is possible. They'd love that!

[AzJohnnyC]

I've got Chino on speed dial. Makes it easier to phone in an order when picking it up on the way home. I've seen numbers in there. After the DDD episode, even the back room was packed. And they were waiting for orders. It was crazy. I've never seen them so busy. I've been to the other location in Chandler a few times too.

[Mark]

Didn't they have a location years ago around 39th Ave. & Thomas? I swear I ate there a good 25 years ago. Also, I thought there was a place by the same name in Payson or somewhere.

[AzJohnnyC]

Not a Chino Bandido. The 19th Ave and Greenway location is the original. For those of you in the east valley who haven't yet had the experience, there's a second location at Dobson and Chandler that's been open a few years.

[desertdog]

Los Favritos is a favrito of mine.  I usually stop off at the one on Chandler Blvd and the 101.  Love the Carne Asada burrito! 

Of course, for killer pork tacos, it is hard to beat Guedo's in Downtown Chandler.

In Tucson, there is a taco stand on Grant called Molcas, about 5 minutes east of the I-10.  Some of the best Carne Asada you are likely to have.  The tortillas are to die for.   I think they have a restaurant also in Tucson down in the barrio area.

[jmcrig]

What about Carlos O'briens, isn't it authentic to Phoenix?

[Mark]

Yeah. Carlos O'Brien's is quite representative of the Arizonan-Sonoran style. Things like cheese crisps (not quesadillas), chimichangas, and hot sauce (not salsa) define it. Free chips & hot sauce when you sit down is a birthright too. I swear I never even had the chunky tomato stuff (like Pace) until I was about 15. I'm still not much of a fan of it. I think Carolinas makes the quintessential AZ-Mex hot sauce. I buy it by the pint every time I get a dozen hot-off-the-grill flour tortillas. Their menudo (only sold on Sat.) is the best in town IMHO.

[jmcrig]

The chips and salsa at Carlos O'Briens is a problem. I eat too much of it .

[azkitch]

Didn't they have a location years ago around 39th Ave. & Thomas? I swear I ate there a good 25 years ago. Also, I thought there was a place by the same name in Payson or somewhere.

D'ya mean the Chinese/Mexican place that used to be on Indian School just E of Grand by any chance? I remember seeing that, and I think I ate there once when I first visited Phx in the mid 80s, shortly before moving here.

Los Favritos is a favrito of mine.  I usually stop off at the one on Chandler Blvd and the 101.  Love the Carne Asada burrito! 
Of course, for killer pork tacos, it is hard to beat Guedo's in Downtown Chandler.
In Tucson, there is a taco stand on Grant called Molcas, about 5 minutes east of the I-10.  Some of the best Carne Asada you are likely to have.  The tortillas are to die for.   I think they have a restaurant also in Tucson down in the barrio area.

Theres a little taco stand at Camelback and 27th, Taco Mex or sumpin, has carnitas 'street' tacos for 89 cents. Really good stuff. I believe they have all the tongue, tripe and other 'yukky' stuff there too. And Burger Factory, too. Don't they serve "all that" stuff too?

[jmcrig]

The last time I was at the Hamburger Factory did.

[PAT YOUNG]

KITCH, if you havn't tried tongue tacos, they are really, really good!! some folks don't like food that can taste you back!! also does CARLOS OBRIENS still serve blue mugaritas?

[azkitch]

...some folks don't like food that can taste you back!! ...

That's pretty much what I'm thinkin'. In absence of a "YUK" face...