Carlos O'Kellys is Closing!
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I try to avoid Cedar Rapids, too close to Iowa City. But I'll remember that, thanks.
CycloneErik
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Anyone know where Denver, IA is? They have a great Mexican/American bar/grill called The Rite Spot.
CycloneErik
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I love both, but the Dayton one is home.
There is no reasonable way that La Fuente with the dirty tables and less adequate food is better. That's some kind of bizarre reverse food snobbery.
think I only went to Carlos once or twice while in Ames, and that's because it was walking distance from a friend's and we were only there for the margaritas.
Think I went to La Fuente twice, don't really remember it being all the great either time :\ Did there used to be something else on west Lincoln Way maybe around the Hy-Vee area? Can't find it on the map at all, but I remember going there.
Don't think I ever ate at El Azteca and now I wonder what I missed
Now I really want Mexican food, and there's two places that I love in Madison.........think I know where girls' night will be in a couple weeks!
Think I went to La Fuente twice, don't really remember it being all the great either time :\ Did there used to be something else on west Lincoln Way maybe around the Hy-Vee area? Can't find it on the map at all, but I remember going there.
Don't think I ever ate at El Azteca and now I wonder what I missed
Now I really want Mexican food, and there's two places that I love in Madison.........think I know where girls' night will be in a couple weeks!
Agree! I ate there several years ago and it was horrible. I thought that maybe I caught them on a bad night and gave it another try and it was worse the second time. I never ate there again. Horrible restaurant.
I'm a chain restaurant snob anyway, but I wouldn't have noticed this if I hadn't read it here. no big loss
Amen. I've seriously considered mounting a giant Cyclone flag on top of that bus. I live just a few blocks away.
think I only went to Carlos once or twice while in Ames, and that's because it was walking distance from a friend's and we were only there for the margaritas.
Think I went to La Fuente twice, don't really remember it being all the great either time :\ Did there used to be something else on west Lincoln Way maybe around the Hy-Vee area? Can't find it on the map at all, but I remember going there.
Don't think I ever ate at El Azteca and now I wonder what I missed
Now I really want Mexican food, and there's two places that I love in Madison.........think I know where girls' night will be in a couple weeks!
You've missed basically the same food as that at La Fuente. It gets nauseating all those that gush over El Azteca as though it's God's gift to Mexican in comparison to La Fuente. I get it that you like it better, I don't care which one I go to, both are fine. I guess I don't get that into everyone knowing my name when I come back a month later so if that's the difference I would be a bad judge.
I find this disappointing because despite the Hok connection and the average at best food, it was the one place in Ames you could always go after a game and know you would get in right away. Of course, after a football game, the waitress dumped a pitcher of iced tea on my husband and me, but the food was free and we dried off eventually.
Good riddance to Carlos O Kelly's. I think I have eaten there twice in the last 10 years or more.
