Are you kidding me? Why not just call the place "true love" & "world peace"...? Bringing together two of the best creations known to man, Salsa & Beer does not disappoint.
At first glance, you don't know exactly what to expect. It doesn't feel like a "must grub" place... then they ask if you'd like to order some drinks while you wait for your table...a pitcher of beer perhaps? Now, brace yourself for the giant, Paul-Bunyan-worthy, glass beer bottle they're going to throw your way. Then you glance around at all the bright colors adorning the walls, setting the atmosphere, spicing up each booth, and now... It's game time.
So we've taken care of the Beer... here comes the Salsa. Usually when I hear "salsa bar" I'm not overly excited... but when it's at Salsa and Beer, it makes my mouth not just water... but pour. They've got all your standard varieties... but then throw in a smokey-chipotle-habanera salsa and follow it up with a creamy-forget-all-your-troubles-jalapeno creation. If the salsas weren't enough, they have the audacity of serving each basket of warm, homemade chips with the elixir of El Diablo himself... warm, cheesy, bean dip. Let those four magical words sink in and try to keep reading before you rush straight to Salsa & Beer, purveyor of happiness. We're dying for a second round just thinking about it... and we haven't even touched upon the main course.
Our good friend T, the original Grub-suggestor of Salsa & Beer, swears by the Zacatecaz Spicy Fajitas. We're not exactly sure what Zacatecaz means, but we're pretty sure it loosely translates to "DAAAAAAAAAMNNN that's good." If you pass it up, you're going to be sorry. For their sizzling fajitas they throw in some seriously-juicy chicken, ultra-tender steak, and... the cherry on top... jumbo-grilled shrimp. Add to it all some grilled onions and super-spicy peppers... game over. If you pass these up, it better be for one of their larger-than-your-forearm burritos. On a side note, I don't know if "burrito envy" exists, but I think I have it. As you sit back after the meal, belly full of joy your eyes start to gravitate towards the deep fried ice cream on the desert menu. At this point you're so past full that you really don't know what you're doing, and that's probably a good thing, because after the deep fried ice cream at Salsa & Beer, I think I'm going to start deep frying all my deserts. Deep fried eclair. Deep fried chocolate pudding. Deep fried carrot cake.... I can't wait.
After this monster of a meal, there's really only one thing to do... sit back and try to come up with the perfect word to describe the Grub equivalent of smashed drunk. Finally we settled upon "Grubbled." As in... dude, after that fourth bowl of warn, cheesy, been, dip... I'm seriously grubbled. This place is seriously so amazing, that I've already started to consider it for the names of my children... because Salsa really is a beautiful name for a girl... or a boy. I can see it now.... Beer, leave Salsa alone! Salsa stop teasing Beer!... Warm-cheesy-been-dip, quit it! We'd be a happy, little family of Grub, and what better place to take the family than Salsa & Beer... home of some seriously Good Grub!
At first glance, you don't know exactly what to expect. It doesn't feel like a "must grub" place... then they ask if you'd like to order some drinks while you wait for your table...a pitcher of beer perhaps? Now, brace yourself for the giant, Paul-Bunyan-worthy, glass beer bottle they're going to throw your way. Then you glance around at all the bright colors adorning the walls, setting the atmosphere, spicing up each booth, and now... It's game time.
So we've taken care of the Beer... here comes the Salsa. Usually when I hear "salsa bar" I'm not overly excited... but when it's at Salsa and Beer, it makes my mouth not just water... but pour. They've got all your standard varieties... but then throw in a smokey-chipotle-habanera salsa and follow it up with a creamy-forget-all-your-troubles-jalapeno creation. If the salsas weren't enough, they have the audacity of serving each basket of warm, homemade chips with the elixir of El Diablo himself... warm, cheesy, bean dip. Let those four magical words sink in and try to keep reading before you rush straight to Salsa & Beer, purveyor of happiness. We're dying for a second round just thinking about it... and we haven't even touched upon the main course.
Our good friend T, the original Grub-suggestor of Salsa & Beer, swears by the Zacatecaz Spicy Fajitas. We're not exactly sure what Zacatecaz means, but we're pretty sure it loosely translates to "DAAAAAAAAAMNNN that's good." If you pass it up, you're going to be sorry. For their sizzling fajitas they throw in some seriously-juicy chicken, ultra-tender steak, and... the cherry on top... jumbo-grilled shrimp. Add to it all some grilled onions and super-spicy peppers... game over. If you pass these up, it better be for one of their larger-than-your-forearm burritos. On a side note, I don't know if "burrito envy" exists, but I think I have it. As you sit back after the meal, belly full of joy your eyes start to gravitate towards the deep fried ice cream on the desert menu. At this point you're so past full that you really don't know what you're doing, and that's probably a good thing, because after the deep fried ice cream at Salsa & Beer, I think I'm going to start deep frying all my deserts. Deep fried eclair. Deep fried chocolate pudding. Deep fried carrot cake.... I can't wait.
After this monster of a meal, there's really only one thing to do... sit back and try to come up with the perfect word to describe the Grub equivalent of smashed drunk. Finally we settled upon "Grubbled." As in... dude, after that fourth bowl of warn, cheesy, been, dip... I'm seriously grubbled. This place is seriously so amazing, that I've already started to consider it for the names of my children... because Salsa really is a beautiful name for a girl... or a boy. I can see it now.... Beer, leave Salsa alone! Salsa stop teasing Beer!... Warm-cheesy-been-dip, quit it! We'd be a happy, little family of Grub, and what better place to take the family than Salsa & Beer... home of some seriously Good Grub!
