Taqueria Arandas Trunk, Milwaukee, WI

Taquerias Arandas Truck
Somewhere in Milwaukee
(Usually in the vicinity of
37th and National, S. 27th
and Oklahoma and S. 13th
and Lincoln)

One of the pleasures of my long ago trip to California was getting
authentic Mexican food off a roadside stand. The food was hot,
fresh and surprisingly inexpensive. I tried to eat there everyday.
When I read an article about curbside cuisine featuring Taqueria
Arandas I made it my business to drive to the intersection of
National Avenue and 37th street to check it out. And I am glad
I did.

The 37th street Taqueria Arandas truck is parked in a neighbor-
hood of eclectic ethnic restaurants. The Asian influenced Noodle
House anchors a corner kitty-corner from the Columbian Bakery
Mekato's. The Taqueria Arandas truck offers something else
altogether - quick, hot Mexican food to go.

On my first visit I ordered three chicken tacos (also available in
beef, tongue and tripe), a steak tostada and a chicken burrito.
When my order was up, wrapped in aluminum foil and placed in
a paper bag, I was asked if I wanted grilled hot peppers and
grilled onions. I answered in the affirmative and, once again,
I was glad I did.

It is possible to eat at the metal fold-down counter on the side
of the truck but I choose to return to the comfort of my van.
Unwrapped, all the food was surprisingly hot, fresh tasting and
full of flavor. For my two cents, the crunchy steak tostada was
the first among equally tasty entrees. Garnished with the grilled
peppers and caramelized onions and drizzled with spicy chile salsa
it did, indeed, make my mouth happy!

The check made my wallet happy. Three tacos, a tostada, a
burrito and a tangerine orange soda only set me back $13.00.

In the words of the Terminator: "I'll be back."

On the Eating While Black scale:

So good you'll slap your mama!
It made my mouth happy!
Aiight!
Better than dirt.


Service: Friendly and courteous
Comfortable for black people?: Yes
Recommend to your black and white friends: Yes
Recommend to just your black friends: N/A
Recommend to just your white friends: N/A

Five Guys Burgers and Fries, Glendale, Wisconsin

Five Guys Burgers and Fries

Bayshore Shopping Center

5650 N. Port Washington Rd.

Glendale, WI 53217

(414) 962-3560

Fax (414) 962-3565

http://www.fiveguys.com/home.aspx

"Oh my God!"  The voice I heard was mine as I took my
first bite of a "regular" Five Guys hamburger that I had
adorned simply with lettuce, tomato, grilled onions,
mustard and ketchup.  I swear, I have never tasted a
juicier, more flavorable hamburger in my life, outside of
one I made myself.  And that is saying something because
I am a burger guy, on a perpetual quest for a better burger.

Now, let me reiterate, I have had many juicy, flavorable 

burgers off my grill made from fresh ground beef I had 
formed with my own hands.  That is the unexpected but
delightful sensation I got when I bit into my first Five
Guys burger.  And I specify "my first" because I went
back to the newly opened restaurant #150  three more

times in the next seven days.  

The Five Guys Burgers and Fries restaurant is a 
decidedly stripped down affair.   They only sell burgers

and fries, a kosher style hot dog (with or without bacon)
and, for for blasphemers, something called a Veggie or
Grilled Cheese sandwich.  And the burgers only come

in two sizes: a double patty, half pound "regular" or
quarter pound "little."  Likewise, the fries come in large
"regular" or a ridiculous "large."  For beverages, they
have regular ($1.99) and large ($2.19) Coca-Cola soft drinks
and bottled water ($1.99).  That's it.  No shakes; no pies.

During my first rodeo, I ordered the regular hamburger
($4.99) and a large fry ($4.99).  At Five Guys, whether
you are dining in or taking out, your sandwich comes
wrapped in aluminum foil, your fries come in a styrofoam
cup and everything is served to you in a plain paper bag.  
That's it.  No tray, no utensils, no nothing. 

If you get your orders to go, as I did all four times,
you find the good people behind the checkerboard 

counter are very bad at measuring their french fries.

Every time I have been my french fry cup has runneth

over filling the bag with excess fries.  The fries are

hand cut and cooked with their skins in peanut oil.

The fries also come regular and cajun style.  On 
my third trip I order cajun style and that will be 
my style of choice going forward.

I was so stuffed from consuming a regular ham-

burger and a large fry that the next time I ordered
two little hamburgers ($3.59 ea.) with all the "red" 
condiments, which includes everything except relish,
green peppers, A-1 sauce, Bar-B-Q Sauce and Hot Sauce

and a regular fry ($2.59).  The little burgers were tasty 
and less of a carbo-load but the reglular burger was much
more satisfying.

On my third visit I ordered what will become my
standard order: a Bacon Cheeseburger ($6.29) with a
regular Cajun Style Fry ($2.59).   In addition to the "red"
condiments, I added green peppers and jalapeno
peppers.  Oh, baby!  We are definitely into "so good
you'll slap your mama" territory here!  

Which brings me to my fourth and last visit.  I

ordered what will become my usual, received
my greasy bag of goodies and absconded to my
own abode.  There I opened the greasy bag, 

poured out the abundant Cajun Fries on a
paper plate, unwrapped my aluminum foil

wrapped burger, and sank my teeth into  -

can you imagine my surprise?  - a mouthful of
vegetables.

I opened the twin buns and there was no meat
inside.  How in the world could Five Guys Burgers
not put any fresh cooked ground beef patties
between my buns when, for all intents and purposes,
that is all they sell?  I was so outdone, I could not 
even spit.

I had to get redressed (yes, I chose to eat my burger
in my underwear) and drive back across town to the
Glendale location.  I asked for the manager, showed
him the content (or lack thereof) between my buns
and I received  - the burger I ordered in the first 
place.  No apology.  No "here's a little something for
your trouble."  No nothing.

Admittedly, I am not as in love with the Five Guys
as I used to be.

So good you'll slap your mama!
It made my mouth happy!
Aiight!
Better than dirt.


Service: Friendly and courteous
Comfortable for black people?:  Yes
Recommend to your black and white friends: Yes
Recommend to just your black friends: N/A

Recommend to just your white friends: N/A 

Soups On! Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Soups On!

221 North Water Street

Milwaukee, WI 53202

(414) 283-9244

http://www.soupsonat221.com/

There are few things as satisfying a large bowl of freshly
made soup.  And there are few things as satisfying as the
soups prepared fresh daily at Soups On! in Milwaukee's
Historic Third Ward neighborhood, just blocks south of 
downtown Milwaukee.   

Soups On! is only open Monday through Friday and it only
serves soup from 11 am to 3:30 pm.  That is a small but
dependable window that allows for the sampling of four different
soups, one vegan, one vegetarian and two with meat, every week
day.

I have visited Soups On! on several occasions at different times.

I have entered the establishment at 9 am in the morning and it
is already fragrant with that day's soup selections.  I have arrived
just before 11 am and had to wait while the proprietor finished 
making the pasta that would go into one of the soups of the day.
Lastly, I have arrived near closing and been rewarded with the
remainder of that day's freshly baked bread.  

I have bought soup to go, it comes in two sizes, $4.85 for a 12
ounce container and $5.85 for 16 ounces and a thick slice of
either semolina or sourdough bread, and I have sat down at 

one of the quaint patio style tables with their even quainter
green plastic chairs and eaten my soup from a crockery bowl

while looking out at the Milwaukee River - frozen in the winter
and free-flowing in the spring - and eating from the crockery

bowl is better.  Still, I have bought several cartons of soup to
go and they transport and reheat wonderfully.  

On my most recent visit, on a beautiful spring day, I had time
to have a crockery bowl of soup and another delight to be found
at Soups On! - a 1/4 pound Nathan's Famous hot dog on a 

Rosen's sausage bun with all the fixin's ($3.00).  The soups of
the day were a vegan Ginger Lentil, a vegetarian Cream of 
Spinach, a Chicken Dumpling and a Black Bean Chili with
Sausage.  I ordered the Black Bean Chili with Sausage.

Among the things that make Soups On!'s soups so great are
the fresh and plentiful toppings.  The Black Bean Chili with
Sausage came topped with a melange of wonderful things
including a generous serving of shredded cheddar cheese.

It is hard to describe how magnificent is the Black Bean Chili
with Sausage.  I have had the Black Bean Chili without the 
sausage - incredibly flavorable chunks that must be andouille -
and, for me, it is like eating pancakes without syrup.  Don't
get me wrong, the Black Bean Chili (without sausage) is good
but the Black Bean Chili with Sausage is great.  

I had my soup with a thick slice of rye bread that I buttered
and broke off to dip into the dark brown sauce of the chili.  Yes,
this did indeed make my mouth happy.  I am not ashamed 
to admit that when I got down to the bottom of the bowl 
where I was unable to get what was left with my spoon, I 
picked up my large crockery bowl, raised it to my mouth,

and slurped what remained out of the bowl.  

By my count, Soups On! offers sixty different soups.  In
my many visits, I have probably only sampled ten, and 
have yet to have a bad one.  Only in one instance have I 
had a better version of a soup offered at Soups On! and 
that would be the Chicken Dumpling.  All of Soups On!
chicken soups are delicious but I have had better 
dumplings than the dumplings in their Chicken Dumpling
soup and, for me, Chicken Dumpling soup is all about
the dumplings.

Soups On! is open from 7 am and offers breakfast burritos,

bagels, muffins, sweetbreads, scones, pre-made breakfast
sandwiches, chalkboard veggies strata and yogurt but I

wouldn't know nothing about that because I am all about
the soups.  And the Nathan's hot dogs.

On the Eating While Black scale:

So good you'll slap your mama!
It made my mouth happy!
Aiight!
Better than dirt.


Service: Friendly and courteous
Comfortable for black people?:  Yes
Recommend to your black and white friends: Yes
Recommend to just your black friends: N/A
Recommend to just your white friends: N/A

Red Robin, Greenfied, Wisconsin

Red Robin Gourmet Burgers

7575 Edgerton Avenue

Greenfield, Wisconsin 53220
http://www.redrobin.com/

When I discovered the Red Robin Gourmet Burger chain in
Monona, WI. last year, I thought my mouth had died and
gone to heaven.  Just outside Madison and just off HWY 12,

it was a perfect stop to and from visiting my son at the
University of Wisconsin Madison campus.  

Then they opened a location just south of Milwaukee
and I had proof that there was a God and He loved 

me!

The decor of the Red Robin restaurants is about as

kitschy as you might imagine for a gourmet hamburger
joint that has a giant plastic backward baseball cap
wearing red robin as its mascot.  But the staff is help-

ful and friendly - from the cheerful door greeters to
the smiling hostesses who direct you to your table.
The friendliness even extends to the restaurant
manager who makes it his business to stop at 
each table and ask how the meal is going.

But it is the fabulous burgers that bring you back
to Red Robin.  My personal favorite is the Royal
Red Robin Burger ($8.99).  The menu calls this the
Aristocrat of Burgers because it is crowned with
a fresh fried egg.  In addition, it is topped with three
strips of hickory-smoked bacon, American cheese, crisp
lettuce, tomatoes and mayo.  This is not a burger; it 
is a meal: breakfast, lunch and dinner.

(Let me note at this point that unlike most restaurant
burgers, the Red Robin burgers look exactly like its

picture in the menu.  If it is stacked six inches high in
the menu it is stacked six inched high when it is 

served to you.  In fact, most Red Robin burgers are

so big they are served in their own paper "diapers"
to catch all that stuff you could lose when you bite

into one of these bad boys).

In addition to their regular roster of delicious
burgers, Red Robin features a new and different
burger each month.  The last time I was at the 
Greenfield location, they were featuring the 5 Alarm
Burger ($8.99).  As the menu says, "crank up the heat
with Pepper-Jack cheese, jalapeños, fresh tangy salsa,
sliced tomato, crisp lettuce and Chipotle mayo.  As I
like to say, "It made my mouth happy."

For a burger joint, and a fabulous one at that, Red

Robin has a fine selection of fresh soups, sandwiches,

salad and other non-burger entrees - but I wouldn't
know nothing about those other options.  I am a 
Red Robin burger boy.

Every Red Robin burger comes with a "bottomless"

basket 0f fries and every non-alcoholic beverages

come in "bottomless" glasses.  The attentive waitresses

keep a watchful eye on your empty glasses - often
setting down a refill as you take your last sip - and
always ask if you would like a refill on the fries.

While we are on the subject of refills, the Red Robin
specialty drinks - the Freckled Lemonade, the Very
Berry Blueberry Limeade and the Blueberry Pomegrante
Limeade ($3.99) -  are all excellent.

On the non-refill tip, you owe it to yourself to try
the Dreamy Orange Smoothie ($3.99), which is like a 
Dreamsickle in a glass.  

On the Eating While Black scale:

So good you'll slap your mama!
It made my mouth happy!
Aiight!
Better than dirt.


Service: Friendly and courteous
Comfortable for black people?:  Yes
Recommend to your black and white friends: Yes
Recommend to just your black friends: N/A
Recommend to just your white friends: N/A

The Original Pancake House, Milwaukee, WI

The Original Pancake House
2621 North Downer Avenue
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53211
http://www.originalpancakehouse.com/

In the spirit of full disclosure I must tell you I LOVE the Original
Pancake House. I would eat there everyday if my waist and wallet
could afford it. As it is, I have gone stretches where I have eaten
there twice a week and for more consecutive weekends than I care
to count. I have recommended the Original Pancake House to
several friends, family and acquaintances and it has become their
breakfast place.

In a word, the food at the Original Pancake House is phenomenal.
For those of you who hate Spoilers please avert your eyes from
the page now because the food at the Original Pancake House is
way off the "It Makes My Mouth Happy" chart and receives my
first "So Good It Will Make You Slap Yo Mama!" rating.

What makes the food so good? Consistently fresh and high quality
ingredients. I have been there many times and have sampled
many different items and everything is uniformly excellent. I
mean everything: the thick strips of bacon, the homemade apple
sauce, the butter that tastes fresh-churned and, especially, the
maple syrup which is so good I poured an extra thimble of it that
I got in a take home order over a couple of Eggo waffles and it
made those waffles sing in my mouth.

The Original Pancake House is known for their two Specialties of
the House. The first is the Apple Pancake, a plate sized pancake
smothered with sautéed apples and cinnamon sugar baked to
perfection to create a deliciously rich cinnamon sugar glaze.

The second is the Dutch Baby an air filled delight oven baked to
golden perfection and served with lemon, whipped butter and
powdered sugar to create a mouthwatering blend. To call either
of these delicious souffles a "pancake" is a misnomer. They have
to be experienced to believed.

(One word of caution: both the Apple Pancake and the Dutch
Baby are oven-baked pancakes and take longer to prepare.
If you are with a party make sure to tell the waitress not to hold
up everyone else's orders until your is done - or get there before

the rest of your party arrives and put your order in early).

Of the two, I am a die-hard devotee of the Dutch Baby. Served
with fresh lemon slices and powdered sugar, eating the Dutch
Baby is the definition of "It Made My Mouth Happy!"

That is, until you have the sublime experience of the French
Toast, four slices of perfectly grilled perfection. The combination
of the thick sliced bread, eggs, cinnamon, seasoning, butter and

syrup has to be tasted to be believed.

Nothing could be better than the french toast except for
the incredible omelettes served at the Original Pancake House.

These omelettes look like half a football on your plate yet
they are fluffy and flavorful. The omelettes come in seven
delicious varities and each comes with the choice of three

different cheeses - or all of them. I have sampled several
and have settled on a concoction of my own. I order a
Vegetarian Omelette with all three cheeses and then, to
make it healthy, I have the cook add fresh cooked chop-
ped bacon.

The omelettes come with pancakes or pan potatoes on
the side. I highly recommend ordering the pan potatoes.
They are perfectly crisped and flavorful.

(For the health conscious, the omelettes also can be

made with egg whites and the side of pancakes can be

had with sugar-free syrup but let's not ever speak of
this again).

If you are feeling adventurous please try the Potato
Pancakes. Like the pan potatoes, the thin flaky pancakes
are perfectly crisped and flavorful. I like mine with
butter and the wonderful maple syrup and they come
with a bowl of the excellent homemade applesauce.

I have it on good authority that the Banana Pancakes
are also excellent. (Extra! Extra! I have tried the
Banana Pancakes and they are delightful, a symphony
in the mouth).

Part of the pleasure of eating the Downer Avenue
location is the East Side Milwaukee ambiance. Tucked
into a tidy neighborhood of art house movie theatres,

trendy shops, restaurants and upscale grocery stores,
the area has a comfortable lived in feel and the denizens

of the neighborhood are so well-off and comfortable in
their skins that they ain't scared of no black people.

In fact, at first, it was a little disconcerting to be standing
in front of mailbox with another rather large and
intimidating looking black man and to have a little old

white lady step right between us to deposit her mail in
the mailbox without the least bit of fear or trepidation.

On sunny days it is not unusual to see people walking
their dogs, couples pushing their children in strollers,

people of all ages riding bicycles and artists and musicians
setting up their easels and music stands. And, inside the

restaurant the atmosphere is equally familial and
ecletic.

On the Eating While Black scale:

So good you'll slap yo' mama!
It made my mouth happy!
Aiight!
Better than dirt.

Service: Friendly and courteous
Comfortable for black people?: Yes
Recommend to your black and white friends: Yes
Recommend to just your black friends: N/A
Recommend to just your white friends: N/A

Brisco County Wood Grill, Menomonee Falls, WI

Brisco County Wood Grill

N96 W16865 Cumberland Court
Menomonee Falls, WI 
http://www.briscocounty.net/

I drove up to the northern suburb of Menomonee Falls
to visit the Brisco County Wood Grill on the recom-
mendation of one of my "work friends," as my daughter
calls them.  The Menomonee Falls location has been
there for years and I have seen it for years from the
expressway but I had never been tempted to turn in
that direction, even when using that exit to go else-
where.

In fact, there is something about the very placement of
the Menomonee Falls location that seems designed to
discourage the patronage of black people.  For a public
place of business it is tucked into a not so convenient
cul-de-sace  and has what can almost be construed as
a "secret entrance," i.e., if you haven't been forewarned,

it is easy to miss.  Fortunately, my "work friend" gave me
a heads-up and my daughter and I had no problem finding
the restaurant entrance.

It was winter in Wisconsin when we visited the 
Menomonee Falls location but nothing compared with the
chill we experienced when we walked through the door.  
Geez Louise!  You would think the patrons had never seen
black people before.  And it is possible they hadn't as my
daughter and I were the only black patrons in the restaurant.

If the dagger-like looks the elderly-looking gentleman
working the open wood grill gave us could kill, my daughter
and I would be dead.  

Brisco County Wood Grill is decorated like a western lodge
and we were seated in a rustic alcove with four wood plank
tables and benches.  Our server was an energetic young man
who was amiable and attentive.  

The menu offered an array of reasonably priced meals
focused primarily on steaks and chicken.  On the
recommendation of my work friend, I started with the
excellent onion straws ($6.95).  The generous appetizer
was battered, prepared to a light brown crisp and came with
a sharp flavorful Cajun horseradish sauce.  

Each meal at Briscoe County comes with a complimentary
basket of bread and each basket of bread comes accompanied
with a mason jar of homemade apple butter.  I hadn't had apple
butter in thirty years and never had I had homemade apple
butter.  It brought back fond memories.

For my entree, I ordered the 12 oz. Ribeye steak ($19.95)
and given a choice of salad or soup to go with my baked potato,
I choose the soup.  On the good advice of my work friend, I
selected the chicken dumpling soup.  It was a great choice.

It is the dumplings that make chicken dumpling soup and
the dumplings in Briscoe County's soup were excellent.  

The ribeye steak arrived on a cast iron skillet-plate with
succulent mushrooms and a delicious au ju sauce.  It was as
I ordered, seasoned and grilled to perfection.  I have had better
steaks but they came ala carte and cost almost twice the price.   
 

I brought my daughter along with me because I wanted to
know if the rotisserie chicken was as good as I heard it was
and my daughter always orders chicken.  Of course, she
ordered an Briscoe Burger ($7.45).  All of Briscoe County's
1/2 lb. burgers are made with Certified Angus beef and
are served in a basket with seasoned fries.  The burger and
the fries were delicious.

I have it on good authority that the rotisserie chicken - slow
roasted to lock in flavors - is excellent.  There are five
rotisserie chicken choices:

Quarter white: $8.45

Half Chicken: $10.95

Half Dark: $8,95

Half White: $11.95

Whole Chicken: $11.95 (take out only)

Briscoe County Wood Grill also offers a fascinating array
of wood grilled pizzas including BBQ Chicken, Chicken
Tostado, Hawaiian, Supreme, Veggie and Cheese  and
ranging in price from $8.05 to $17.45.

All that and I haven't even mentioned the fajitas or wraps. 

Ordinarily when encountering food this good, I would have
made several return trips by now but, frankly, I am still
feeling the chill from our first visit.  Everybody outside of
the chef were nice enough and our waiter was great
(I tipped accordingly) but even in exiting the restaurant
I could not shake that funny vibe.  

The food was excellent but the way the chef glared at us
as we left, I can't help but wonder if he spit in our food.

On the Eating While Black scale:

So good you'll slap your mama!
It made my mouth happy!
Aiight!
Better than dirt.

Service: Reserved and courteous
Comfortable for black people?:  Not so much
Recommend to your black and white friends: Yes, with caveats
Recommend to just your black friends: No
Recommend to just your white friends: Yes

Mekato's Columbian Bakery, Milwaukee, WI

Mekato's Bakery and Cafe
3500 W National Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53215

http://www.mekatos.com/ 

Mekato's Bakery and Cafe is a classic Columbian bakery in the
heart of Milwaukee's Silver City district.  Founded in Chicago,
Illinois in 2002 by the Bohorquez family, Mekato's Columbian
Bakery prides itself on providing quality products daily with
guaranteed freshness and "careful service." 

On the recommendation of my friend Fernando, a native of 
Columbia,  I visited the Silver City Mekatos location on a 
beautiful spring day and I was glad I did.  

Nestled on the northwest corner of 35th and National, the 
Mekatos Milwaukee location is bright and colorful with a small,
utilitarian dining room.  Standing in front of the impressive
bakery case and looking up at the vast array of baked goods
available on the menu board (and because most of the menu was
in Spanish) I was momentarily dazed and confused.

The young counter girl noticed my dilemma and after determining
that I was attempting to order breakfast suggested I order one of
their five breakfast combos. The combo she suggested came with
beans and rice, steak or eggs (I chose steak) and a perfectly fried
arapa ($8.00).  Given a choice of beverages, I chose a cup of
coffee with milk.  

The coffee arrived first and it was delightful with the steamed foam
of milk nestled on top the porcelain coffee cup.  Both café con
leche and cortadito, expresso topped with steamed milk, are
$1.50.  Also available are hot chocolate ($1.50) and cafe
colombiano ($1.25).

As I sipped my café con leche and waited for my breakfast, I
perused both the bakery case and the menu. 

Thanks to the largesse of my friend Fernando, I had already
sampled the fried empanadas,  beef or chicken ($1.00), and 
knew them to be excellent.  If it is not offered, do ask for the
green ahi (Columbian salsa).  My breakfast arrived and I dug 

into the plate of flavorful beans and rice and several strips of 

tender thin-cut steak.  The single fried arepa that accompanied
the meal was so wonderful that I ordered two more ($1.50).

On my second visit to Mekatos, on a cold and dreary weekday,
I ordered take-out from the wondrously varied bakery and
the other delicacies and fine foods available from behind the
counter. First, I went for what I know: I ordered six more of
the deliciously crunchy empanadas - 3 chicken and 3 beef. Then
I got adventurous, and I mean really adventurous because this
time there was a different counter woman and while she spoke
very limited English, I spoke almost no Spanish. So I had to
revert to primitive pointing and mimicking: I point to something
that looked good, indicate how many I want - "Two," I would say
holding up two fingers. "Dose?" the woman would ask. "Yeah, yeah.
Dose!" And I did this until I had purchased over thirty dollars
worth of food.

I bought four incredibly fat and flavorful sausages and two thick
slabs of impossibly sinful deep-fried pork crackling that the
counter woman arranged in a Styrofoam carton with six arepas,
four tiny plastic cups of the marvelous green ahi sauce and four
lime slices.

I didn't know if I could replicate this purchase but it was
wonderful.  At home I ate the sausages like a gringo - on buns
with mustard and the green ahi slathered on top like relish. They
were incredible.  But nothing quite compares with pure decadence
of the pure deep fried fat of the pork crackling.

I subsequently learned that the sausages were chorizo con arepas
(one sausage, one arepa and one lime slice: $2.50 ea) and that the
pork crackling were chicharrón con arepas ($3.00 ea).

In addition to the above, I bought two caramañolas, a light, crispy
ball of cassava masa dough empanada filled with meat ($1.50 ea),
two marcelinos ($1.00 ea), two flaky, buttery croisant con quesos
($.1.25 ea), and two donut-like buñuuelos ($1.00).

It was a delicious haul that I shared with family and friends.

On the Eating While Black scale:

So good you'll slap your mama!
It made my mouth happy!
Aiight!
Better than dirt.


Service: Friendly and courteous
Comfortable for black people?:  Yes
Recommend to your black and white friends: Yes
Recommend to just your black friends: N/A
Recommend to just your white friends: N/A