Broad Audit

Alicia recently discovered a new mexican joint to break the incredible repetitive dining at Plaza Azteca. no disrespect to the wonderful people at Plaza, but i dont even like you really, and ALL my friends love you, so im forced to eat with you like 3 times a week. fuck. so we break our exclusive mexican dining rights with Plaza and head to Gringo’s. the dining area in this place is way small, there are like 5 tables, they even stuck a table out in the hallway. it was pretty crowded so i can imagine slightly uncomfortable eating in close quarters most of the time. it was just a little hole in the wall spot off norfolk ave. at the oceanfront. they spared many expenses with dolling the place up, i mean this was their dry/erase board bathroom sign for christ’s sake.

youre not paying for ambiance here, thats for sure. we eventually settle on cramming 5 people to this tiny table and order. they have your standard mexican food items, no big surprises from the menu, apparently they had a nice selection of beers and wines, i didnt notice, i wasnt drinking that night… the staff of Gringo’s, top notch. there was a man and a women taking care of all the tables together, they were both really friendly and hilarious. i got the impression that they owned the place, im pretty sure its a family run spot for some reason. the guy putting alicia and mike in the headlock, he was our waiter waiter. when the guy is taking our order, emily has a question, she asks how big are the fish tacos, cause there was an option to only buy one or two, and he answers with this gem “well, its a 6 inch tortilla, but i am a man, so you never really know what 6 inches really means.” great, 2 minutes into our dinner and we’re getting dick jokes from the waiter. not bad. also while ordering the guy asked if someone was veg or vegan because something they ordered had chicken stock in it. i appreciate the shit out of things like that, most places wouldnt care to ask or even know that someone would give a shit about that sort of thing. i got 2 fish tacos minus the salsa. it was good. better than your standard mexican food fish tacos. quality ingredients, you could tell. not from a can. it was good. my only beef with the food was actually not with the food, but the price. i ordered 2 fish tacos, and it was like $12. and it was just 2 tacos, no rice, beans or any other bells and whistles. now at Plaza for $12 i could have gotten 3 fish tacos, beans, rice, a bottomless glass of my favorite diet cola, and a night with a waitress of my choosing. but maybe you get what you pay for, it was pretty good. i didnt hear any complaints around the table. Alicia ordered this, i think it was a veggie burrito with some mess next to it. im not sure if it translates in the pic but the burrito was really big, i mean not like Chipotle big, but big.

the real exciting thing about Gringo’s is easily the celebrities. we were just sitting there, enjoying our meal and in comes motherfucking Bodhi himself, Patrick Swayze. he just pulled up a stool and threw back a couple of his favorite cervesas. fucking legit.

the waitress was a young, big breasted, fairly attractive women(sorry, no pic). christian asked her on a date when she got off… she declined his offer.

overall Gringo’s was cool. its a slight change of pace from your standard authentic mexican restaurant. slightly over priced if you ask me, but its good food, good people, good times for sure. i back it.

i caught up with one customer later, and here we have an exclusive Broad Audit interview with Gringo’s customer, broad audit supporter, chronic masturbator, general dude, Christian Arnold.

other noteworthy points: i dont have a pic, but a little kid peed his pants while we were there. i also overheard one patron with this comment: “the habenero sauce is bitchin.”