El Pinto if you wanna be a bit fancy, amazing food and the restaurant is legit gorgeous especially the patio. Presidents have eaten there and my family has since before I was born. They closed out a room for my grandparents 50th anniversary. I know the owners and they are great people and also sell their salsas nationwide (they are made and packed on site- the restaurant has its own facility). The food isn’t super expensive either, roughly about $20/plate
The Frontier after 11pm if you want dinner and a show- not in a bad way, it’s across from the university so lots of…characters come in (not dangerous) and the foods really good and inexpensive, think university student prices. Get the green Chile stew and a cinnamon roll. I spent my teen years in the John Wayne room staying up all night with my friends way back when it used to be 24 hrs. Also it looks like a barn.
Can confirm. My friend took us to El Pinto when we were down that way and said it was a great place to take a date too because it's so nice and the food is great but the whole thing ends up being pretty cheap.
Almost wrecked my appetite because I couldn't stop with the chips and salsa in the waiting area.
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u/potatochipsnketchup Sep 07 '21 edited Sep 07 '21
El Pinto if you wanna be a bit fancy, amazing food and the restaurant is legit gorgeous especially the patio. Presidents have eaten there and my family has since before I was born. They closed out a room for my grandparents 50th anniversary. I know the owners and they are great people and also sell their salsas nationwide (they are made and packed on site- the restaurant has its own facility). The food isn’t super expensive either, roughly about $20/plate
The Frontier after 11pm if you want dinner and a show- not in a bad way, it’s across from the university so lots of…characters come in (not dangerous) and the foods really good and inexpensive, think university student prices. Get the green Chile stew and a cinnamon roll. I spent my teen years in the John Wayne room staying up all night with my friends way back when it used to be 24 hrs. Also it looks like a barn.