Taqueria Aquascalientes

This week we decided to be daring divas and venture where no divas have gone before …… north of 12th along 301. …the first place we tried was Mexican Grill, it was closed….But in the same little strip plaza we came upon…
Taqueria Aguascalientes {translation: Mexican Taco Stand - Aguascalientes is a city in Mexico - agua scalientes is hot water }.
We remembered a trusted friend had suggested it.
What the heck nothing ventured nothing gained so we pulled up in front and parked.
We couldn’t help but notice the bars on the windows, hmmmm, our minds were going…… better to have bars than no bars, we thought, so we entered.
Taqueria Aguascalientes is much like what you see on almost every street corner in almost every small town in Mexico. Inside, the décor was typical with Corona, Pacifico, Tecate and Dos XX “adorning” the light colored walls, plastic flowered table cloths on each table, and our favorite, a “painting” of a Spanish drama diva in a chunky “gold” frame set between a stuffed deer head on the wall wearing a sombrero and draped with a colorful blanket, and a 7 ft. chief smokin totem thing. And if that wasn’t enough….. A Spanish soap opera played on a gigantic TV in only 2 colors { orange & black } in the corner as it competed with a juke box blaring loud Mexican disco music when ever some one decided to drop a coin into it.
Except for the lack of tequila it was perfect!
Our beautiful waitress with child showed us to our table. We tried to ask her a few questions about drinks but, no English….She yelled for Eduardo…..he came to our table to try and help but, no English. We used a few Spanish sounding words with our finest Spanish accents but …no Spanish.
The scenario repeated itself over and over as we had our usual frequent diva questions and requests – Divas always have requests –
- ED-UAR-DO!
Linguistic note to Divas: Speaking loud with a Spanish accent or making up words that sound Spanish does not make it anymore Spanish …it only makes us feel we are at least trying.

OK, so we got through ordering our Cervezas {Beers}. That is all they serve along with Sodas, Coffee and Traditional Mexican natural flavored drinks. They also have Michelada {Beer mixed with cilantro, lime juice, black pepper, Tabasco and Valentina Salsa}. We did not have the nerve.

For dinner we ordered the:
• Chile Relleno combo
• 3 Tamales….. dos “chicon” “ No dos pollo ! ” { chicken } and uno Puerco { pork }
• Bistek { beef } Fajita with flour tortillas not corn.
• Caramones { shrimp } Quesadilla
• Mole Poblano “chicon” “No pollo ! ” { chicken }.
We really wanted our Mole with white meat, no bones but didn’t have a clue how to order it - charades came to mind but we decided against it { too weird }- so we ended up with the dark meat bones and all.

Rice, beans and salad came with every dish. We ordered extra verde { green } sauce which was fabulous on everything.

Everything was amazing {except for the Mole and that was because of the meat not the Mole}. The taste sensations were endless. We would especially recommend the shrimp quesadilla and the chile relleno. Oh, but the Tamales were great too….
Definitely worth the trip if you are in the mood for a true authentic {casual} Mexican dining experience to employ all of your senses… with out Tequila.

Taqueria Aguascalientes
2211 N. Washington Blvd.