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[Joe_K]

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[Great-Kazoo]

Boulder's The Other CO, not northern.

I have a decent central CA chili verde recipe.

[ColoradoMinuteMan]

I hear the Mexican food is comparable here. Is it?

Being a CA native, I find most of Mexican food in CO to be marginal at best. A lot of it trends towards Tex-Mex which is an abomination as far as I’m concerned. If you’re ever up in Fort Collins or Greeley you can find good CA style taqueria called Los Comales.


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[Irving]

Most chain restaurants, I would agree (and boy do I love those places). I've been frequenting more places that are all in Spanish and more likely to be next to a laundry mat than a bank though, and I wonder about those. Sounds pretty much like what you're describing above.

[Great-Kazoo]

Being a CA native, I find most of Mexican food in CO to be marginal at best. A lot of it trends towards Tex-Mex which is an abomination as far as I’m concerned. If you’re ever up in Fort Collins or Greeley you can find good CA style taqueria called Los Comales.


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I've found the CA style chili is more a tomatillio style than the green they serve around CO. We could always get a NoCo mexican food lunch going. There's Sol De Jalisco south part of windsor.

[ColoradoMinuteMan]

I've found the CA style chili is more a tomatillio style than the green they serve around CO. We could always get a NoCo mexican food lunch going. There's Sol De Jalisco south part of windsor.

I’d agree, the green chili around here is often not actually even green in color. We always make our chili verde with lots of tomatillos and jalapeños, so it’s green, and it’s tangy. Roasted green tomatoes from the garden are also a good stand in for tomatillo flavor.

Sol De Jalisco isn’t bad, inconsistent to me. I think their chefs vary widely in skill and style, in fact 50% of the time if I ask for something slightly different they say “oh we have a new chef and they won’t know how to do that,” but it’s very close for me so I do eat it in a pinch. If I have time I go to Los Comales in Greeley. Pollos El Guero in Windsor is a hole in the wall Mexican chicken restaurant that has el Pollo Loco style chicken which I like as well. Their service pretty consistently takes a while though. They don’t seem to be able to keep enough chicken grilled up and I always seem to have to wait for it to be finished. The biggest indicator to me is the the people eating at the place around you. If you go to Pollos El Guero or Los Comales you are usually surrounded by Mexican families or blue color Mexican workers. That’s always a good sign you’re eating authentic Mexican food.


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[Great-Kazoo]

I’d agree, the green chili around here is often not actually even green in color. We always make our chili verde with lots of tomatillos and jalapeños, so it’s green, and it’s tangy. Roasted green tomatoes from the garden are also a good stand in for tomatillo flavor.

Sol De Jalisco isn’t bad, inconsistent to me. I think their chefs vary widely in skill and style, in fact 50% of the time if I ask for something slightly different they say “oh we have a new chef and they won’t know how to do that,” but it’s very close for me so I do eat it in a pinch. If I have time I go to Los Comales in Greeley. Pollos El Guero in Windsor is a hole in the wall Mexican chicken restaurant that has el Pollo Loco style chicken which I like as well. Their service pretty consistently takes a while though. They don’t seem to be able to keep enough chicken grilled up and I always seem to have to wait for it to be finished. The biggest indicator to me is the the people eating at the place around you. If you go to Pollos El Guero or Los Comales you are usually surrounded by Mexican families or blue color Mexican workers. That’s always a good sign you’re eating authentic Mexican food.


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Umm If you eat anywhere in greality, you're surrounded by mexicans

[boxy]

Guys I really appreciate you sharing your best Mexican spots. I'll have to check out Los Comales next time I'm heading back from a Weld match.

[ColoradoMinuteMan]

Umm If you eat anywhere in greality, you're surrounded by mexicans

Point taken


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[Cman]

Welcome to the forum!