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elchrist
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 Posted: 16 Jun 2008 08:03 AM Post subject: Rosa's Plane Food: 20 F'n Years |
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Of good food and bad service?
Don't know if you noticed, but there's been a flurry of positive reviews from pro-Rosa Plane Food "customers" on the Calecia.com Food & Drink reviews. Many of them have brought up that Rosa's Plain Food (as officially listed in the phone book) is celebrating their 20 years of being in business. If this truly is the case, then that's pretty awesome that a restaurant with a combination good food and bad service could be around that long and and still be going strong with so many die-hard customers.
I've gone maybe a total of 10 times in my life and sure it's good, a little over-priced, but it's just one of those places that doesn't come to mind when I think of eating out. I'm not sure a 20 year celebration would take me away from my Jack in the Box Monster Tacos, but at least it's good to know that it'll be there for me if I do decide to go and decide to splurge past a value menu meal.
Rosa, the owner, was 1 of 50 restaurateurs asked a while back by the Mexican government to a attend a "real" Mexican cuisine seminar. I don't know how they went about with the selection process, but I don't believe Celia's or Johnny's Burritos was invited. Someone must of done some research or known someone inside. Anyway, it's good to know there's a place that takes pride in keeping it real. |
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Soulman
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| Posted: 16 Jun 2008 08:52 AM Post subject: |
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| I love Rosa's. The food is great. Isn't that why you eat at a restaurant? Service can be spotty at times, but for some reason service has been great lately. I took my boy RandR for lunch the other day, it was his first time there. Actually he took me. Other than a few expletives thrown his way im sure he would tell you that he loved the food. |
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RandR
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| Posted: 16 Jun 2008 11:56 AM Post subject: |
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| Soulman wrote: | | I love Rosa's. The food is great. Isn't that why you eat at a restaurant? Service can be spotty at times, but for some reason service has been great lately. I took my boy RandR for lunch the other day, it was his first time there. Actually he took me. Other than a few expletives thrown his way im sure he would tell you that he loved the food. |
That was easily the best cooked steak ("carne asada") I've ever had. That isn't saying much because I rarely go out for steak, Pampas really being the only other place. What was remarkable to me was that the steak was cooked medium well, yet it was very tender and flavorful. I only finished about half the meat, but it was cooked so well that I even enjoyed a little bit of the fat around the edge of the steak ... I almost died. |
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carnicerodegiles
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| Posted: 16 Jun 2008 12:02 PM Post subject: |
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I believe I've been to Rosa's maybe twice. Both times I had the same thing (chipotle shrimp). Pretty good, but not memorable. As far as the service being bad, well, it wasn't horrible but I do remember my mouth burning due to the spicyness of the chipotle sauce and the waitress only came to refill my iced tea once.
20 years, wow. I've seen better restaurants eat shit and die in a matter of months. Tradition, I suppose. Fellow valleyites can be pretty old school, I guess. |
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RandR
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| Posted: 16 Jun 2008 03:26 PM Post subject: |
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| carnicerodegiles wrote: |
20 years, wow. I've seen better restaurants eat shit and die in a matter of months. Tradition, I suppose. Fellow valleyites can be pretty old school, I guess. |
I actually wonder this all the time. The success some of the restaurants in the Valley have had completely mystifies me. Examples: Yum Yum (OK food, higher than average prices, terrible parking at the old place, terrible location), Fortune House (the worst service I have ever had -- anywhere, below average food, OK prices), Burgers and Beer (below average burgers, beer that is never as cold as it should be, higher prices), I could go on and on. |
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elchrist
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| Posted: 16 Jul 2008 09:46 PM Post subject: |
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I guess this rant was sitting in my junk mail for almost a month:
OF COURSE 20 YEARS SERVING EXCELLENT FOOD IN THE VALLEY, YOU CAN KEEP EATING YOUR PRECOOKED MONSTER TACOS WITH 100000 CALORIES FOR YOU, YOUR COMMENTS ARE NON BASED, KEEP GOING TO EAT FROZEN FOOD, THATS WHY ROSAS HAVE QUALITY AND HAVE BEEN 20 YEARS HAS A REALLY GOOD FAMILY BUSSINES, BUT YOU KNOW BY THE WORDS LIKE "F-------" THAT PEOPLE LIKE YOU USED IN THEIR VOCABULARY SHOW NO CULTURE, WHAT CAN YOU KNOW ABOUT REAL AUTHENTIC MEXICAN FOOD, WHAT CAN YOU SAY ABOUT IT?, NOTHING INTERESTING REALLY. BUT KEEP SAYING THINGS BECAUSE WHEN THE DOGS BARKS THAT'S A SIGNAL THAT WHE ARE GOING AHEAD, AND YES ROSA HAS BEEN NOT IN JUST ONE CONGRESS OF MEXICAN FOOD, SHE HAS BEEN IN MANY, THANKS FOR DEMONSTRADE THAT THE RESTAURANT ROSAS PLANE FOOD HAS PRESTIGE AND REALLY GOOD CLIENTS THAT ARE VALUED PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY. AND YOU KNOW THEY HAVE ANOTHER COSTUMERS LIKE MARCO ANTONIO SOLIS, PEPE AGUILAR, HARRISON FORD, PIERCE BROSNAN, JESSE JAMES, PAQUITA LA DEL BARRIO, LOS TIGRES DEL NORTE, RAMON AYALA, LOS PLEBES DEL NORTE, TERRIBLE HERBST, THAT JUST CAME BY TO THE CALEXICO AIRPORT TO HAVE ROSAS FOOD.
SUCESS!!!!!!!! |
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spic-ole
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| Posted: 16 Jul 2008 10:09 PM Post subject: |
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| elchrist wrote: | I guess this rant was sitting in my junk mail for almost a month:
OF COURSE 20 YEARS SERVING EXCELLENT FOOD IN THE VALLEY, YOU CAN KEEP EATING YOUR PRECOOKED MONSTER TACOS WITH 100000 CALORIES FOR YOU, YOUR COMMENTS ARE NON BASED, KEEP GOING TO EAT FROZEN FOOD, THATS WHY ROSAS HAVE QUALITY AND HAVE BEEN 20 YEARS HAS A REALLY GOOD FAMILY BUSSINES, BUT YOU KNOW BY THE WORDS LIKE "F-------" THAT PEOPLE LIKE YOU USED IN THEIR VOCABULARY SHOW NO CULTURE, WHAT CAN YOU KNOW ABOUT REAL AUTHENTIC MEXICAN FOOD, WHAT CAN YOU SAY ABOUT IT?, NOTHING INTERESTING REALLY. BUT KEEP SAYING THINGS BECAUSE WHEN THE DOGS BARKS THAT'S A SIGNAL THAT WHE ARE GOING AHEAD, AND YES ROSA HAS BEEN NOT IN JUST ONE CONGRESS OF MEXICAN FOOD, SHE HAS BEEN IN MANY, THANKS FOR DEMONSTRADE THAT THE RESTAURANT ROSAS PLANE FOOD HAS PRESTIGE AND REALLY GOOD CLIENTS THAT ARE VALUED PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY. AND YOU KNOW THEY HAVE ANOTHER COSTUMERS LIKE MARCO ANTONIO SOLIS, PEPE AGUILAR, HARRISON FORD, PIERCE BROSNAN, JESSE JAMES, PAQUITA LA DEL BARRIO, LOS TIGRES DEL NORTE, RAMON AYALA, LOS PLEBES DEL NORTE, TERRIBLE HERBST, THAT JUST CAME BY TO THE CALEXICO AIRPORT TO HAVE ROSAS FOOD.
SUCESS!!!!!!!! |
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