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Editorial
LET’S TACO‘BOUT IT
STORY AND PHOTOS BY EMILY ROBERTS
FOOD EDITOR
Both a sit-dow n and
drive-thru restaurant,
Rigoberto’ s is a 24/7 hour
Mexican restaurant on
McLOughlin Boulevard.
With its colorful exterior,
it’ s a hard restaurant to
miss. The building itself is
quaint with a small patio
facing the street and hugged
by its parking lot.
atmosphere seemed to
be a little sketchy to me,
but as we walked into th e5
restaurant, the delicious
food aroma hit us like
a ton of bricks and that
reassured my thoughts.
I fe ll back to old
preferences and went
for a carne asada torta, a
personal favorite of mine.
Rigoberto’ s is roughly a As I pulled it apart, pieces of
,20-minute drive from the warm carne asada tumbled
college. The orange and red out. The torta was perfectly
building stood out among filled, not too much as
its dull-painted neighbors. to fall apart completely
I was turious at first glance, and not too little as to
on the fence of feeling leave bare bread without
intrigued by the colors or accompanying flavors. The
turned off by the somewhat guacamole, meat, bread and
rough area it’ s located in. vegetables worked together
Entering through one of its in a way that created a
two doors/I quickly noted balance,between heavy and
how small the restaurant refreshing. It was all well-
was. There were maybe 15 seasoned and cooked to
tables inside and a handful perfection. With the warm
outside on the pàtio. I atmoshpere and my belly
was accompanied on this full, I felt the need for a
outing by Arts & Culture nap settle in. In short, the
editor Allie Perkins. The carne asada torta did not
employees were quick to disappoint.
take our order at the front
and the.wait was roughly 5
I ordered the sausage
minutes until pur order got
breakfast burrito, and it
called.
was very generous on size
proportion. I took one
When I drove
bite into that monstrous
with Emily into the
burrito and my taste
Rigoberto’ s parking lot, buds had a party with the
my first thought of the
flavoring. Rigoberto’ s
restaurant was, “ Wow.
also allows you to pick
This looks raunchy.”
from a variety of sauces
The Rigoberto’ s outside
and vegetables that are
T5M0Í
..
free with purchase.
I thought the sausage
breakfast burrito tasted
great.
Rigoberto’s is a perfect
spot for a quick, cheap
bite of food to eat. The
food was made quickly
but made well; many
restaurants focus on the
former and neglect the
latter. Each meal was less
than $10 and the sit-down
eating was inviting and
allowed enough personal .
space fo r one-ón-onè
conversations.-This
spots best accomodates
smaller parties of people.
Customer service-
wise, Rigoherto’s falls
inline with a normal
fastfood restaurant^ like
McDonald’ s or Wendy’ s,
which is appropriate
seeing that it does double
as a drive-thru. This is a
great spot to keep in mind
for late-night food runs or
when the need for comfort
food hits.
Overall Rating: 4.5/5
p-4
Food: 5/5
Atmosphere: 4.5/5
Customer service: 4/5
Price: $
Setting: Casual
Leftovers: Not this visit
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