| Description. | | | | their meal. Plenty of lettuce, tomato, cheese, and |
| This Mission, Kansas (Greater Kansas City Area) | | | | extras come with the meals themselves. |
| restaurant has been a family favorite for years. | | | | Self-service beverages are selected at the cash |
| Regular diners there see it as a special sit-down | | | | register (coffee, teas, milk, soft drinks, and |
| eating-out treat. The restaurant is not only budget | | | | water). |
| friendly and speedy, its food is genuinely fresh | | | | Most lunches range from $5-6. They include tacos, |
| and tasty, just like in the ones having closed-door | | | | roll-up burrito, and three select combinations |
| kitchens and numerous waiters and waitresses. | | | | having two of the following items (taco, enchilada, |
| Upon entering it, you pass by an indoor stained | | | | chili relleno) plus beans or rice. Some of these |
| glass window. Then, in the hallway leading to the | | | | plates are made into daily specials for senior |
| cafeteria line, several large-print menus hang on | | | | citizens and others who do not eat heavily. |
| the wall. Once you get to the beginning of the | | | | The dinners range from $6-11. The more |
| cafeteria line after making a menu selection, be | | | | expensive ones are meant for the hearty |
| sure to take both a tray and several napkins. | | | | appetites. Be careful when ordering the burritos, |
| You'll need both of them along with your eating | | | | chalupas, and chimichangas; the larger ones are |
| utensils. | | | | monsters. The menu offers only one seafood |
| The main dining room is fairly large and plain. But it | | | | item, Seafood Empanada: fried pastry shell filled w |
| is sectioned and buffered for different sized | | | | seafood rangoon and topped with a choice of |
| groups and seating preferences. Large nooks are | | | | three sauces, 1) red, 2) chili con queso (CCQ |
| also available for seating. | | | | cheese), or 3) Chilito (red plus sour cream, sliced |
| Niche. | | | | black olives, and grated cheddar cheese). This |
| Its niche appears to be an array of quickly and | | | | meal has a seafaring taste to go with its rice and |
| carefully tossed together choices from a | | | | refried beans. |
| non-complicated menu that satisfies most | | | | One of my favorite combo's there is the Don's |
| appetites arriving there. This restaurant's lengthy | | | | Plate dinner ($7.99): two hard-shell tacos plus two |
| lunch and dinner lines attest to this concept, daily. | | | | cheese/onion filled enchiladas topped with red or |
| Menu. | | | | cheese sauce and grated cheddar, and served |
| The menu includes several cheese and salsa dips | | | | with frijoles and Spanish rice. Two other fillings |
| for chips (in addition to the free self-serve ones), | | | | (beef/cheese or chicken/cheese) can also be |
| plus Mexican specialties, combinations, and a la | | | | selected for these enchiladas. The place's full |
| carte. The salads are unnecessary extras unless | | | | menu can be found online. |
| one wants to eat light, or wants one to go with | | | | |