Cloud_Disconnected t1_iqvs0c6 wrote on October 3, 2022 at 1:44 PM

Reply to comment by Numerous-Mix-9775 in Good restaurants! by [deleted]

I get that Mexican Villa isn't for everyone, and that it's not "authentic" Mexican food, but I don't get the insane, blind hatred it gets on this sub. I like it for what it is: an Americanized, 1950s imitation of Mexican food.

There's an awful lot of snobbery on here for people that live in a podunk town in Missouri.

MartonianJ t1_iqwa2jd wrote on October 3, 2022 at 3:50 PM

It’s kind of ridiculous. It is what it is and nothing more. I grew up on it so I enjoy it. Usually eat it a couple times a month.

BannedOnClubPenguin t1_iqwkdix wrote on October 3, 2022 at 4:57 PM

Eating it a couple times a month is kinda crazy ngl. Not because its bad, but simply because there are so much better, cheaper options, or the most important point being that mexican villa is honestly so basic, you can replicate it with the most simple ingredients at home. I guess that's not really the point of. "eating out," though, I just know 10$ at mexican villa will never go as far as $10 at my favorite street taco stand, makes it hard to ever pick mexican villa.

MartonianJ t1_iqwlqys wrote on October 3, 2022 at 5:06 PM

I don’t choose it when I want “Mexican.” I choose it when I want Mexican Villa. It’s its own thing. I go to a lot of the other places too. I love Cesar’s, Jose Locos, used to hit Cantina Laredo and Maria’s when they were here.

Cloud_Disconnected t1_iqwnzha wrote on October 3, 2022 at 5:20 PM

Took the words out of my mouth. It's like saying it's crazy to go to a ramen place when there are so many good sushi restaurants. They're related, but different. Mexican Villa is comfort food for me.

robzilla71173 t1_iqxngu2 wrote on October 3, 2022 at 9:06 PM

I asked someone here why he hated it so much and he confessed that he'd never tried it. I don't care for most of it but now and then some tacos from El Taco hit the spot.