I know what you mean! Something so good about their salads!! I’ve done some searching myself and found an awesome dressing recipe that I’ll post the link for. The cheese they use is provel cheese. I get mine at Price Cutters.

https://missourigirlhome.com/copycat-pasta-express-salad/

What about MV? Need that recipe.

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It’s Provel cheese.. Product out of the St. Louis area.. also to be found on Imo’s and Garbo’s pizza. Very yummy stuff

This is correct. You can buy imo’s version of it in some stores around town

It is not provel on the salad, it is shredded Parmesan

https://pastaexpress.com/foodmenus/house-salad/

It was Provel on Pasta Express salads in the late 90s - early 2000s. You can get provel at costco.

Please stop eating at Mexican Villa

No, there's a sliced cheese too.

Iceberg and romaine lettuce, red onions and parmesan cheese combined with our Signature House Dressing

The Villa uses White American cheese

Former employee here... it is definitely provel. It's used in most of their dishes.

The provel cheese is an additional add on at the end. They ask if you want cheese or tomatoes when ordering.

That makes sense, so it doesn’t come with provel unless you add it.

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Those are your must eat restaurants here? You’re allowed one guilty pleasure restaurant but not 3 my dude.

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But Pizza House is legitimately delicious.

Thank you!!

Yes!!! Thank you!!!

Not even guilty pleasures lol. Just love these places.

It feels so wrong but tastes so right

Shan't.

You should be able to buy it at HyVee I am pretty sure! My mom usually buys it at Mexican Villa but if you get it from a store you have to shred it yourself.

https://youtu.be/jPWYcjypSWo

You can buy it at Sams Club as Imos Branded Provel cheese.

Most of the restaurants that everyone in this sub raves about are more trendy than good. OP's choices are fine.

I agree in the sense that it's bad, but if people stop eating there, my good Mexican restaurants will get busier.

It's really not. It's exactly where it belongs in this list.

Sometimes I feel like I'm taking crazy pills with how much people on this sub love it.

It's basically one step up from pizza you would get at public school.

The pizza when I was in school was terrible AND delicious. Pizza House is just terrible.

+1 for Garbo's

That's just food snobbery.

Sure, there are authentic mexican places like Tacos El Champu that I frequent. But, a burrito enchilada style from Villa is freaking magic when that's what you're craving. There's nothing else like it anywhere.