Mercado's - Tyler

It was Memorial Day holiday so it was time to get away and do some campin wit buds. So the wifey and me did the shake, rattle and roll to Tyler. We spent 5 nights there and in that time we ate at Mercado's twice. Not that we like it or anything. The original plan with our bud's was to eat out once and at another place which I will blog about tomorrow. So the wifey and me decided to go to Mercados on Thursday night. Well by Sunday night, it was still raining and cooking outside was not an option. So the gang made an executive decision to go to Mercado's. So twice. I have never done this before, but I am merging the two trips to one blog.

Mercado's is the training restaurant for the Posado's chain. We have eaten here many times over the years. It's food is basically Posado's, just the name is different. There are also Posado's restaurants in Tyler, but their seating is much smaller. When you have 16 in your party, that is an issue. So twice we did the Merengue to Mercado's.

First of all chips and salsa, The chips are pretty good. The salsa is another story. Both trips, the salsa was like vegetable soup. It was very runny and not much in the way of spices. I find that salsa at places that make it on-site is very inconsistent. You don't go to Mercado's/Posado's for salsa.

In the first trip I had a beef taco. The meat was full of grease and the taco shell was soggy. However, the meat was spiced up nicely and was very tasty.

I am back, had to go to the pantry for a Cocoa Crème (Little Debbie's version of Ding Dongs). Everything is better.

I also had a beef enchilada which was topped in chili sauce and was very spicy. But was greasy also.

The meal also came with a cheese enchilada. Filled with a tasty cheese and covered sufficiently with cheese. Yum, yum.

We also ordered cilantro and lime rice. Normally rice is rice, but man this was some good rice. You could really taste the lime in the rice. A nice touch.

Finally this meal had charro beans, which are pretty tasty.

The next trip we went for the combo fajitas. Both the beef and chicken meat were very tasty. I loaded them with sautéed onions, bell pepper, pico, sour cream and cheese. This is some good eats rat here.

Of course as usual the wifey got the butter sauce which I hear is out of this world.

More cilantro and lime rice and charro beans. More good eats.

This 2nd time there were 16 of us, and the waiter did a great job taking care of us.

Of course the meal ends with a free sopapilla. With plenty of butter and honey, this is a great finale.

Mercado's/Posado's is one of our favorite haunts.

Givn em an 7.9.

Mitcho
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