663524 Fri Oct 30 09:20:58 -0700 2009 5 6 Southwest 0 5142936 The reviews are raving, but the food doesn't measure up. The trio of salsas they serve at the beginning were silly. The guacamole (I think. It was green, anyway, and didn't taste like green chile) tasted like sour cream with cucumbers and onion. The chipotle stuff was OK, as was the third choice, but I'd have preferred just a dish of nice, fresh salsa. Main course was the pollo en mole. Mole is supposed to be a rich, rather savory, though slightly sweet chocolate-based sauce. This tasted more like someone melted a Hershey bar over the chicken. It didn't taste bad, entirely, but was too sweet, and did not taste as mole should. The accompanying corn tortillas, on the other hand, were fantastic. Fresh and soft, and exactly how they're supposed to be, and how you almost never find them in the USA. The margarita was good, though. Fresh limes obvious in the drink. Might go here for drinks, but there are better places for food. Fri Oct 30 09:20:58 -0700 2009 32879 shadowfax 1 5143145 I've never gotten their mole - it doesn't strike me as the kind of joint where an old lady is roasting and grinding seeds for hours to get the mole just right, and I've always assumed that it just came out of a jar. I haven't eaten at Potrillos for over a year now (due to their sometimes odd schedule), but I've had a number of nice things there. Fri Oct 30 10:23:42 -0700 2009 5142936 14768 Erich 1 5143231 I've never had the mole there either, but I do enjoy their goat and peanut stew. It's very fatty, but in a good way. There are a LOT of different kinds of mole, some with quite a bit of chocolate, some with none at all; I think a lot of places that do use chocolate differ in whether they're making a very dark Oaxacan style, a lighter brown Puebla version, or a red style. Of course any kind ought to taste good or it's not being made right, but there's no single "authentic" type. Fri Oct 30 10:47:05 -0700 2009 5142936 174150 bortukan 2 5149720 I grew up in NM, and my whole childhood mom made all sorts of different moles that she learned how to make while living in Mexico. I've had lots of the stuff over the years, and have never until a few weeks ago had any that tasted like a milk chocolate bar on meat ;) Trouble is I haven't been back to NM in a couple of decades, and so I don't really know where the good restaurants are anymore - I had to guess, and this place had gotten some rather impressive reviews, especially for authenticity, so I figured it was safe to try something that needs to be in the range of authenticity. As for the liquor license, the waitress claimed silver tequila, and if it wasn't tequila in there, I'd be pretty surprised. Either they've upgraded their license, or they're hoping an inspector doesn't drop in. Mon Nov 02 12:31:25 -0800 2009 5143231 32879 shadowfax 3 5151886 What style was theirs supposed to be, if any was specified? I'm really curious now... I really like the black Oaxacan kind, but almost never see it anywhere, sigh. Tue Nov 03 08:28:23 -0800 2009 5149720 174150 bortukan 1 5145602 Los Potrillos does not have a full alcohol license so whatever margarita you had was likely a wine margarita. They do offer several beers however. I like their food and while I rarely order taco plates anywhere, I am addicted to the shrimp tacos at Los Potrillos; four soft tacos nicely seasoned accompanied by a rice that compliments the tacos nicely. Sat Oct 31 14:54:22 -0700 2009 5142936 11874 fyfas