Paco's Cantina on Centinela?

[kevin]

Any good? Worthwhile ?

[gordo26]

The food is meh - but the real gem is the homemade Flour tacos. Almost worth a trip once in a while just to get them.

[happybaker]

Their tortilla's are YUMMY.

But everything else is so heavy...

[Dommy]

So true... I used to go for co-worker's birthday lunches. Thank goodness they cut that 'perk'.

Anyway, what I always used to get away with is ordering their nopales salad. It was quite delicious and that, their handmade tortillas (which I do like) and a bowl of their house guacamole would make me HAPPY.

--Dommy!

[FoodDee]

Awfully disappointing. We were visiting from Seattle which is definitely not know for good Mexican food. Some friends took us to Pacos - their favorite- unfortunately no better than what we get up North.

[Ogawak]

My wife loves this place. Her excuse is, she's from Hawaii. It's standard American Mexican fare. Actually surprised that you would ask about this place.

[kevin]

Sorry. I heard it from someone and they raved about it. But I took it with a grain of salt since I didn't know if they were the houndly type.

[Jack Flash]

I think it's pretty good "Gringo-Mex." I like their carnitas, but the reason to go to Paco's rather than any of a number of other places is the fresh, made-to-order flour tortillas. They're like warm, edible blankets. They're thick, fluffy (there must be lard in there) and have a delightful chewiness.

[kevin]

Are their margaritas supposed to be pretty darn good too?

Thanks.

[Jack Flash]

From what I can recall, they were pretty good. And I guess the "from what I can recall" part tells the story...

[Tripeler]

I think Margaritas were invented to keep gringos quiet.

[Servorg]

Then they aren't working one damn bit because whenever I am near a table of gringos drinking them they are as noisy as a steam engine pulling a grade... ;-D>

[westsidegal]

for margaritas, my rec is Kay 'n Daves in culver city.
they use real, fresh-squeezed lime juice--not the pasteurized gunk that comes in the big plastic jug.
they squeeze the juice themselves.
also, they'll make it to order for you without using any sugar.

[nosh]

I know they aren't authentic, but they are so much fun and I love them: Are these the blended, slushy type or on the rocks?

[westsidegal]

since i prefer the on-the-rocks type, i never even asked about the blended type, sorry. . .

[Norm Man]

Paco's flour toritllas thick? Did Paco's change their flour tortillas? I always found Paco's flour tortillas to be very thin. In addition, I thought Paco's flour tortillas were too doughy (undercooked?).

[Jack Flash]

They've been very thick since I first started going there in around 1994.

By thick, I mean the thickness of about 3 or 4 packaged tortillas.

[Servorg]

Sorry to say I wondered the same thing after a long, long hiatus in not going and I thought it was pretty "meh"...they do have good fresh house made tortillas but that about summed it up for me. I'll admit they get a lot of people who evidently like it just fine. So maybe give it a go and let us know what you find.

[kevin]

Any clue on what others have ordered?

Or just order any of the combo vis-a-vis other American Mexican food joints around town?

[Servorg]

Well I saw a lot of taco dorado's going by as their tortillas are quite good. But this is pretty prototypical Mexican American fare. They do have conchinita pibil on the menu, which I had, but it's not the best version I've ever had (by far).