No, it's not everywhere, just here. Parts Unknown, Kentucky,
population 15,000, about two hours from NowhereAtAll, Tennessee.

I love Mexican, it's my first choice when we go out. Used to go to a
little hole-in-the-wall place in town, El Tequila. Wonderful food
(excellent chiles rellenos, my yardstick for Mexican) and you could
order a beer with the meal.

Sadly, that place went downhill over a fairly short time, couple of
months or so. The last straw was a burrito with chewy beef and
dried-up bits of unrecognizable pork. Served lukewarm.

So we've been going to El Mariachi Loco, pretty good chiles rellenos
and a wide variety of food...at least, on the menu.

Went there a few weeks ago, ordered a Michelob. They don't have it.
"But it's on the menu!" Well, no one was ordering it so they stopped
carrying it. (Seems that all anyone wants now is light beer, which is
fine for people who drink to pee. Me, I drink beer because I like
beer. Or a reasonable approximation thereof.)

Went there again last night. Loud, very bad Hispanic music. Had a
burrito with chewy beef. Lukewarm. A pattern, perhaps? We rarely
order dessert but they had eight desserts on the menu and several
looked interesting---mango cheesecake and a tres leche cake. So wife
and elder daughter each ordered one to go. Share 'em around, everyone
gets a taste that way.

"No, we only have this one dessert." (and neither mango cheesecake nor
tres leche cake.)

Anyone else run into this problem of an extensive menu where a lot of
the stuff isn't available? I mean, jeez, all they have to do was
print new menus once in a while. Or even cross off the items no
longer available.

I guess it's time to switch restaurants again. There's a
hole-in-the-wall Mexican place about ten miles south of here; it's not
bad. Sigh...

Terry
(just wanted to bitch about food, sorry bout that)