On Fri, 10 Jun 2011 19:45:39 -0700, "Bob Terwilliger"
> wrote:

> Meghan wrote:
>
> > The only thing I have gotten at a restaurant that I have wanted to make at
> > home was the corn cake I got at El Torito. It happened to be the only few
> > bites I liked from the whole dinner, so I have no plans to ever return to
> > the restaurant.
>
> One of my coworkers mentioned El Torito the other day, and brought up the
> fact that they're damn expensive for the mediocre food they serve. I'm in
> full agreement with that. I don't mind paying good money for good food, but
> El Torito's food just isn't good enough to justify their prices.
>
El Torito had pretty good food at mediocre to low prices back in the
day (and kids ate free). Unfortunately, it became a corporate
football and you never knew what to expect. We avoided it for years,
when we retried it a few years, it was improving. Sorry to hear
they've degraded it again.

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