Ken K. wrote: >There's a new restaurant opening in Lafayette -- Celia's. They >are supposed to have a restaurant in San Mateo and one in >Antioch. Are they good, bad or in between? > Celia's is taco plates and enchilada plates with ordinary quality and huge portions. Not really my preference, but there are people who like it a lot.
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Anyone know Celia's Mexican?
Ken K. wrote in message ... >There's a new restaurant opening in Lafayette -- Celia's. They >are supposed to have a restaurant in San Mateo and one in >Antioch. Are they good, bad or in between > There is a Celia's in San Bruno, on El Camino Real. Have been there several times, and regret it each time! Both San Bruno and San Mateo and neither are worth the trip. The cheese on all of their dishes tasteless like Velveeta warmed over, enough to make you gag! I'd rather go to El Toritos, and that one is not always the best, seems to depend on the chef on duty! l.c.
In article , Heidi Ho Someone wrote: > Even better, why don't you and your "foodie" friends move back East > where you came from, and leave our real bay area food alone. We don't > need you or your yuppie criticism. I know better than replying to a probable troll, but... > Perfecto and Celia created the best NoCal Mexican food around. And their > daughters' burrito places also rock. We're probably talking about different places. The only Celia's I have been to is the one in San Mateo. I would guess that there are lots of places with the same name in the BA that are unrelated to this one. Glenn
Heidi H. wrote:
>Celia's #1...the rosetta stone of fine salamander-hot real mexican food!
In all honesty, I think you're confusing the Celia's _we're_ talking about with someplace else. The restaurant named "Celia's" on Peninsula Ave in San Mateo (or is it burlingame?) is absolutely bland, generic, paint-by-numbers, big-dish americanized "mexican food." Not the least bit notable and about as salamander-hot as a Big Mac. Where's your Celia's?
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Allan S. wrote:
> Ken K. wrote:
>>There's a new restaurant opening in Lafayette -- Celia's. They
>>are supposed to have a restaurant in San Mateo and one in
>>Antioch. Are they good, bad or in between?
>
> The Celia's in Burlingame is 100% paint-by-numbers generic mexican
> food. Big portions, "2 enchiladas & a taco" type plates, etc. Sort
> of like the old "Pedro's".
>
> The quality is ..ok?, nothing stands out either way.
There's still a Pedro's in Los Gatos that seems to fit your description. We went down there (from Palo Alto) because of one particular salsa a friend fell in love with. I didn't find anything wonderful about it, or the food in general, though it wasn't bad. Just more mass quantities for consumption.
I felt the same way about Celia's (there's also one in San Mateo, and used to be one in Palo Alto -- they do get around, don't they?)