What with everyone raving about this place being the best Mexican restaurant in the area, my wife and I tried it out the other night. You can fill a tankcar with what I don't know about Mexican food, but I did enjoy my meal there more than at the Fajita Grill; food seemed a bit tastier, portions were larger, and meal was generally cheaper than at FG. The news I have is: while we were eating, we overheard another customer chatting with a waitress. It seems that Cozumel Mexican is opening a branch in Shadyside sometime soon (within the next week or so). So those of you who used to make the journey to Greensburg for Mexican food may soon no longer have to do so. kz
Pittsburgh, PA
Cozumel Mexican
Michael P. wrote: >The sign on the door to Cozumel in Shadyside, said opening >Dec 1. If that was accurate, they are now open. I have been there twice since they opened. In summary I would go there again, but it is NO Fajita Grill (BTW, Great Scott on Craig is gone, so someone should inform Fajita Grill of the location.) Back to Cozumel. They use ground beef in their beef dishes (always a bad sign when checking out Mexican places) and pre-made hard corn taco shells (for tacos and tostada-type things.) The chicken-based dishes seem OK and the menu is very large (lots of combos.) Most things run $7-$9. They have at least 5 Mexican beers (unlike MadMex.) James PS The Mariachi Band they hired (from North Carolina) for the first week is now gone.
Well, I went a couple days ago, I was not impressed... In chronological order: The chips and salsa are ok, but they need to add some onions and actual green chile bits to the sauce. Chips were the ok pre-made stuff... (although I don't believe I have every had fresh made ones in a place in this price range.) I looked at the menu, an ok selection. Hum, on the back they explain what each of the basic food words mean, "Chile Reanos stuffed Green Peppers" What? I harassed my server about this, mentioning that in fact, the word chile normally implies that chiles are in involved...and in fact one of the well established rules about this dish is that it is stuffed green chiles. Oh, well... Well, my server also screwed up my order a tiny bit, but I wasn't terribly bothered...(they gave me beef in something where I wanted chicken.) Well, they need to buy tortillas from somebody else, or make them themselves. The floor tortillas were gluey, the corn tortillas were too thin, didn't taste very much like corn...(they seemed to have been made with corn floor instead of corn meal...) And the tamalle was really gluey, and had clearly been made from corn that was ground to fine. They seemed to have an aversion to actual chiles in anything, all spices seemed to be ground stuff that got mixed in. And no rice and such... They food was ok(edible, not unpleasant etc.), but as Mexican food was really lame.
Andy W. wrote: >Funny. I always thought a chile *was* a pepper. Maybe instead of >blathering on about this somebody should actually order the dish and >report. I ordered it and thought it was the worse chile relleno I ever had. I have now been to Cozumel three times (I'll do ANYTHING for Mexican food, but I do not have a car. Thus getting out to Fajita Grill is often tough.) I'm not sure yet whether I'll go back... Only one of my three meals was any good. James