Since Mexican food is on everyone's mind lately... We ate at Franklin Inn last night on the way home from Moraine State Park. Hadn't been there in a couple of years. Our meal gets mixed reviews, but the bottom line is I wouldn't make a special trip out there - go to Fajita Grill instead. But if you're in the area, check it out. The black bean soup was good. I had the special of the day, which was chicken in a cilantro, onion, and garlic sauce. This was excellent - fresh cilantro, not overpowering, "spanish" rice on the side. Terri had enchiladas verde. The salsa verde was pretty bland and disappointing. We couldn't identify its main component, but it wasn't tomatillas. The refried beans were bland and tasteless, but they tried to compensate by giving you an enormous lump of them... Plus, I always get suspicious when a restaraunt offers rice or beans, instead of the traditional rice and beans. Entrees were in the $8-9 range. Franklin Inn is north of Pittsburgh in Franklin Park on Rochester Road near were the yellow belt crosses. By the way: a few miles south of Moraine on route 19 is a new restaraunt (1 or 2 years old) called The Log Cabin Inn. We've never eaten there, but yesterday evening it seemed to be jammed to overflowing. Has anyone been there? It looks intriguing.
Pittsburgh, PA
Franklin Inn
Someone wrote: > I was told about a place called the Franklin Inn. Anyone know of this > place? Location? Type of food choices? It's located in the North Hills, a bit off of the Mt. Nebo Road exit on I-79, otherwise known as Franklin Park. The food is MExican and is pretty good. Great margaritas (sp?) :) cindyk
In my search for good mexican food in Pittsburgh area I tried out this place at the reccomendation of a number of people on the newsgroup and at work. Wife and I went Saturday. We were seated immediately (5:30) but the place filled up right after that. Atmosphere is comfortable. Seating is available for 2-8. I ordered off the ala carte section of menu: Beef Taco, Beef and Cheese enchilada and a chile relleno. Wife had Beef burrito and cheese and onion enchilada. The beef taco and enchilada were nicely prepared with a different but moderately good (IMHO) flavor. Not too heavily spiced and not overdone with cheese. The beef seemed to be of good quality. The chile relleno however was a real disappointment. It was a mild chile pepper, breaded and deep fried with a hint of cheese in the middle. It was reminiscent of those frozen entrees you find in the grocery store. When served they spoon a bunch of stewed onions on top and completely obliterate the deep fried cover into mush. At 3 bucks I certainly expected something better than this. My wife on the other hand did not like the burrito she ordered. She said the beef mixture tasted "funny". She said the enchilada was OK. We each had the caramel flan for dessert and the bill for two was $21.60 excluding tip. IMHO the prices charged (2.25 to 3.00) for each ala carte serving were such that I expected a little better food. We had to wait 25 minutes after we finished our meal to get our waitress' attention and ask for the check. I guess I am still hoping to find a place in Pittsburgh that has a taco like Taco Joes in Indianapolis or a chile relleno like Los Reyes in Atlanta. Haven't found it yet. Better than Chi Chi's? Well yeah, but not by a bunch. The seating was much quicker but the table service was not any faster.