This past thursday my wife had happy hour at Laredos the new tex-mex restaurant on the Excelsior & Grand corner that used to house Brix and Mojitos.

Laredos is run by the same folks behind McCoys and Brix the restaurant that formerly resided in the space. When transformed from Mojitos to Brix the entire space was renovated. Sadly this renovation is mostly cosmetic.

Throw in a few cowboy hats, add some barbed wire....dabble about a handful of license plates from Wyoming, Montana, Texas etc...and viola Tex-Mex. The food fared similar to the renovation. We started with the guacamole, it was table-side style but paled in comparison to similar offerings at Bar Abilene and Tejas. For dinner I had chicken and chorizo enchiladas, they were acceptable but forgetable..the rice was dry, the beans were watery. Wifey had the burrito she seemed to like it.

We split two pitchers of margaritas between four of us....two margaritas each. They were weak, pre-made and the only thing they left me with was heartburn.

The bill came Seventy Freakin Bucks! for mexican.

Skip this place and head to Bar Abilene, or even Don Pablos...seriously. The only thing this place excels at is watching wanna be yuppies that don't want to pay for parking downtown and aren't old enough to fit in at Bunny's.

Note: My guess is that this is a stop gap business decision. I fully expect this to be a planned temporary restaurant. Capitalizing and recouping the investment in the busy first 8-10 months that nearly all restaurants enjoy.