Saturday, September 13, 2008

Restaurant Updates: Bigotes, Estella's, Angelo's

Went back to Bigote's on Abram near 360 in Arlington for dinner last weekend. This time I took the husband, who was pleased with his Carne Guisada and whose digestive tract remained intact thereafter. My dinner and tract, on the other hand, were not so lucky. No need to get graphic -- only want to say that I won't be back and that I suffered for mulitple days. I had the tamales.

Finally made it to Estella's on Arkansas in Arlington. The food was more benign than Bigote's, thank God, but I won't be going back there, either, due to the fact that their "cheese" is the stuff that comes in those gallon cans at CostCo. And they put it on eeeeeeeverything. It's that cheese you get when you are so hungry and desperate that you order the "Nachos" at the AMC Theatres. Chips and salsa were tops, and the interior of this place is so stripped down and aged, it's sort of interesting to see. Depressing, yes, but still interesting in an 80s kind of way.

Now for the great news! Angelo's BBQ on White Settlement is amazing and I can't believe I wasted all this time/money on any other BBQ in town! The place is a giant, cavernous, big game trophied, dusty, dark, Shiner on tap, bar/picnic table joint. I had the two-meat plate w/ chicken and ribs and hot DAMN, it was good. One complaint: expensive ($14 for my plate, which comes with all the sides automatically). I like that you don't have to choose the side, that you get all of them on the plate: for me, the UN-decider, the ANTI-decision maker, this is just what the diner ordered. So to speak.