Del Taco

Del Taco is a great Mexican fast food alternative to other places you may frequent. It has a much larger variety of choices, which you can see for yourself on their menu. One of my favorite choices is shredded beef for the tacos. I love shredded beef, but it is usually impossible to find at a fast food place. Del Taco is also very cheap, even cheaper than Taco Bell, and the quality of food is better at Del Taco. If you’re looking for a really cheap meal, look no further than their $0.59 tacos, with ground beef, lettuce, and shredded cheese. They also occasionally “accidentally” make extra food, and offer it to customers for free. It’s a welcomed treat, when many places would just throw it out.

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Buca di Beppo – Florida Mall

My girlfriend and I went to Buca di Beppo at the Florida Mall this evening. I dropped her off to put our name in, while I parked the car. I meet her outside, and she informs me that they said the wait should be 20-30 minutes. We waited about 50 minutes, along with a few other parties that were also told 20-30 minutes. After the 50 minutes we waited, I went inside to see how much longer the wait would actually be. I let the hostess know the name we were under, and she proceeds to look over the list. We weren’t on the list. I repeat, we weren’t on the list. I watch her write our name at the top of the list and she says we will get the next table available. I walk back out to meet my girlfriend and tell her the news. My girlfriend says she watched the hostess write our name on the list, so somehow it was crossed off. We listened and watched every time the hostess came outside and called a party, and we were never called, and watched other parties go in each and every time. We know we weren’t called.

We are already mad at how long we have had to wait, but since we are going to get the next table, we figure we might as well wait, rather than go somewhere else and have to wait. We wait about 5 more minutes, and watch as another party gets called before us. This was the last straw. I went inside, handed them the menu we had been looking over, and told them to cross our name off the list, all while they were still calling other parties ahead of us.

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Tijuana Flats Taco Days

Tijuana Flats is running an amazing special now through November 22, at all locations. Taco Daze is the name of the special, and it comes with 2 tacos, chips and a drink, all for only $4.99 plus tax. The tacos are the same size as they have always been. There has been no cutting back on portions for this deal by Tijuana Flats. I’ve already had it 5 times, in one week no less. It makes an already great meal even more affordable.

Hurricane Grill & Wings

There are numerous wing places in Orlando, and Hurricane Grill and Wings is yet another one. Hurricane Grill and Wings does little to separate itself from the competition. It has an average beer selection, having about 10 beers on tap, and about 16 bottled options. The bottled beers are often just duplicates of those on tap, and the most “craft” beer is Blue Moon. There are 30 flavors of wings to choose from, with something for just about every taste. I chose the Cajun wings, which are a dry rub. The wings are good size, large in comparison to many other places in town, and they come with a side order of fries or homemade kettle cooked chips. The kettle chips didn’t even taste like they were salted, so came across as being very bland.

Since you get a side, and the wings are large, you can get away with ordering fewer wings than you would at other places, and still be satisfied. I would prefer to skip the side and pay less though. When I eat wings, I don’t want to waste any belly room on anything else. All in all, Hurricane Grill and Wings is good, but isn’t great. If I had my choice between them and other wing places in town, I would generally go with someplace else. But, if you want wings, and this is your only option, it will suffice.

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