{"id":7679,"date":"2016-05-03T13:31:48","date_gmt":"2016-05-03T21:31:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/?p=7679"},"modified":"2016-05-29T07:17:05","modified_gmt":"2016-05-29T15:17:05","slug":"chihuahuas-mexican-grill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/chihuahuas-mexican-grill\/","title":{"rendered":"Chihuahua&#8217;s Mexican Grill"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>&#8220;Our Mexican food is so authentic, Donald Trump would build a wall around it&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>I saw this sign in front Chihuahua&#8217;s Mexican Grill on my way to meet up with Pascal for lunch, and I chuckled. Well\u00a0they definitely got my attention. When we found out the new Peaceful Restaurant in Downtown had not opened yet, I suggested this Mexican joint to Pascal. \u00a0As a fan of spicy food, Pascal joyfully agreed.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7704\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7704\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-164.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7704 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-164.jpeg\" alt=\"Chihuahua's Mexican Grill\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-164.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-164-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-164-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-164-174x131.jpeg 174w, https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-164-70x53.jpeg 70w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7704\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chihuahua&#8217;s Mexican Grill<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Cool Restaurant Space<\/h3>\n<p>I was liking the details inside the Chihuahua&#8217;s, although not too crazy about the name of the place. The decors with metallic accent were quite slick and modern. I felt like being at the Hard Rock Cafe for happy hour. The food menu was displayed on huge LCD TV screens, which would come in handy when they flip the whole space into a hockey or world cup night. Apparently they serve a variety of premium tequilas as well, so it got the party spot stamped all over the place.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7762\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7762\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-158.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7762\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-158.jpg\" alt=\"Chihuahua's Mexican Grill\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-158.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-158-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-158-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-158-174x131.jpg 174w, https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-158-70x53.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7762\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chihuahua&#8217;s Mexican Grill<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>What We Tasted<\/h3>\n<p>The tacos are assembled and served in canteen style, similar to what they do at other Mexican fast food joints like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/chipotle-mexican-grill\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>Chipotle<\/strong> <\/em><\/a>or <em><strong>Red Burrito<\/strong><\/em>. The price was not bad &#8211; 3 double-tortilla Tacos for $9. Only $3.95 for adding a Jarritos soda\u00a0and a side combination from either rice and beans, or chips and salsa. \u00a0We both ordered all 3 of their meat tacos: <strong>Barbacoa <\/strong>(beef), <strong>Carnitas<\/strong> (pork), and <strong>Pollo <\/strong>(chicken). I asked for most of the vegetable toppings except the messy looking finely chopped iceberg lettuce. \u00a0If I closed my eyes, I really couldn&#8217;t tell which one I was eating. \u00a0They somehow managed to cook the different meats to a same texture, which was kind of tough and slightly chewy. The spices and seasoning on the meats were the same too. Although they already put hot sauce on my tacos, I didn&#8217;t find it spicy at all. Pascal had to pour more house made chili sauce on top of them to please his palate.<\/p>\n<p>Since the tacos were pretty big and we were quite full after finishing all 3 of them, we barely touched the side dishes. \u00a0And just for a little taste, I found the <strong>salsa<\/strong>, the <strong>black beans<\/strong>\u00a0and the <strong>rice<\/strong> all were lacking of flavours.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7699\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7699\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-159.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7699 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-159.jpeg\" alt=\"Tacos @ Chihuahua's Mexican Grill \" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-159.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-159-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-159-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-159-174x131.jpeg 174w, https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-159-70x53.jpeg 70w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7699\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tacos @ Chihuahua&#8217;s Mexican Grill<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7701\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7701\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-161.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7701 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-161.jpeg\" alt=\"Cilantro-Lime Rice\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-161.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-161-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-161-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-161-174x131.jpeg 174w, https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-161-70x53.jpeg 70w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7701\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cilantro-Lime Rice<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7700\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7700\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-160.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7700 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-160.jpeg\" alt=\"Chips and Salsa\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-160.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-160-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-160-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-160-174x131.jpeg 174w, https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-160-70x53.jpeg 70w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7700\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chips and Salsa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7702\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7702\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-162.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7702 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-162.jpeg\" alt=\"Spicy Black Beans\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-162.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-162-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-162-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-162-174x131.jpeg 174w, https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-162-70x53.jpeg 70w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7702\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spicy Black Beans<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7703\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7703\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-163.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7703 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-163.jpeg\" alt=\"Jarritos Mango Soda\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-163.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-163-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-163-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-163-174x131.jpeg 174w, https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-163-70x53.jpeg 70w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7703\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jarritos Mango Soda<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Overall<\/h3>\n<p>I was impressed by the trendy bar interior, and I could imagine myself having drinks and \u00a0a good time during happy hour here. But the food was just underwhelming and kind of disappointing actually, especially after seeing the sign of &#8220;Our Mexican food is so authentic, Donald Trump would build a wall around it&#8221;. Are you sure it&#8217;s your food, not the tequila? But anyway, for much better tasty tacos in Downtown, I&#8217;d rather go to La Taqueria or Tacofino.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7696\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7696\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-156.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7696 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-156.jpeg\" alt=\"Chihuahua's Mexican Grill\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-156.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-156-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-156-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-156-174x131.jpeg 174w, https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-156-70x53.jpeg 70w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7696\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chihuahua&#8217;s Mexican Grill<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7697\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7697\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-157.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7697 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-157.jpeg\" alt=\"Chihuahua's Mexican Grill Menu\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-157.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-157-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-157-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-157-174x131.jpeg 174w, https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-157-70x53.jpeg 70w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7697\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chihuahua&#8217;s Mexican Grill Menu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Website:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/chihuahuasmexicangrill.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/chihuahuasmexicangrill.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Menu and more reviews:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View Menu, Reviews, Photos &amp; Information about Chihuahua's Mexican Grill, Downtown and other Restaurants in Metro Vancouver\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zomato.com\/vancouver\/chihuahuas-mexican-grill-downtown\" target=\"_blank\"><img style=\"border: none; width: 200px; height: 146px; padding: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zomato.com\/logo\/16628610\/biglink\" alt=\"Chihuahua's Mexican Grill Menu, Reviews, Photos, Location and Info - Zomato\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Location:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d2602.6052912694804!2d-123.1165246843106!3d49.28387597933145!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x54867178eaabfbdd%3A0xc8454ef727296901!2sChihuahua's+Mexican+Grill!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sca!4v1464130202619\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Our Mexican food is so authentic, Donald Trump would build a wall around it&#8221; I saw this sign in front Chihuahua&#8217;s Mexican Grill on my way to meet up with Pascal for lunch, and I chuckled. Well\u00a0they definitely got my attention. When we found out the new Peaceful Restaurant in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7699,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[107,134,97],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image-159.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7679"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7679"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7679\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7767,"href":"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7679\/revisions\/7767"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}