Los Mezcales Family Mexican: The Real Deal on Preston
Los Mezcales Family Mexican Restaurant, on Preston Highway in Louisville, is the real deal. You know Los Mexcales is the real deal from the tasty breakfasts — huevos fried or scrambled with tortillas, rice, beans and other south-of-the-border sides. You know it from the enormous $4.99 burritos, the $8.25 marinated chicken pollo a la plancha and the shrimp specials like spicy camarones a la diabla, $9.50.
And you know it from the overhead TVs — each tuned to a Spanish-language talk show, soap opera or other Hispanic-oriented entertainment.
As befits a family restaurant, the interior is simple and comfortable. There are no velvet paintings of bullfighters or recorded mariachi bands that give some restaurants a cheesy feel.
The only cheese at Los Mezcales is in dishes such as the nachos dip, $3,50, and the beef or chicken enchiladas verdes, $8.25, served with tortilla, salsa, rice, beans and salad topped with pico de gallo and sour cream.
Served all day, breakfast includes the $5.99 Huevos Ranchero — fried eggs with corn tortillas on the bottom and ranchera salsa on top. Like many of the dishes, it comes with corn- or wheat-flour tortillas.
You can also get your eggs con chorizo, with a pork sausage, or a la Mexicana, scrambled with tomato, onions and jalapeño — both $5.99. Several other similarly priced egg dishes fill out the breakfast menu.
Lunch and dinner offerings include the Carne Asada, roasted beef topped with sautéed onions, rice, beans and salad; Bistek Ranchero, steak with Ranchera salsa and sides, Milanesa pollo o res, chicken or beef breaded and pan-fried with sides. Each is $8.25.
Service is quick and friendly at Los Mezcales, which is open from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily.
Posted on Jan 25, 2011 by Ivonne Rovira
