Months ago, I was at an event at the Taubman Museum of Art in Roanoke, VA for an opening of a new early nature photography exhibit with my girlfriend. After we had taken in the exhibit, we were hungry and we walked to a nearby Mexican restaurant we had seen walking in that we had noticed was already crowded at 5:30 called Alejandro’s Mexican Grill. After a bit of a wait, we finally got a table for 2 in the crowded little space.
Perusing the menu, I could tell this was a step above the average strip-mall Mexican joint (not that I don’t love those places!). The food had more high-end ingredients than the usual beans-rice-tortilla-ground-beef-shredded-chicken. They also featured a salsa bar that had some unique and interesting, not to mention delicious, salsas. We ordered and received our food, enormous portions of well-cooked and seasoned dishes. Allison had the quesadilla del mar, a gigantic portion of tortilla-wrapped scallops, shrimp, and fajitas vegetables; I had the burrito croqueta, a massive cheese-covered chicken fajita burrito with rice and beans. Everything was delicious, and only modestly pricier than a Speedy Gonzalez.
Fast forward six months or so, and one of my coworkers starts talking about a new Mexican place in the dirt mall at the end of my road. Turns out, Alejandro’s has opened a new location in Christiansburg to complement their two locations in Roanoke! Naturally, I felt obliged to try it immediately; luckily, Allison had just come into town, and it was therefore a special occasion. The new location is much larger than the location in downtown Roanoke, and we got seats immediately. Otherwise, everything was more or less the same. Needless to say, you will probably see me there pretty frequently. If you haven’t tried it yet, make sure you try Alejandro’s as soon as possible.
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