My wife found this place and she recently persuaded me to give it a try. It was fairly small with about 10-15 tables but it was clean and the staff was friendly. It is family owned. Service was quick and the food came out hot. They serve cervesa and Margaritas... I found the food delicious and it came in large portions. The other customers appeared to be locals who frequent this establishment often.
Please give it a try if you havent yet or let me know what your experience has been.
La Fiesta at 803 Edgewood Ave S.
Always looking for a new place to try, thanks for the tip
Ive had several people recommend this place to me and I have still not gone. Ill have to make a point to.
Im still scared to, but maybe I can be convinced. ???
Outstanding! I await your review with... antici...pation...! :D
Quote from: The Compound on March 16, 2009, 02:48:26 PM
Im still scared to, but maybe I can be convinced. ???
Ya, +1
This place is sure not eye candy. A rented space in a 1960's mini-mall, off the intersection of College and Edgewood. Back when I had my house in Murray Hill, it used to be Sandwich Heaven...
Maybe it's one of those places where the food is still fantastic though. I will try it out.
I have eaten there for several months, but I have also seen some of the comments on here about atmosphere and have been reluctant to comment.
The owner constantly scans the dining area and is visually pleased if he sees you enjoying your food.
Service is excellent and IMO the food is better than La Nop. Hey if your red sauce is better...
The taco salad is huge and in a tortilla bowl. I appreciated when you get an entre they seemed to throw extra meat (or whatever your filling is) around your main portion...Nice touch and generous portions.(fair ala cart prices also..)
The locals will be waiting to hurt me now for revealing it.. :-X
I always see it when I'm leaving the BofA parking lot. I need to give it a try.
Quote from: Ernest Street on March 16, 2009, 04:29:43 PM
I have eaten there for several months, but I have also seen some of the comments on here about atmosphere and have been reluctant to comment.
The owner constantly scans the dining area and is visually pleased if he sees you enjoying your food.
Service is excellent and IMO the food is better than La Nop. Hey if your red sauce is better...
The taco salad is huge and in a tortilla bowl. I appreciated when you get an entre they seemed to throw extra meat (or whatever your filling is) around your main portion...Nice touch and generous portions.(fair ala cart prices also..)
The locals will be waiting to hurt me now for revealing it.. :-X
Thanks for the review! Sounds right up my alley...I love some good mex. I will definitely be trying it out.
I'm formerly from NM and AZ, so am a little picky about my Mexican restaurants. But La Fiesta is definately worth the visit. Have eaten there a number of times--food is well prepared, service enthusiastic, and prices are very reasonable. And it's totally CLEAN! The menu is a cut above the usual burrito-taco-chimi kind of place. Beer good value too.
perhaps when the City has more money to continue the revitalization project, they can expand the sidewalk and allow for outdoor seating. Hard to eat Mexican only inside on a great spring day.
La Fiesta es muy bueno! Seriously good and unusually clean. Please keep these folks in business it is the best Mexican in town.
This place is good. You have to respect a place where the staff is sweating when they take your order. They are busting butt and the food is great.
Quote from: Ron Mexico on March 20, 2009, 10:47:16 PM
This place is good. You have to respect a place where the staff is sweating when they take your order. They are busting butt and the food is great.
Ew. Was the AC broke?
Quote from: The Compound on March 16, 2009, 02:48:26 PM
Im still scared to, but maybe I can be convinced. ???
It's not bad at all...and you'll probably appreciate the menu with all of the photostock copyrighted images...so they all have the x's on them.
Quote from: JoeMerchant on March 24, 2009, 11:32:18 AM
Quote from: The Compound on March 16, 2009, 02:48:26 PM
Im still scared to, but maybe I can be convinced. ???
It's not bad at all...and you'll probably appreciate the menu with all of the photostock copyrighted images...so they all have the x's on them.
AH haha, now Im DEFINATELY going just to see that. That is awesome, sounds like maybe they could use my services.
Its confirmed, we are going tomorrow night and we will have a full review WITH PICS by the end of the week!
Quote from: jacksonvilleconfidential on March 24, 2009, 01:10:27 PM
Its confirmed, we are going tomorrow night and we will have a full review WITH PICS by the end of the week!
Uh oh...no dogs in this pic I hope...
Yes we went tonite. The full review should be up by tomorrow or fri. No pooping dogs or dumpsters in this review. ;D
Just a preliminary comment before I post the review today or tomorrow. YUM!
We went to Cinco De Mayo last night, and La Fiesta is head and shoulders above them in every way, except for the view.
And what did you guys think of the menus at La Fiesta?
The menus were amusing, they must not know the meaning of a copywrite.
The review is in... If ya like mexican you need to check it out... :)
http://www.jacksonvilleconfidential.com/
Sucks that they are closing we liked this joint:
http://www.jacksonvilleconfidential.com/2009/05/la-fiesta-is-closing.html
That stinks, we loved it! :(
UGH!!!! That sucks!
That sucks, this place was really good. :'(
They weren't open that long. I wonder what happened?
Only 2 months? Man thats bad.
They were open a lot longer than 2 months I think, it just seems like they were discovered a couple months ago. Too bad they couldnt hold out a little longer.
That place was open longer than 2 months, its probably been 1.5 years.