Lee
Austin,#2Consumer Comment
Mon, November 06, 2006
I worked around the block from Vallarta and ate there on a daily basis. I'm as white as they come and I never experienced any form of discrimination. Of the hundreds of meals I've consumed, I never once got sick. I must admit that I ate there during breakfast or lunch and having worked at restaurants I know that showing up around closing time can make a lot of disgruntled employees mad.
Lee
Austin,#3Consumer Comment
Mon, November 06, 2006
I worked around the block from Vallarta and ate there on a daily basis. I'm as white as they come and I never experienced any form of discrimination. Of the hundreds of meals I've consumed, I never once got sick. I must admit that I ate there during breakfast or lunch and having worked at restaurants I know that showing up around closing time can make a lot of disgruntled employees mad.
Helene
Elgin,#4Author of original report
Thu, April 06, 2006
Not too many places are open in Austin, Texas after 10 p.m. since the high tech industry which used to run 24/7 was hit so hard in the 2001 Recession! Plus, we were just too old and tired to drive all over town, all night long looking for a reasonably priced place to eat. The 24/7 restaurants usually want $15 PER entree and we just don't have that kind of money. Gasoline is becoming more and more expensive! It's just that simple. So we had to hope for the best. Since we had done nothing to deserve the insults, we had no idea that they were going to "spike" OUR food! We just don't think like that and we would NEVER do anything like that to another human being. When you have been forced to take a $9 an hour job after having made at least triple and quadruple that per hour during the high -tech boom, even $6.00 can be a very expensive meal. Regardless of what the propaganda says, the Central Texas economy has not returned to what it was before the High-tech Depression... It's all going to India or China or someplace else. I have gone into places that looked much worse and had some of the BEST food this side of Heaven! WITHOUT E.coli. This was DELIBERATELY done! So I have to warn people about this place. Last night I ate at their newest restaurant location like I always do and the food was WONDERFUL as usual there. People who deliberately infect people with E. Coli are RIP-OFFS! They RIP-OFF your money and create hatred, distrust and animosity when there was none before. The SOUTH CONGRESS AVENUE LOCATION of TAQUERIA VALLARTA JALISCO IS A RIP-OFF!
Helene
Elgin,#5Author of original report
Thu, April 06, 2006
Not too many places are open in Austin, Texas after 10 p.m. since the high tech industry which used to run 24/7 was hit so hard in the 2001 Recession! Plus, we were just too old and tired to drive all over town, all night long looking for a reasonably priced place to eat. The 24/7 restaurants usually want $15 PER entree and we just don't have that kind of money. Gasoline is becoming more and more expensive! It's just that simple. So we had to hope for the best. Since we had done nothing to deserve the insults, we had no idea that they were going to "spike" OUR food! We just don't think like that and we would NEVER do anything like that to another human being. When you have been forced to take a $9 an hour job after having made at least triple and quadruple that per hour during the high -tech boom, even $6.00 can be a very expensive meal. Regardless of what the propaganda says, the Central Texas economy has not returned to what it was before the High-tech Depression... It's all going to India or China or someplace else. I have gone into places that looked much worse and had some of the BEST food this side of Heaven! WITHOUT E.coli. This was DELIBERATELY done! So I have to warn people about this place. Last night I ate at their newest restaurant location like I always do and the food was WONDERFUL as usual there. People who deliberately infect people with E. Coli are RIP-OFFS! They RIP-OFF your money and create hatred, distrust and animosity when there was none before. The SOUTH CONGRESS AVENUE LOCATION of TAQUERIA VALLARTA JALISCO IS A RIP-OFF!
Helene
Elgin,#6Author of original report
Thu, April 06, 2006
Not too many places are open in Austin, Texas after 10 p.m. since the high tech industry which used to run 24/7 was hit so hard in the 2001 Recession! Plus, we were just too old and tired to drive all over town, all night long looking for a reasonably priced place to eat. The 24/7 restaurants usually want $15 PER entree and we just don't have that kind of money. Gasoline is becoming more and more expensive! It's just that simple. So we had to hope for the best. Since we had done nothing to deserve the insults, we had no idea that they were going to "spike" OUR food! We just don't think like that and we would NEVER do anything like that to another human being. When you have been forced to take a $9 an hour job after having made at least triple and quadruple that per hour during the high -tech boom, even $6.00 can be a very expensive meal. Regardless of what the propaganda says, the Central Texas economy has not returned to what it was before the High-tech Depression... It's all going to India or China or someplace else. I have gone into places that looked much worse and had some of the BEST food this side of Heaven! WITHOUT E.coli. This was DELIBERATELY done! So I have to warn people about this place. Last night I ate at their newest restaurant location like I always do and the food was WONDERFUL as usual there. People who deliberately infect people with E. Coli are RIP-OFFS! They RIP-OFF your money and create hatred, distrust and animosity when there was none before. The SOUTH CONGRESS AVENUE LOCATION of TAQUERIA VALLARTA JALISCO IS A RIP-OFF!
Helene
Elgin,#7Author of original report
Thu, April 06, 2006
Not too many places are open in Austin, Texas after 10 p.m. since the high tech industry which used to run 24/7 was hit so hard in the 2001 Recession! Plus, we were just too old and tired to drive all over town, all night long looking for a reasonably priced place to eat. The 24/7 restaurants usually want $15 PER entree and we just don't have that kind of money. Gasoline is becoming more and more expensive! It's just that simple. So we had to hope for the best. Since we had done nothing to deserve the insults, we had no idea that they were going to "spike" OUR food! We just don't think like that and we would NEVER do anything like that to another human being. When you have been forced to take a $9 an hour job after having made at least triple and quadruple that per hour during the high -tech boom, even $6.00 can be a very expensive meal. Regardless of what the propaganda says, the Central Texas economy has not returned to what it was before the High-tech Depression... It's all going to India or China or someplace else. I have gone into places that looked much worse and had some of the BEST food this side of Heaven! WITHOUT E.coli. This was DELIBERATELY done! So I have to warn people about this place. Last night I ate at their newest restaurant location like I always do and the food was WONDERFUL as usual there. People who deliberately infect people with E. Coli are RIP-OFFS! They RIP-OFF your money and create hatred, distrust and animosity when there was none before. The SOUTH CONGRESS AVENUE LOCATION of TAQUERIA VALLARTA JALISCO IS A RIP-OFF!
Christine
Racine,#8Consumer Suggestion
Wed, April 05, 2006
If it looked so horrid, why did you stay? By the way, $15 is NOT an expensive meal.
Helene
Elgin,#9Author of original report
Wed, April 05, 2006
I knew the kindly, old man who opened this restaurant and he would NEVER have permitted this to have happened to anyone. He was all about people having fun and sharing Mexican food, music and culture with EVERYONE! I ate at this restaurant for years and the food was always WONDERFUL! African Americans, Native Americans, EVERYBODY who wanted to come in and have something to eat was welcome! Just pure old Mexican hospitality...like I would show anyone who came to my house. I lived in Mexico for many years and this has NEVER, EVER happened to me before in MEXICO or in TEXAS ! Also, there are three restaurants which are in the same family ( I guess, after this incident, I am NOT sure) and I have eaten at the other two with no problems. I ate at one of them the night before I ate here and the food was DELICIOUS! SABOROSO! Like I said, I thought they were laughing at the drunk white guy who was being so loud and obscene and obnoxious... I didn't like him either. So I let it slide. I had no way to know that they meant ALL lighter-complected people and some of the kitchen crew had blue eyes and blonde hair,by the way. Spanish is not that specific... There was hardly anyone in the place. It used to be crowded with family people, all kind of people because ALL people who wanted to come and eat there were welcome-- IT IS JUST GOOD BUSINESS and the original owner was just a very nice, hospitable, elegant traditional guy--a REAL Mexican; beer was drunk responsibly with meals (limit two) and there was some really great mariahi music in the jukebox. NOBODY GOT DRUNK IN THERE! THE COPS DID NOT WAIT ON THE PARKING LOT FOR THE PATRONS TO COME OUT. THE COPS WERE EATING INSIDE TOO --and SMILING.( No beer for them!).It was fun, it was like going to Mexico without leaving Texas and I loved to go there. I like to give Mexican restaurants the benefit of a doubt because I have found that some of the most humble little places have MAGNIFICENT SOUL FOOD and I have to keep touch with my Mexican heritage -- from my dad who was born and raised there. I recommend these undiscovered little places to people and they grow into larger restaurants. This happened to one of my favorite taco stands and they have to have a armored car come by their restaurant twice a day now because of all the people who eat in there. Again, ALL kinds of people because this is how the REAL MEXICANS are! They really care and sick diners are VERY,VERY BAD for business. I guess the old man must have retired or sold his restaurant because it sure isn't like it used to be. Maybe I shouldnt have stayed away from that location for nearly 10 years but the other two restaurants are EXCELLENT --that is, for now. I will continue to add discriminatory, prejudiced business establishments regardless of WHO owns them or WHO they VICTIMIZE because they are a REAL RIP-OFF! They not only rip off anybody stupid enough to eat in there but they RIP OFF their communities, their culture and create HATRED where none existed before. THEY ARE A RIP-OFF KIND OF PLACE! WE PAID FOR WHAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN A DELICIOUS MEAL FROM WHAT USED TO BE A NICE FAMILY RESTAURANT WITH AUTHENTIC, AABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS, CLEAN FOOD! What we got instead was SO SICK WE WERE EFFECTIVELY PUT OUT OF COMMISSION FOR NEARLY FOUR DAYS! THAT WAS A RIP-OFF!
Cyn
Port Orchard,#10Consumer Suggestion
Mon, April 03, 2006
If I had walked in and seen what you described, I would have turned around and walked right out. Why on earth did you stay there and eat?
Cyn
Port Orchard,#11Consumer Suggestion
Mon, April 03, 2006
If I had walked in and seen what you described, I would have turned around and walked right out. Why on earth did you stay there and eat?
Cyn
Port Orchard,#12Consumer Suggestion
Mon, April 03, 2006
If I had walked in and seen what you described, I would have turned around and walked right out. Why on earth did you stay there and eat?
Cyn
Port Orchard,#13Consumer Suggestion
Mon, April 03, 2006
If I had walked in and seen what you described, I would have turned around and walked right out. Why on earth did you stay there and eat?