casa perico mexican grille

the fajita nachos were spot on! fresh ingredients, and nice thick chips (almost tostada-like) which allowed for an excellent delivery system for the piled-high refried beans, pico de gallo, cheese, and little strips of lots of fajita meat. i think it was nachos de fajitas supreme, but don't hold me to it. and while the complimentary salsa and cheese sauce were lacking in balance and flavor (yuck!), the other salsas we asked for were very goooood, spicy, perfectly salted, etc. try the salsa verde or hot skillet of spicy salsa.

while i didn't try them, my friend got borracho beans and steamed corn in place of the obligatory refried beans and rice that so many places serve. grilled veggies was another option! that and the menudo on the menu was enough for me to want to comebackand try more.

let's talk drink special - we had the mangonadas. while they were a little sweet for my taste, i think a lot of you would like them. like a frozen mango margarita, it was sweet, sour and spicy all in one. served with a tamarind stick (spicy!), it also had some chamoy (a red savory sauce swirled in, providing a sweet and sour aspect to this wonderfully fruity drink)

amazing tex-mex. absolutely delicious! we were already talking about comingbackbefore we were done eating. the refried beans are like nowhere else. they have an excellent hot salsa as well. i had the lunch fajitas and my wife had the ground beef taco salad, both were fresh and perfect. highly recommend

gone downhill. service was good. food totally sucked. salsa tasted awful, that's a good indicator for the rest of the meal. they have scaledbacktheir menu quite a bit and ingredients are out of a can. these good indicators that business is circirling the drain. hopefully the next owner in about 6 months will be more successful.

disappointing 63rd & meridian. what happened to the cp i used to love? guac, tortilla soup, taco salad were very blah - why should i gobackagain?
server was nice.

great food !!!. i went there with a friend, food was very good ,service was great ! ready to goback!!!

service issues. this place has been a longtime favorite of mine and my family's, but the last few visits have been not so good. the food is still pretty good, and the new menu looks nice and everything, but the service doesn't match up. service is often more important to me. may give them another chance.


-----13 nov, 2011-----

un pequeño problema. i've raved about casa perico to my facebook friends and anyone who will listen and i've been a faithful customer.

but today i feel slightly cheated. i ordered tacos pioneros ($9.99 menu price) and was asked if i wanted chicken or beef. i said "beef." seems simple enough.

upon receiving my dish, i noticed the tacos were different, not the shredded, stewed beef i've had in the past, but chopped this time. i didn't think much of it until my check arrived and was much higher than expected. i was charged $11.49 for the tacos pioneros. my first reaction was not that i had been wronged, but that maybe the restaurant was raising prices and the menus were not yet reflecting the prices - innocent enough, i thought.

so when i asked if the menus were out of date, and pursued the issue with my server, i was told that i had ordered something extra. and when i expressed confusion and irritation, the response was sheepish smiling. excuse me, but are we pretending to have a language barrier in order to pad the customer's bill? i really hope not. because i know what i ordered. if you are going to charge more than the menu price, you need to communicate that to the customer and that will probably save you from reviews like this one.

it will be a while before i'mbackguys.