OMAHAFOOD
Story by: Mystery Reviewer
Photos by minorwhitestudios.com
Owner/General Manager Kevin Fischer
Baja Grill Varied Mexican menu doesn't disappoint
In
December, another new restaurant opened in our fair city—Baja Grill. It’s located just north of West Center Road on South 140th Avenue in the old Prima 140 location. If you’ve ever been in Prima 140, then you have a pretty good idea of what the inside of Baja Grill looks like. (That’s not a knock on the Baja Grill, as Prima 140 was a very handsome restaurant to begin with, featuring quality furnishings and a lovely patio.) A beautiful new sign with the Baja Grill name and logo and some southwestern wall hangings give the restaurant a mini custom update. The food at Baja Grill is described on their website as “Delicious food, inspired and infused with the flavors of Mexico and California.” In my estimation, that’s a pretty accurate description. The menu has some traditional Mexican dishes as well as some creative southwestern dishes, thin-crust pizzas, excellent grilled chicken wings and a good selection of Baja Grill specialties, all of which are priced very inexpensively. In short there is something for everyone, and they’ve done a good job of separating themselves from all of the traditional Mexican restaurants in town. On a recent visit, my dining partners and I tried the Salsa Trio Starter ($3.99). It features a fresh tomato salsa which was good, a roasted green tomatillo salsa which was better, and fresh mango salsa which was our favorite of the bunch. It came with fresh fried corn chips
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may/june | 2011
Baja Grill
2523 S 140th Ave Omaha NE 68144 402-697-7840 www.bajagrillomaha.com Ratings: (out of 5*) Food & Beverage *** Service
***
Ambiance
***
Price
Inexpensive
Overall
***
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