N U E V O S H O R I Z O N T E S
El Farolito
5
Restaurant Review Maya Martínez Coronado 3o Secundaria
I first arrived at El Farolito Hipódromo Condesa, a
talking to each other instead of paying attention to
popular taco and Mexican food chain restaurant,
the customers. When you would try to get the
at about 3:00 p.m. on a Saturday. This particular
attention of any of them, they would look straight
branch was a twenty minute-walk from my house,
at you and blatantly ignore you.
which made it incredibly convenient to get there. It
After about ten minutes of trying, I was finally
is open from 2:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m., which adds to
able to get my order taken. My order consisted of
its convenience. Since there are branches all over
one jar of lime juice, one taco al pastor, one
Mexico City, you will never have a hard time finding
carnitas taco, one steak taco, and one ribeye taco. I
one to eat at. I was afraid it would be busy,
was surprised at the price of these tacos, since
especially at this hour, but I had no trouble finding a
they were cheap for a restaurant. The price of a
nice spot to sit at.
taco ranged between $40 and $70. Of course,
The restaurant was incredibly loud, not because of people chatting, but because of the two huge
was very affordable.
televisions at full volume outside. One was playing
Thankfully, the food only took about five minutes
inappropriate music videos and the other a football
to arrive at the table. I started drinking my lime
match
juice, which was freshly squeezed from its very
which
made
it
difficult
to
have
a
conversation.
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street food is a lot cheaper, but for a restaurant it
natural, fruity taste. I was pleasantly surprised as
Ordering the food also proved to be a hassle
to the low quantity of sugar the juice had, since it
since the waiter service was incredibly poor. The
can be detrimental to the body and to the taste of
three waiters assigned to the outside area didn’t
the drink. You could taste the small pieces of pulp in
seem to be busy, since they would stand around
the juice, and it was a fine light green color.
