Hot Dogs & Tacos

This restaurant sits next to the frontage road on U.S. 83 in Mission, TX.  It is just outside the RV park where we stay during the winter.

It's not the kind of place I would normally frequent, but friends insisted the food was very good so I went with them for dinner.

It would be difficult for me to describe the appearance of the interior  with words that would adequately create a visual image of  the place.

The nylon screen immediately to the right of Jim barely separates diners from the noisy highway and parking lot.  The ambiance is "intense expressway al fresco."  To the left of the waitress, on the wall, is the menu and a window to the cooking area.

Inside the dining area at the front of the kitchen is a hand washing station and a hitch that identifies the establishment as a former concession trailer.  It  has been, more or less,  permanently emplaced in its present location.

I ordered the Pirata, which is ground pork on flour tortillas with a white Mexican cheese.  Served with a Mexican apple soda, they were absolutely delicious.

Jenna recommended this roadside bistro.  She is a native of Illinois who now teaches elementary school in Hidalgo County and adult English classes in Mexico.  She speaks fluent Spanish and has become very familiar with  the local customs.  I'll never again question her choice of restaurants.