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Los Gueros menu
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Restaurant:
Los Gueros
Where: 313 W. Huntington Dr.,
Monrovia
Phone: (626) 358-0200
Reservations: Not necessary
Cocktails: Beer and wine
Service: Tableside wait service
Atmosphere: Casual
Outdoor Dining: Yes
Credit Cards: MC, Visa, American
Express, Debit w/logo
Kid’s Menu: Yes
Senior Discount: No
Food to Go: Yes
Catering Menu: Yes
Price Range: $2.25 - $9.95 |
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Fresh
guacamole is made tableside, the posed shot |
Actually during guac construction |
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Al-bone-dee-gaahs |
Cheese quesadilla |
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Side
of sour cream comes out all pretty, a nice touch |
Chile
relleno and tamale combination plate |
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Camarones a la Diabla |
Bunuelos |
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Flan |
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DOT COM DINING A Look At San
Gabriel Valley Restaurants by SanGabrielValleyMenus.com
Los Gueros Mexican Restaurant in Monrovia STILL Features
Really Good Mexican Food at Really Good Prices
by Bill Coburn
I began writing articles spotlighting restaurants on
the SanGabrielValleyMenus.com website in November of 2003. Shortly after that,
the column was picked up by San Gabriel Valley Weekly, and a year later, another
newspaper began running the column. This week marks the 70th
restaurant spotlight I’ve done, so I decided to check back to the first
restaurant I spotlighted, and take another look at an old favorite.
Los Gueros Restaurant in Monrovia is a small
restaurant, with a large patio dining area. All the indoor seating is in booths,
but they are not stationary booths, they can be adjusted for larger parties.
The first time I wrote about Los Gueros, we were impressed with the delicious
food, the low prices and the attentive, but not hovering, service. We’ve eaten
there several times in between the first spotlight and this one. Not much has
changed in the nearly two years, despite the fact that there has been a
restructuring of the ownership, with former co-owner Danny Castrellon now the
sole owner.
In the nearly two years since I first wrote about
Los Gueros, the prices haven’t changed at all, which is quite unusual. The most
expensive items, Camarones al Mojo de Ajo and Camarones a la Diabla, are just
$9.95. Combination plates (an a la carte item served with rice and beans) range
from single item dishes at $4.95, to two item combos at $5.95 and $6.95, and
three item combos at $7.95.
When we were seated, we were given fresh hot
tortilla chips, with two types of salsa, one a pico de gallo type, the other a
hot salsa. By the time I was on my third chip, I knew that the heat I was
feeling from the salsa was more impressive than in most salsas, and I ordered
one of the Monday night specials to help keep cool. On Mondays, Los Gueros
serves 99 cent Coronas. While we’re on the subject of the nightly specials,
here they are: Tuesdays, kids eat free, Wednesdays you can get 99 cent (wine)
Margaritas, Thursdays feature 99 cent (wine) pina colatas, Friday nights special
is a bucket of Coronitas (small bottle of Corona beer), and on Saturday and
Sunday, there are handmade tortillas served from 7am to 2pm (they say they go
perfectly with menudo).
We also ordered some guacamole, which was made
tableside, with our choice of fresh ingredients. The first time there, we had
declined the tableside guacamole, but this time we accepted and it was quite
good. Even I had some, in fact, quite a bit, and I’m not much of an avocado
fan. But it went well with the hot sauce, and I enjoyed it.
For dinner, Keelan ordered a Quesadilla, Katie had
the Tamale and Chile Relleno combination, and I ordered the albondigas soup and
the Camarones a la Diabla. Keelan enjoyed the Quesadilla, noting that it’s kind
of like the Mexican grilled cheese. Katie was very happy with her combination
plate, noting that the chile relleno was deep fried, making it lighter than
most, and quite enjoyable. The albondigas was a very good sizes serving, with
several large meatballs, vegetables, and a tasty, spicy broth. My Camarones had
seven medium sized shrimp, lots of onions, and a sauce made using the hot salsa
they serve as its base. I don’t think my little bald head has ever sweat so
much as it did that night. Delicious, hot stuff!!
We had flan for dessert, and I think their flan is
one of the best I’ve had. We also tried the bunuelos again, fried flour
tortilla with cinnamon, sugar, strawberry sauce and whipped cream. It too, was
quite tasty
As I said near the beginning of this article, we’ve
eaten at Los Gueros several times, and have always enjoyed our meals. We’ve
tried tacos, enchiladas, carnitas, bean and cheese burritos, and the Camarones
al Mojo de Ajo. The food is consistently good.
You can view the Los Gueros menu at
www.sangabrielvalleymenus.com/losgueros.htm, or go directly to
www.losguerosrestaurant.com. While you’re there, you can print up a coupon good
for a free breakfast, lunch or dinner entrée with purchase of an entrée, up to
$9.00 off your check, or a free tableside guacamole.
Bill Coburn is owner of SanGabrielValleyMenus.com, a restaurant website
featuring more than 150 restaurant menus, as well as downloadable coupons. He
has nearly 20 years experience in the restaurant business, and has been eating
for much longer than that.
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