Margaritas Lexington

To celebrate National Taco Day, Margaritas Mexican Restaurants restaurants will once again offer the Taco Gigante Challenge throughout the month of October. Finish it, and you will get a spot on the wall.

Yes, this was the kind of day we are having. No left turn here, so you have to go all the way to the next exit to turn around.

I really like the thin and crispy (cold) chip that comes with a surprisingly tasty salsa. Of course you get the rolled up silverware. Don't they realize how tacky this is?

The inside is very pleasant. All the furniture and decorations are imported from Mexico.

So what is the Taco Gigante? The Taco Gigante ($12.99) is a mammoth, 12-inch, 2 pound Taco filled to the brim with lettuce, refried beans, rice, ground beef, chicken, carnitas, cheese, salsa fresca, bacon, queso, hacienda sauce, picante sauce, crema and pickled jalapeños. Hold the crema. The shell is made of the same thing that you get your taco salad served in. It was light and crisp. I started at one end and first encountered ground beef (bland) followed by chicken (very good). This got me halfway in, the rest were leftovers. I tried the carnitas, and they were tasty. This wasn't bad at all, rice was OK, beans were tasty, and there was just a small amount of lettuce on the bottom. If they do this next year, I'm going on NTD, since if you order one then, you get a voucher for another one. I'm pretty happy with the food from Margaritas, one of the few places that serve a properly cleaned and cooked Chile Relleno.