Today we went to a little loncheria where it seemed like you were eating at a Mexican grandma's house.
Hello, again. My dad and I, and sometimes my mom comes along too, have been going out on the town to find some of the best not so popular cheap eats, mostly family-owned, restaurants that we can find. We go out almost every day, finding some new little place, or big place, to tell you about and review the food and prices.
Lots of times driving down Vienna my dad and I have seen a little antique building, with those old, long bricks, that also just happened to have a loncheria sign. So, we decided to finally stop there! The little place is called Loncheria Chetos, and is located on Paseo De La Vienna in Valentín Gómez Farias, and their longitude latitude location is 20.63197108895815, -105.22153690010194. They are open every day from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm.
When we came in, I talked to our waitress and asked her some questions, and though I didn’t even ask about the food yet, I knew this was going to be a great place with amazing food. But, why? Well, because the whole family has a passion for food. Our waitress worked with food, and so did her mom, her grandma, and her great grandma, whom were still all alive. Also, her young daughter is starting to work with food as well. A professional culinary chef with years of experience, though without the passion, can’t make half as good food as someone with a passion.
When we came to the little place it was around 11 am, so they were still serving their super cheap breakfast special, which is eggs of your choice accompanied with chilaquiles and refried beans. And, I mean super cheap!! Cheaper than any other breakfast I’ve reviewed, because it was only 50 pesos, which is somewhere around 2 dollars and 50 cents!! They also have other food items, as well as a comida corrida lunch special that comes with soup, your choice of the main course, and a water of the day, for 70 pesos! That’s about 3 dollars and 50 cents!
I got huevos rancheros and a large water, which was guava, or guayaba in Spanish. The plate of food was huge!! I was expecting something small, yet filling enough, but there was too much food! I couldn’t even finish it! I mean, I got full off of just the beans and chilaquiles, because both were giant portions. And everything was suuuuper good. The chilaquiles had a red sauce on them, and just enough too. Lots of times chilaquiles, when served in small side portions, don’t have enough sauce, but these had plenty! And the sauce was really good too!! The egg was perfectly cooked, and just how I asked, with the white firm and the yoke runny. It also was perfectly seasoned with salt and pepper, and the tomato, onion, and other vegetables on top were really good. It tasted like chunky tomato sauce!
My dad got huevos a la Mexicana, which is eggs with onions, chiles, tomatoes, and a few other veggies. Some huevos a la Mexicana have chorizo or other meats in them, but these didn’t. My dad says the eggs as well as the chilaquiles were really good, and full of flavor, and the beans had great Manteca flavor. Also, they had a lot of cotija cheese on them, which both he and I really enjoyed. We were given a huge bowl of tomato salsa with garlic, onions, and chile, and my dad poured it ALL on top of his plate. My dad says that this place reminds him of something you would get from a Mexican grandma who was cooking for you, and also reminded him of the time when we went on a family vacation to Tehuamixtle. We stayed there for about a week, but after a few days of only eating seafood, we went on a quest to look for anyone who had beef or chicken. Finally we found a yard with chickens, and my dad knocked on the door and asked the lady who answered if he could buy one of her chickens. Her response was “How would you like that cooked?” and told us to come back in a couple hours. And, we did! She had made mole, as my sibling and I said we liked that best, and we had dinner in her house with her family, whom were eating pozole. It was that same home-cooked goodness that we also found at Loncheria Chetos.
Loncheria Chetos is a pretty small place, but it’s really interesting. Like I said before, the building was made out of the really long and kinda thin bricks, which they stopped making a long time ago, so you know the building is really old. Also, when my dad says its like eating at grandma’s house, he quite literally means it, because not only is the food like that, but you can tell from how the building was constructed that it was originally built as a house, not a business.
Loncheria Chetos' Phone Number: 322 159 6631
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And to see the rest of my food reviews go to the Dining Out section here in Vallarta Bay Times.