Oh no we didn't. Oh yes we did

Really?  No way.  From the time we came in to St. Augustine there were two places that when asked about the person (both people that work in the business and people visiting) would wrinkle up their nose and shake their head NO.  Not good food.  Service is horrible.  Of course this to us was like if someone said to you "Don't look down" you would.  I wanted tacos.  Bill had them at Mi Casa but said they were kinda dry.  Just like most pub food is down south.  So we went to the mexican restaurant Acapulco.  Of course we were expecting the worst.

It was very dark.  The dining area was upstairs with outside or inside seating.  Everyone ahead of us was outside and fanning themselves.  Silly people.  We chose inside with the air conditioning and ceiling fans.  The menu was ok with your normal options like tacos and burritos.  It had the look of a chain restaurnt.  The service was not bad and our food came out rather quickly.  The plates were pretty large for lunch specials filled with rice and refried beans, a salad like thing with sour cream and guacamole.  OK so far.  Now the taste test.  Um, well it was warm.  My chimichanga was a bit overfried but I just poured the cheese sauce (which was good) over it so I could cut through.  Except for the yummy cheese sauce it was kinda bland.  Bill usually gets a burrito but these were filled with rice so he stayed away from that. He instead had enchilada.  He noted the same thing.  Not much flavor.  Not spicy.  Oh well.  Will we go back?  Probably not.  But it wasn't all that bad.  Really.

Next up was dinner.  We wanted someplace with air conditioning again as the passing storm seemed to make it muggier.  So we walked over to Santa Maria's next door.  We had been their once before and had appetizers.  One yes and one no on them.  The drinks were good. So we would give dinner a try.  The inside dining room was filling up and no one was at the bar, so we decided to sit there.  We got our drinks right away.  Bill had to flag her back down to get menus.  We made our decisions then waited....and waited....and waited.  Good thing we are patient people and don't need to be anywhere, and we had our drinks.  Finally orders were taken and we didn't need to wait too long for the food.  My chicken had an 'Island Sauce'.  Thing was it was so smothered in it I had to scrape a lot of it off to find  the chicken.  My sides were cole slaw, ok, and mashed potatoes.  These were delicious.  I ate them all.  What a shock.  Bill had the clam strips with hush puppies, baked potato and cole slaw.  He said the hush puppies were real good.  Then for the key lime pie called the key lime sunshine pie. Well, he ate most of the inside.  My Irish Coffees were excellent.

So both places on a scale of 1-5. Food: 2 or 3.  Drinks:  5

Today will be much different.  We are becoming real Floridians.

Patti and Bill  :-)