Our chips and salsa were delicious. I love the big fried flour tortilla chips that were served with a very hearty salsa.
Chips
Salsa
Cindi ordered the Seafood Enchiladas – two enchiladas filled with seasoned shrimp, scallops…covered with a Mexican cheese sauce.
Seafood Enchilada
I ordered the
Super Taquitos – three long-rolled machaca tacos, with sour cream and
cotija cheese. Served with guacamole and
a green chili sauce.
Super Taquitos
Both meals were served with rice and beans.
Dessert: Tres
Leche Cake…a huge piece that was moist and delicious....with whipped cream and a strawberry on top. It was served with ice cream and sauce. I really like it. "Three milks cake" in Spanish. I have made this cake many times. It is very easy to make.
Tres Leche Cake
I enjoyed my meal because I haven’t had this type of
taquito in years. They reminded me of
the taquitos we always ordered at Juanita’s on Olvera Street in Los Angeles in
the late 60s and early 70s.
The food wasn’t great Mexican food but I enjoyed the
building’s history and the comfortable setting.
Aunt
Chiladas Squaw Peak
7330 N.
Dreamy Draw Drive
Phoenix,
AZ 85020
(602) 944-1286
Hours: Monday -Thursday 3:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m
Friday – Sunday 10:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m.
www.auntchiladas.com
“In the early 1890s, shortly after the reluctant
surrender of Geronimo in Skeleton Canyon, Arizona was still an untamed
territory and what is now Aunt Chiladas
Dining Room was the general store for the laborers who worked the Rio Rico
Mines. The mines, quite unintentionally, gave this area its name. The men would
emerge from a long day in the mines somewhat intoxicated and dreamy-eyed from
the Mercury fumes. And as they walked the road to the general store, people
were heard to remark, ‘The men are back from The Dreamy Draw.’ ”
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Taken from the history of the building and
the restaurant’s website
Fare:
Sonoran-style Mexican food $-$$