Tuesday, July 5, 2010 - Herrera's Mexican Cafe

Herrera's Mexican Cafe
4001 Maple Ave.
Dallas, Texas 75219
214.528.9644

We had to go on Monday this time instead of Tuesday. Valentina had to work. This is a great "hole in the wall" Tex-mex restaurant, and a Dallas landmark, so to speak. It's another old establishment that doesn't have a website. The building is a little dumpy but the food is fantastic.


Margaritas to start, of course. Valentina orders a swirl. Ok, the margaritas.. not good. They're too sweet, and you can't taste any alcohol.

She's such a tease.. ;)



The salsa is really excellent. Both of us ordered the "Larry" special. Which is one cheese enchilada with chili sauce, one Sour cream chicken enchilada, and one green chili enchilada. OMG, this was cheesy ambrosia of the gods! They might just be beating out Ojeda's here (which is my absolute favorite). I have to order the cheese enchiladas there first to compare. I always get puffed tacos. Next time I'm here though, I'm going to get a whole order of those chili cheese enchiladas and wallow in them.

 The "Larry"



Valentina ordered a side of guacamole, and the waitress recommended she order the guacamole on a tostada instead of the side, because apparently it's the same amount of guacamole and it's about 2 dollars cheaper. Just keep that green sh*t away from me. :)

Guacamole tostada




Ok, this is the funniest picture. Valentina wasn't posing here. She thought I was taking a picture of the plate and this is what she was doing with her silverware while she was waiting on me. She didn't realize she was in the photo. Of course this is a shot I couldn't resist. :)

lol



And Sopapillas for dessert. Oheda's definitely has better sopapillas.

4 out of 5 stars

oh, and this was a big news item a couple years ago...

Mike Herrera, of Dallas restaurant chain Herrera’s, dies at Parkland Hospital

Wednesday, September 24, 2008   

DALLAS — Michael L. "Mike" Herrera, 58, of Dallas Herrera's Restaurants chain, died Saturday at Parkland Hospital, after waiting nearly 19 hours to be seen. 

He came to the emergency room on Friday afternoon because he felt a sharp abdominal pain while golfing -- he had a hernia -- but had no health insurance and wasn't suffering from an urgent injury such as a gunshot wound, so he kept getting bumped back in line. Friends and family came to visit him while he waited. On Saturday morning at 11 a.m., he was on his way to an examination room when he began vomiting and collapsed. Doctors tried to revive him for almost two hours.