El Pollo Regio

This place rocks. The food here is a bit more authentic than what you’d find in a typical Tex-​Mex restaurant. The pork tortas are delicious and they have molcajete and other tasty salsas on the salsa bar, along with peppers, pickled onions, etc.
I don’t care if I happen to be the only person in here that doesn’t speak Spanish — I love this place. I need to try other stuff on the menu, but the tortas are so good that I haven’t tried anything else yet after about a dozen visits.

This is one of my favorite places to pick up dinner when I am just too tired to cook.
I always get the whole chicken dinner to go. For $ 15 you get a whole rotisserie chicken cut into 6 pieces, Spanish rice, charro beans, tortillas, a whole grilled onion, red salsa and a creamy green salsa.
The chicken is seasoned with bold spices that you taste throughout the whole chicken, not just the skin. The rice is tasty and the charro beans taste like they are homemade. My favorite salsa is the creamy green one that looks innocent but can pack quite a punch.
They do offer other food options, but it would be like ordering a burger at a seafood restaurant. Although, if you’re thirsty, I recommend grabbing an aqua frescas (fruit or rice infused drinks, similar to lemonade but with a greater variety of fruit).
I don’t feel guilty eating here because nothing is fried and it tastes like a home cooked meal rather than something reheated and highly processed.
I only know about this place because my husband is Mexican, but I think the gringos would really enjoy it if they give it a try.