This place was once called El Tucan and it seems this place has been around for a few years. Owensboro is my hometown, & while I moved away five years ago, I’m in town often. We were visiting some friends who suggested this place. They were fans so we have it a try. We dined on a Saturday night around 6:30pm. The restaurant is located off Frederica, in a strip mall that doesn’t face Frederica, so it’s hard to see from the main thoroughfare. The parking lot a pretty packed, but it wasn’t too busy inside the restaurant. We were told to sit where ever, so we picked a booth. The place is pretty much two aisles with tables on both sides, a half wall dividing the aisles with different Tucan figurines. The chips were brought to our table with the menus. The salsa was great, it was kind of runny, but had chunks of tomatoes, onions and cilantro. Some places will give you salsa that is like a runny version of ketchup, this isn’t one of those places. The chips are different from any Mexican place in Owensboro(well, Real Hacienda, that place on Parrish & that place in front of the old Walmart). The chips are thin, like cantina chips. They were warm & crisp. I loved the chips & salsa. The menu has a bunch of options & everything looks like it’s priced pretty well. I was going to get the quesadilla with shrimp, but I asked the server if the shrimp had it’s tails on in the quesadilla and he said it did. I don’t like to work that much, so I picked the burrito California with grilled chicken for $ 7.99. I also ordered a regular, lime margarita, large for $ 7.99. We got our food about ten minutes later. The presentation wasn’t much on the burrito. Just a large burrito on a plate. It was a nice size for the price of 8 bucks. The size of the margarita was good for 8 bucks also. Was it the best margarita ever? No. It was your average mix, sweet and sour. I liked the burrito, but the chicken in the burrito was overcooked it my opinion, it was overly chewy. Everyone else at the table seemed to enjoy their food. We were done and waited about 15 – 20 minutes for the check. We finally just got up from the table and went to the front counter. The hostess there was friendly and rang us up. Our server was very absent during dinner. This is the best Mexican place in Owensboro? No, but it’s not the worst(that would be El Terrible).
