Bigotes Street Tacos (Sports Bar)

Their original location at London Way closed awhile ago, and they have just opened a sports bar in the former Jack In The Box at Rayford and Kuykendahl that has inherited the review history. We came in for a family meal to see what's new. We got their taco special, the huevos rancheros with chorizo (breakfast all day) and the sopes (barbacoa and carnitas). We led off with a spiral potato and finished with the churros, filled with Bavarian cream.

I would say my favorite item was the spiral potato. It's a potato cut in a thin spiral and skewered, then deep fat fried and covered with cheese, bacon bits and ketchup. The thin spiral cut makes it eat like fresh-made potato chips, which I love. I can absolutely recommend this.

Bigotes' food is usually very mild--no spice at all. That is still mostly the case, though the chorizo on the huevos rancheros did bring some heat. You have to add sauce to get any flavor. I am not so much a fan of this, but if you need your Tex-Mex mild (and I know some do) then this place is a decent choice.

The huevos rancheros was a generous portion, and was pretty spicy with good flavor--see the note above. The street tacos were fine--tender beef and the toppings were good, but very mild in line with most Bigotes food. The sopes were an interesting choice--the meat and toppings (cheese and sour cream) are piled high on a thick corn base. They hold together quite well so you can pick them up. The meats were tender but needed sauce for flavor. The sopes were very dense but crunchy. Overall kind of a gut bomb but OK.

The churros were pretty standard, a bit on the heavy, chewy side. The cream filling was nice.

Little things keep me from giving a higher review. They did not have coffee to accompany the breakfast items. The server was friendly and helpful but the food was slow to arrive, so the evening dragged a bit. Our dessert order got dropped for awhile, further slowing things. We got an apology but that's it.

The restrooms were cleverly decorated. Not in perfect condition but it was a Saturday night. TVs line the entire inside, so it does live up to its name as a sports bar. Overall would not be my first choice but it's OK, and delivers what Bigotes has delivered for a long time.

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