Mi Tierra- Woodinville, WA

To correspond with my recent obsession with Groupon, I decided to include our outings on this food blog.  I mean, it's only appropriate right?  No one cooks something new every single night.  Typically on Fridays, Tim and I like to go to an early dinner to celebrate the weekend.  We both close up shop around 3:30, so happy hour is a must.  Also, Tim has this fascination with Mexican Family Restaurants.  It's definitely endearing.  It all started with his love for El Burro in San Jose.  To be honest, nothing has been able to stack up...but we try.  Onto last night. 

We decided to hit up Mi Tierra since we just moved to a new area outside of Woodinville, WA.  Since we have only been here a year, we find most of our fun stuff to do off Yelp and from recommendations from friends...well and of course Groupon.  It's amazing how many resources are out there if you own a smartphone.  This place is right up Tim's alley, so we gave it a shot.  When trying a new Mexican restaurant, I always get the same thing to get a read on the place.  Margarita on the rocks with salt, and Chile Colorado.  I feel like those are the two typical Mexican items in where you can't go wrong really. 

Well- let me first start with the margarita.  Nothing special, more average.  It wasn't huge, it wasn't expensive, it wasn't overly saturated with alcohol.  Skip it.  I did take a photo though, so here it is. 

Tim always entices me with happy hour, and then gets a coke.  He's such a good boy.  Me on the other hand...hey it's Friday...time for a drink.  It's almost 5 o'clock right?  The chips and salsa (which I should have snapped a picture) was amazing, and my favorite part of the night.  Yum.

Next came time for dinner, and it came quickly.  I do have to say this place is pretty cute.  There is a bar area on the other side completely separated from the restaurant, and the eating area is a nice size.  It wasn't one of those big drafty Mexican restaurants with way too much seating.  There was a good amount of people in there too.  The food arrived very fast, and I was excited to try.  It was about 13 bucks for a huge plate of chile colorado, that I could easily take home and make three more meals out of which was nice.  Well, I'm sad to say it wasn't that tasty.  Usually this dish is bursting with flavor...but this one missed the mark. I only had two bites, not because it wasn't edible...it totally was...it just wasn't worth the calories to me.  If I am going to eat something that fatty, I want it to be amazing. 

So if you are tooling around Woodinville and get a hankering for Mexican food...I'd say skip this place.  It's inexpensive and has great salsa, but the margaritas and food just don't measure up.  Thanks ya'll.

MGD