I lived in Arizona, New Mexico, Southern California, and Texas. I only eat at holes in the walls there as they usually make the best. You can verify that with @bigtom13.
You are exactly right in your review. My sister-in-law is from Mexico and makes the best food. Thankfully, she shares her recipes. I love real Mexican food and I never ate Mexican until I moved out there and honestly, it is like eating a different cuisine. :)
I have to say that my house on the Eastern Shore of Virginia (North of Virginia Beach and over the Bridge tunnel to the little peninsula) is close to a large farming community and the migrant worker are all - you guessed it! Mexican, so there are lots of real Mexican restaurants out there! Woo-hoo!~
Tamales are really big at Christmas time and ladies would sell them all over the place in public or you could order dozens and they would deliver them. People went crazy over them!
Great review! Thanks!
RE: Chili Verde Columbus, OH: Feels like the first time