Name: Red Pepper Taqueria

The brain power wasn't totally drained on the decor.  There was also plenty of food and tequila.  Red Pepper's menu consists of local, organic, all natural food.  Everything is ordered and prepared fresh everyday.  So fresh in fact that they don't even have freezers in the building.  That's always a good sign.  But, was the food good??


Well, it depends on who you ask.  Or maybe just what you order.  I took a few guests with me and the food seemed to be received with mixed results.

Jalapeno queso dip + chips

Once everyone devoured the jalapeno queso dip (everyone agreed that this was good), we placed our orders. I had the Fajita Skillet Trio with chicken, steak, & shrimp; all of which were cooked perfectly and seasoned very well.  One friend ordered the Nachos Ole’ with shrimp which she definitely enjoyed.  The organic-ness of the meal could definitely be detected.  Yet, it was appreciated. 

The Fajita Skillet Trio w/ chicken, steak, and shrimp

Nachos Ole' w/ shrimp

Everyone else ordered some variations of the tacos and quesadillas which seemed to fall flat with the group.  According to them, it wasn't that anything was particularly bad but they'd definitely had better at places like Taqueria del Sol or Cinco.  Oddly enough, the black beans got rave reviews. 

The "El Duo" w/ Chicken + Fish tacos

Fajita quesadilla

The drinks also received kudos.  Red Pepper offers over 100 different tequilas and 98% of the margaritas are handcrafted.  It really doesn’t get much better than that!!!  I ordered The Skinny, one of their most popular margaritas, made with fresh lime juice, Agave nectar, & Herradura Blanco. It was strong but refreshing so it worked perfectly for me.  My friend had the frozen mango margarita and she liked it.  It had to be sent back once because it tasted like straight mango syrup at the bottom of the glass.  But, the second time was the charm.

Frozen mango margarita