Los Nopales

A great little authentic Mexican restaurant in the middle of Riverside I went to the other week is delicious and BYOB. Los Napoles is much bigger than I had first assumed when looking at the place from the outside. We were greeted from all sides when we walked in and the people did seem to get us a table as quickly as possible. We sat in the back and gave the waiter a presseco for him to open, right away you feel a nice calming atmosphere in the restaurant. Its is not loud and on this day it was not crowded, a few of us went there on the weekend before a movie. The food right away was delicious. We started off with some some cheviche. This cheviche was made up of shrimp and tilapia marinated in citrus juices and might have been the best I have had in the city. We then got quesadillas de espinacas, but had them add chicken, which actually turned out to be the special that day. Another successful appetizer down and then time for the main meal. We got Los Nopales Skirt Steak Special, char grilled skirt steak with frijoles borrachos, grilled cactus (los nopolas in spanish) salad, and fresh cheese sprinkled on top. Even though the three of us were splitting the food we actually all got are fair share and more. Obviously on a hungrier day someone could handle more on their own, but the point is they don't give you little tiny portions. I cannot complain at all about any of the food and its BYOB which makes it 10X cheaper than LasPalmas with comparable food. So if you are in the neighborhood, which not to many people are, so if you are just hungry for some good food its worth the drive and even a walk through the snow, there is also parking on the street.