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Author Message   Ink Citizen Username: Pageturner Post Number: 103 Registered: 2-2005 Posted on Sunday, May 7, 2006 - 7:38 pm:        Wow! I am a happy person today. There is this Mexican restaurant about a mile and a half from my house; every time I have driven, walked, or cycled past it in the past 3 1/2 years, I have thought Hm, that looks like a nice place, I should check it out. But whenever I have not been outside it, a general cynicism about the possibility of finding good Mexican food in Essex County has prevented me from following up on it. Well lately I've been really craving Mexican food, and today I had no plans for lunch; so I rode over there. I go inside and my longstanding sense of it seeming like a nice place is magnified -- good smells, good music, the people who are eating look happy -- I ordered sopes de pollo and torta de lengua (not wanting to gamble yet on the quality of the tortillas, I did not order tacos) to go, and rode home with high expectations and a bag of food bumping against my front wheel. And, well, the food lived up to my expectations. The sopes are just great, really hit the spot. The counter woman misheard me and gave me tacos de lengua instead of torta -- but that turned out to be ok because the tortillas are fresh and delicious! And the lengua was heavenly. Based on this lunch it's about on the level of the better places in Corona, Queens. (I don't know Mexican cuisines by name but this was quite similar to the cuisine offered by the places on Roosevelt Ave -- maybe someone who knows will clue me in to the name of that cuisine.) Take Scotland Rd. towards Orange, go over Central Ave., a few blocks down on your right, before the overpass. The address is 154 Scotland Rd.   Nohero Supporter Username: Nohero Post Number: 5367 Registered: 10-1999 Posted on Sunday, May 7, 2006 - 9:21 pm:        Is it the building with the red, white and green paint job? I thought that looked interesting, also. Thanks for the review!   Ink Citizen Username: Pageturner Post Number: 104 Registered: 2-2005 Posted on Sunday, May 7, 2006 - 9:58 pm:        yes, that's the place.