It is always a good sign when you see ex-pats eating at their own ethnic joints... but does it really matter when it's a fast food chain joint? Hells yeah!
I have yet to see a real life Mexican eat at Toxic Hell... let alone work there!!! But at E.P.L., the cooks, other staff members and customers are all Latinos... except the owners and managers whom are the "corporate types". Well, mebbe this shiny and new location on Buford Hwy and Clairmont have something to do wit it... along with the cowboy hats and boots. Nothing sez la familia fun times than a feast here of grilled pollo and corn tortillas... and then hitting the rides in the parking lot carnival over at La Fiesta Plaza. Just make sure the security bar is locked in place or else you'll be hot chicken asphalt!
The grilled chicken is actually very tasty, tender meat inside and crispy skin outside. There is only a hint of the citrus-marinade. The corn tortillas are tastier than the flour torts and both comes out nice and toasty. But if you add too much salsa and hot sauce, you'll get a sloppy pink taco... and no one likes that in their mouth.
The crispy tacos are not your crappy cardboard shells you find in a Ortega Taco Dinner in a box. It's hot, crispy and bubbly filled with pollo and cheez. Not bad for a chain.
The sides are a mix of Mexican and American filler. Mexi rice, mac n cheez, corn, mash taters, refried/ black beanz and steam vegs. Let's just say they do the job in making your belly a perfect resting spot for your hard hat before heading over to the construction site next door.
Is the chicken here really that crazy good? No, but it's better than a plate of mad cow.
Cock a doodle...
DOO.
3979 Buford Hwy
Chamblee, GA 30341 (404) 320-3355
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