La Salsa: Eat Mexican Food.

(As published by the Fairfield Weekly, November 29, 2007)

Stop eating your leftovers! The turkey is shot, the cranberry sauce has turned to slop-juice and no amount of salt will cover the taste of the mold now caking your potatoes. But that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy some comfort food. I recommend La Salsa Fresh Mexican Grill (580 Post Rd Fairfield; 203-256-8800). Can I do that? Recommend Mexican food in place of Thanksgiving leftovers? Of course. Just as with Thanksgiving, at La Salsa you can fill yourself to the point of self-disgust (and usually for under $10). Start with a Grande Burrito or a pair of shrimp tacos; those are my faves. If you’ve recovering alcoholics at the family table—hey, La Salsa doesn’t serve booze. No margaritas, no Dos Equis, but maybe you’ve realized that the only reason other Mexican joints sell booze is to hide the nasty flavors they pack into their chicken chimichangas. La Salsa has no such ass-nastiness. They heavily advertise their use of only “real chicken” (as opposed to…meow?), high-quality steak, fresh vegetables and no microwaves. The fried-chicken taquitos are delicious and most meals are served with a heap of rice-n-beans. Get the #2 special if you’re real hungry—a quesadilla, two taquitos, rice-n-beans-n-chips-n-salsa. Take-out’s available but if you can brave the tiny parking lot, push your way into the salsa bar for spicy or sweet takes on the recipe—not to mention a fine spread of onions, jalapenos, cilantro, etc.