The Best of the Best
Do you ever crave some real authentic Mexican food that
keeps you coming back for more? The Chile Pepper is a local business opened
in
1954 by the Gutierrez family and still being ran by the same family for 61
years. Chile Pepper has become a place that people from Yuma come back to even
after they have moved away. They have also become a top 10 burrito in many
articles including the Daily Meal where it is ranked #8 and Fox news ranks it a
top burrito in America. It is open from 7am to 8pm Monday-Saturday and serve
breakfast, lunch and dinner. You can call in and pick up your order to take
home or they have the dine in setting.
in
1954 by the Gutierrez family and still being ran by the same family for 61
years. Chile Pepper has become a place that people from Yuma come back to even
after they have moved away. They have also become a top 10 burrito in many
articles including the Daily Meal where it is ranked #8 and Fox news ranks it a
top burrito in America. It is open from 7am to 8pm Monday-Saturday and serve
breakfast, lunch and dinner. You can call in and pick up your order to take
home or they have the dine in setting.
As you walk into the newly renovated restaurant you see all
the Hispanic décor that was made specifically for the restaurant and the old sign from one of their other
restaurants La Casa Gutierrez. The walls are a beige color and there are
different pieces of furniture with items that have been made for the restaurant
and also chile pepper shirts you can buy. The staff are all very friendly and talking
with the customers as if they were old friends. I smell a wonderful scent that
I can only describe as the mixture of beans and meat cooking in the back. I
finish looking at the menu that doesn’t seem to have lots to choose from but
the staff is welcome to any questions you have and give recommendations on what
to get. To get the full taste of the
food they offer we ordered the award winning bean and cheese, the cheese
tortilla, rolled tacos, machaca burrito, and a tall glass of horchata.
on what
to get. To get the full taste of the
food they offer we ordered the award winning bean and cheese, the cheese
tortilla, rolled tacos, machaca burrito, and a tall glass of horchata.
As we get the food you can tell it is not really a
restaurant but a nicer fast food place. Our food is handed to us on a tray like
the ones from school. Everything is wrapped up and on the tray with no plates.
I tried the bean and cheese burrito first and can see why it is voted so
highly. You can taste that the tortillas are made fresh and the beans are
smooth and taste amazing with the mixture of the cheese. Next was the machaca
burrito, the taste of the meat was good but one thing that I was put off by was
that the juices make the tortilla soggy and makes a mess. The cheese tortilla
was delicious it had a good amount of cheese and you could taste the butter on
the outside and of course the homemade
tortilla. The rolled tacos tasted homemade as well and were very crunchy. With
all of the food you have their homemade salsa. It is not a chunky salsa and is
what I consider to medium spiciness. The
horchata is a weird drink that’s made of rice milk, to me its tastes like sweet
cinnamon milk. Not a good combination in my opinion with the food and hot
sauce, but again something good that this restaurant serves
Esmeralda was sitting
at the table next to me and said that her family eats here at least once a week
sometimes more. She was having rolled
tacos and a machaca burrito, which she said “is the one of best places in town
for the machaca”. Her husband, Albert, was eating Red Chile dinner with a
cheese tortilla. He said” the red chile reminds of his grandmas food”.
At the table on the other side of me I overheard a gentleman
talking to his family. Jim said he was visiting from out of town but used to
live here. He said that they are in town for a week and are leaving tomorrow
but they have ate there four times during their trip. He has his family that
lives in town freeze the bean and cheese burritos and ship them to him every
couple of months. He said” It is hard to find authentic Mexican food like
this.”
Overall I think that The chile pepper is a great place to
eat if you are wanting real authentic Mexican food. I enjoyed all of their food
and can’t wait to come back and continue
trying more of the delicious food. I think on my next trip I will get the red
chile dinner and maybe even a tostada.
trying more of the delicious food. I think on my next trip I will get the red
chile dinner and maybe even a tostada.
Works sited
Esmeralda, interview June 2015
Alberto, interview June 2015
Jim, interview June 2015
