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Nachoquest: El Salto

Nachoquest: El Salto

A few dozen hours ago or so (this past Saturday) some friends and associates of mine collectively decided that we wanted to eat at a cheap Mexican restaurant that wasn’t like “Chevy’s Fancy” and certainly not “Blue Agave Overpriced” but rather “Cheap and Cheap,” and Brooklyn PARK (sorry Neal)’s El Salto (5513 Ritchie Highway) location was the answer. And so the journey began down Governor Ritchie Highway, where our dreams of $6 enchilada platters awaited … Read entire article »

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Nachoquest: Phoenix Emporium

Nachoquest: Phoenix Emporium

I’ll usually hit up Phoenix Emporium (8049 Main Street, Ellicott City) specifically for their wide selection of bottled beers (“From around the world!”) or maybe a club sandwich on a Sunday, but a few days ago felt that twitchy Nacho Nerve™ twitching again and decided to give the pubbery’s “Super Nachos” a whirl. Running at $9.95 these ‘chos feature tomato, lettuce, cheese, chili and some sort of paprika dusting with sour cream and salsa on … Read entire article »

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Nachoquest: Riptide by the Bay

Nachoquest: Riptide by the Bay

Riptide (1718 Thames St., Fells Point) is an establishment regarded mostly for their seafood, so while peering at the menu the other day I thought to myself “Hmm. Nachos. That isn’t seafood. I’ll order these and eat them with my mouth.” These particular nachos start at $8.95, and with chicken added ($3) can get pretty pricey. They’ve got the lightly salted tortilla chip base covered, and are topped with a chipotle queso sauce, cilantro crema … Read entire article »

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It’s National Nachos Day!!!!

Happy Saturday to you Baltimore, according to the internet, today November the 6th is NATIONAL NACHOS DAY* (and also Sadie Hawkins Day, who gives a shit), a day specifically designed to garner your appreciation for the golden goodness, the meat and salsa slathered, the cheese drenched awesomeness that only a giant plate of nachos can provide. And guess what, over the course of the past two years I’ve eaten an absolute ton of nachos in and around the Baltimore area, to the point that I went ahead and reviewed 13 or so of the finest (and the least finest) places to obtain Nachos in the city. So come along with me, and relive the glory — of NachoQuest. In two flavors! Post form, and Map form. *October 21st is International Day of … Read entire article »

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NachoQuest – Max’s Taphouse

Ever since NachoQuest began some three-ish months ago, people have been telling me over and over and over and over that I ABSOLUTELY NEED TO TRY THE PULLED PORK NACHOS AT MAX’S TAPHOUSE (737 S BROADWAY, FELL’S POINT) BRO, THEY’RE THE TITS BRAH, OMG OMG OMG. And for a while, I was pretty excited about doing it, too. They come with salsa, cheese, jalapenos, sour cream and onions AND your choice of chili or pulled pork. The kicker, unfortunately was that according to the website they’re $11 and there was no way I was going to eat them alone. So, after a million weeks of not eating the nachos at Max’s I finally grabbed a few of my friends and we were off. And then we were kicked in the balls by … Read entire article »

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