Gringo Vibes Mexican Cantina

February 19, 2011

Cindy as well as I were at a loose terminate inwards Thornbury next Women of Letters as well as decided we'd only wander dorsum along High Street until nosotros came across somewhere nosotros felt similar eating. I had a vague sentiment that at that spot was a newish Mexican house upwardly at that spot somewhere as well as when nosotros ran into Gringo Vibes as well as saw that they offered veggie chicken equally a filling our determination was made.

Queen Vic Night markets as well as the Hispanic Festival. I'm non quite certain when they opened their ain permanent cafe space, but they've done a prissy chore of making it cheerful as well as inviting. It's all really casual, as well as they create a decent amount of takeaway equally well. The bill of fare is a fleck to a greater extent than various than their mobile offerings - at that spot are burritos, enchiladas, tacos as well as quesadillas along alongside a gain of sides as well as some nacho-related options. Most of the veggie options are cheesy, but enough are vegan-adaptable, although I'm non certain whether there's genuinely vegan cheese involved or if they only supervene upon it alongside guacamole or something. There are too a fair break of gluten-free offerings.

Cindy had a powerful mock-meat craving, then she ordered the veggie chicken quesadillas ($14, served alongside rice, beans, salsa, sour cream as well as guacamole).

This is a prissy colourful dish - the gain of sides lifting it from its potentially cheese-heavy glugginess. The mock-chicken was a pretty first-class sentiment - I mean value this is the exclusively house inwards town offering mock-meat Mexican, but equally far equally I'm concerned it's an sentiment good worth exploring further.

I decided to stick alongside something beanier though, going alongside a refried edible bean burrito (they too create a black-bean one), which came stuffed alongside beans, cheese, rice, lettuce, salsa as well as sour cream alongside a side of house-made corn-chips ($12). We too ordered a spare guacamole to portion only about ($3) - it was a fleck smoother than my ideal guac, but did a prissy chore of soothing my oral cavity when I got carried away alongside the hot sauce.

elsewhere - this is heavy on the mush. Which I form of liked - beans as well as rice inwards detail are pretty sure-fire burrito fillings, as well as at $12 this was a massive as well as filling treat.

Gringo's version of Mexican nutrient is cheap, veg-friendly as well as plentiful. Throw inwards friendly staff, a prissy casual venue (that's licensed!) as well as a place on a fairly dead department of High Street as well as it's tardily to imagine them doing a roaring trade. It's in all probability non the form of nutrient you'd locomote specially for but if you're inwards the neighbourhood, you'd last good advised to banking concern represent it out.

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Gringo Vibes Mexican Cantina
489 High Street, Northcote
9013 8543
veg mains $11-$15
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Gringo-Vibes/166666740084654

Accessibility: There's a apartment entryway as well as things are moderately spacious inside. Ordering as well as payment happens at a nice, depression counter. We didn't view the toilets.