Cheap Eats: El Norteño
I’m sure you know this place. You’ve passed by it all the time. The one where you see aromatic smoke coming out of its roof. They have the best Mexican grilled chicken. And for $3.99, you can’t beat this lunch:
Lunch Special Number 5: small grilled chicken breast, pork tamal, salad, rice, beans. All for $3.99. Neat, huh! The chicken is so flavorful, moist, tender, delicious. The tamal is surprisingly moist and filled with tender pork — also delicious.
And for the adventurous… Tripe Taco (for less than 2 bucks). Which isn’t technically tripe (though the menu says so) but chitlings, really. (Incidentally, tripe is from the stomach while chitlings are intestines. Big difference.) In any case, these chitlings were awesome — crunchy, not smelly, and tasty. I loved it.
As with any cheap places, this one’s packed to the rafters during lunch time. Service is efficient but tend to get slow. Overall, a solid place for cheap but good eats.
Insider tip:
Parking is limited, avoid peak lunch times. Lunch specials start at $3.99 — the grilled chicken is highly recommended.
The scoop:
El Norteño Mexican Restaurant
4929 Buford Hwy
Atlanta, GA 30341
(678) 209-4601
Mon.-Thurs., 8 a.m.-10 p.m.; Fri.-Sat., 9 a.m.–midnight; Sun., 9 a.m.–10 p.m.
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2 responses so far ↓
1 Jennifer // Jun 27, 2008 at 3:25 pm
Stuff like this is what I miss about living in Chamblee.
2 vicki b // Jul 14, 2008 at 12:02 pm
There’s one near my parents’ old house in the Tucker area. I’ve seen it growing up but only recently tried the one on Chamblee. I don’t know how I could’ve missed out on the greatness of El Norteno all these years!!
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