The Infatuation rates it 7.8 and says the chicken, offered plain or adobado, is the move -- adobado specifically gets called the better order. Service doesn't get the same praise; Time Out flags it as lackadaisical, so this is counter-service in attitude even with table seating. The Tuesday/Thursday buy-one-get-one-free half-chicken deal is the real draw for regulars -- those are the confirmed days, after an earlier version of this listing had it wrong.
Rice, beans, and house salsas round out a plate pulling nearly 1,800 reviews at a 4.4-star average, a real sample size for a counter this small. Closed Mondays.
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