Here are a few places that I light to eat in Juarez Mexico:
(This is an updated list from what I posted on www.juarez-mexico.com a while back)


Ajuaa
Good traditional Mexican place. Good place to take people nervous about eating in Mexico. English menus available.
Price $$-$$$, Food ***


City Market
I have eaten at several places out side the market. All were OK. Price beats most "real" restaurants. Hard to beat the atmosphere during the summer when the place is hopping. Most places have English menus and English speaking waiters.
Price $, Food **

Frida's
Very nice decor, nice waiters. English menus available, waiters spoke very good English. Price $$-$$$, Food ***

Los Arcos
Good fancy seafood place. English menus available.
Price $$-$$$, Food ****

Mariscos Olas Altas
Good food, great price. This is a "hole in the wall" type of place. Menus in Spanish, my waiter did not speak English. Part of the fun of being in another country is eating in a place like this.
Price $, Food ***

Shangri-La
I only have eaten there once, but I enjoyed it.

in CJS!!!!! You're brave.

Take one look inside Los Arcos, and you will forget that you are across the border.

Now, Mariscos Olas Altas that's another story, but the food was real tasty.

All kidding aside, I never had a problem eating anything in Mexico.

I wouldn't eat seafood in ELP, either. Once you're 200 miles from the coast, seafood is a no-go for me....

Los Arcos is some of the best seafood I have ever had. That includes restaurants from FL to NE. I have taken several friends from costal areas there and all have loved it.

I was supposed to compile a list

Sorry, but my new baby has taken away all my time

The rule of thumb regarding seafood, is never to eat it in months that don't have an "r" in it.

May, June, July, August

Refrigeration is not what it should be, I got sick as a dog when I had fish at Villa del Mar

Some other good places

La Resolana (Chinese food)

El Toro Quintaco (Tacos)

Taco Tote

Barrigas

Montana (steaks)

Limoneros

Fratellos (italian)

Maria Chuchena (Mexican)

There's more, but can't remember

It's ok, I will forgive you this time

Good info. I never thought of applying the oyster rule to mexican seafood.

I have tried:

Villa del Mar (ELP)
Taco Tote (ELP)
Barrigas (ELP)
Maria Chuchena (Juarez)

Taco Tote is the best. I have several people from work hooked on that place to.

The Barrigas in Juarez is superior than the one in El Paso

Try it.

The Carne Asada for $6 can't be beat

I will give it a shot. I was going to eat some seafood on my next vist, but now I have the "R" rule, so some Carne Asada might hit the spot.

One quick question, isn't Maria Chuchena the place where they make the salsa at your table?

I know they did it when they opened, but haven't been there in a while

Same here, I have only been once, and that also was a while ago. After saying that I had been there. I wanted to make sure that was the place I was thinking of.

Have you seen there ultra cool website: http://www.maria-chuchena.com

I have been to Los Arcos in Guadalajara and in Monterrey. I would say it is the best sea food restaurant I have ever eaten, and I know my food.

I may have gotten sick there once. I ate basically raw scallops (callo de hacho (sp))as an appetizer for lunch, and threw up that night. But that may have been the tequilla from dinner and after.

I love either the robollo(sp) (I think it is sea bass, it is black and looks like a small bass, but it might be a black drum) or the huachinango(sp) (red snapper) a la talla. It is enough for two to three. They butterfly the fish, rub it with a guallio(sp) chili sauce, and cook it over an open fire (BBQ). As my Mom says, it is to die for.

When I order this, I ask them to bring the fish before I order it to make sure it is fresh. You check the gills, eyes, and skin. Plus, it should not smell fishy but more like the ocean. Everytime the fish has been very fresh. Also, notice that when I have been to this restaurant, it was nowhere near the ocean.

I think the restaurant is originally from GDL.

If you like spice, try the camorones a la diabla. Shrimp cooked in a chipolte chili sauce.

Plus, they make their own sangrita (not the wine but the spicey red liquid that is served along with tequilla). I get the tequilla "a las banderas (mexican flag)" It comes with one shot of tequilla, one shot of pure lime juice, and one shot of sangrita. I also get a beer back michelada (beer with ice, lime, and bloody mary spices).

Final piece of advise. A mexican doctor once told me to put lime on everything, especially the salad, and stay away from mayo (ie tartar sauce). He said that the lime is so acidic that once it hits bacteria or a virus it instantly kills it. I love lime anyway, so I have been doing this, and it seems to work.

The R rule makes since, since it is so hot in Mexico, the sea food may spoil during transportation. Also, a lot of sea food is just packed in ice, and not transported in refers. I have passed many trucks hauling sea food on the highway with the steady stream of water from the melted ice mixed with fish blood trailing behind them.

However, without a doubt, Mexico typically has the freshes sea food. I can not stand a restaurant like red lobster where everything is prepackaged frozen sea food that is just reheated. Why bother going to a restaurant, just got to the store and buy a sea food tv dinner. It is cheaper and no dishes to clean.


Oh I wish I was in Mexico right now.