The Owner of The Barela's Coffee House, Mike Gonzales, and his girlfriend Geri are personal friends of mine!! And it is no secret that they are the hardest working owners of a restaurant on this side of the Rio Grande River!! Mike is always in the back cooking the eggs for enchiladas, etc, and Geri is the pretty and very personable woman taking payment at the cash register...... The food is outstanding, and the Chili is the best in SW states, due to their ""secret"" way of processing it!! The Chicharones are the ""bomb"", Their other specialty are the enchiladas, and just a plain ol bowl of chili, (red or green), bowl of posole, or the never ever popular menudo!! Lot's of downtown politicians and politico's during lunch time!! Sooo good that President Obama had his staff stop him by on his last visit!! His picture is on the menu in the front!!
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