So my cravings for an unauthentic enchilada forced us to go to El Matador for dinner tonight. The service was awful. We sat there drinking water until our waitress came and replaced our water and glasses. We asked her why she was taking our water, and she said that IT WAS THE WATER FROM THE PARTY SITTING THERE BEFORE US! Nice. \r
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As we were eating, one of the other waitresses was walking around dunking a wash cloth in one of the pitchers from one of the tables and washing the empty tables with her grimy old rag. It was pretty off putting to see that the pitchers we drink out of are nothing more than wash buckets. She didn't spray the table with anything, just kept dunking the rag in the water and wiping down tables. Health code violation? Likely.\r
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We stuffed ourselves with the chips and cheesy salsa that the waitress set at our table. She didn't ask us if we wanted it, but we've been there before and it's always been complimentary, so we thought nothing of it. \r
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We noticed a 95 cent charge on our check and asked the cashier if it was for tax or what. She said, ""No, that's for the cheese."" My husband asked, ""The cheese that they put at our table when we sat down? With the free chips and salsa? That cheese?"" She said, ""Yeah we have had lots of problems with that..."" I'll bet you have! \r
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She brought out the manager who didn't even put up a fight about it (must happen pretty often) and gave us a dollar. Geez fella! You rip off 500 tables for $1 a piece, you've got yourself a pretty little scam there! Moral of the story: If you go to El Matador, refuse the cheese! And probably... just don't go to El Matador.
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