Mexican Post Restaurant & Bar – Olde City

Well, what can you say about this place? On a Friday or Saturday or night, there is at least a 45 minute wait, the bar is packed full of people and the noise is deafening. Yet somehow, when I get a hankering for some Mexican food, this is the only place to go. Maybe its the margaritas or the incredible mix of Philadelphia “folk”, but I just love this place. With the introduction of the no-smoking law in Philadelphia, the bar scene is just about acceptable – before you’d get smoked out as you enter the door. So, on to enjoying your meal at Mexican Post…

Step one, swim through the throngs of people at the bar and put your name in for a table. Step two, make your way back to the bar and order a pitcher of margaritas. Step three, wait, drink your margarita, people watch and get very hungry.

The food is not stellar, is standard Mexican. But, the combination of the close quarters of the tables, the excellent salsa & chips and those heavenly margaritas, I can choose no other place to eat Mexican.

Kim had the beef fajitas, which arrive at the table sizzling hot with all the fixins. Kim and I both consider ourselves fajita connoisseurs and the ones at Mexican Post are damn good.

I had some other type of Mexican “Special” meal, it was chicken with cheese and other stuff. I don’t remember the details, but it was pretty good. The fajitas were better, but I wasn’t in the mood for them – my bad.

By the end of the night, our bellies full of salsa, chips, chicken and beef (oh, and a that pitcher of margaritas was kicked) we were happy campers ready to call it a night.