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cheap Mexican food in Staunton
Tuesday, August 9 2005
setting: 5 miles south of Staunton, Augusta County, Virginia
It was a rainy day, but it didn't keep me and my mother from going to Lowes to get copper pipe, fittings, and assorted soldering tools so I could show her how to make things out of copper. I gave a little demonstration in the driveway using a metal bucket and a couple rocks as a work bench. Unfortunately the butane tank (or the brass valve that came with the kit it was in) was extremely sensitive and difficult to manipulate, so the demonstration solder joints I made were all grossy inferior to my usual work. Still, we managed to make a four-leg base for something that would need one (a candelbra or whatever).
This evening I took my family out to dinner at the Mexican place in downtown Staunton. For years this restaurant was called Rosa's Cantina, but in recent years it's been absorbed into Charlottesville's Baja Bean franchise. I was impressed to see that it managed to find and hire attractive waiters and waitresses (not an easy accomplishment in the Shenandoah Valley). Even more surprising were the prices on the menu. Everybody but Don ordered the "Big Burrito," one of the more expensive items. It cost $5.50, I shit you not. I was as if I was treating my family to dinner in South Africa, but without having to pay airfare. There was some sort of barbecue flavor in the burrito, which was a little odd, but it was otherwise delicious and, yes, big. For his part, Don ordered some sort of cheeseburger, since for him that's the only thing special enough to order at a restaurant.
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