Second Helpings

Acapulco Video

Mon-Thu, 8am-10pm; Fri-Sun, 8am-11pm

I'll never again view a shrimp cocktail in quite the same way. The informal restaurant attached to the Acapulco Video store serves a campechana to die for -- a huge heavy beer glass filled to overflowing with the freshest squid, shrimp, oysters, and octopus in a piquant sauce of tomato juice, fresh onion, avocado, cilantro, jalapeños, cucumber, Tabasco, and fish stock. You can also get gorditas and tacos with a variety of fillings, menudo, a fried fish plate, and a thick fish stew. They don't serve liquor, but you can choose from eight flavors of fruity aguas frescas from the traditional five-gallon glass jars. While eating, catch up on Mexican futbol on the two big screens.