Second Helpings

Evita's Botanitas

6400 S. First, 441-2424

Sunday, Tuesday-Saturday, 9am-9:30pm; Sunday, 9am-9pm

How can you go wrong in a family-run Mexican restaurant that serves a selection of six homemade salsas, several of them award winners, on every table with hot chips? For more than 10 years now, chef/owner Ruben Rodriguez and his family have been satisfying adventurous diners with his stellar sauces and affordable, authentic interior Mexican specialties. Sample the broiled lamb chops in chile arbol sauce, the Shrimp ô la Diabla in smoky chipotle sauce, or Juanita's homemade poblano and cheese tamales and you'll be back for more.

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