My friend Farah recently introduced me to Los Dos Molinos in Gramercy. Besides guac, I like to judge these Spanish/Mexican restaurants by their chicken. I feel like too often, restaurants try to mask bland chicken under mountains of sauce but it just doesn’t have that kick. This place has it.
But I’m getting ahead of myself. As an appetizer, we had their small Mexican pizza, which easily satisfied three hungry girls in this case. I loved my entree — the “Los Dos” Flautas dinner with chicken.
It’s shredded chicken, wrapped in a flour tortilla, deep fried and topped with melted cheese. You can get it with sour cream and guacamole (of course I did). If you have an appetite, get it with rice and beans. I didn’t and I was still stuffed by the end.
And now we circle back to my earlier comment about chicken: it was salted and seasoned and tasted soo good. Farah got it with the beef that was just as tasty. I like that they don’t skimp on this part. The restaurant prides itself on it’s spicy dishes — it takes a lot for me to think something is really spicy, so I can’t say it was the spiciest meal I had. I just really remember the flavors best, which is probably not a bad thing.
I just regret not taking a picture of the quirky decor. All over the walls and ceilings are little knick knacks nailed to wall — mostly sombreros, boots…and little skeleton figurines. And as far as cost, it’s a little more pricey than most Tex-Mex places for their house specials (it can run up to $24/plate). But you can easily try their enchiladas or tamales for half the cost.
Restaurant Info:
Los Dos Molinos
119 E. 18th St.
btw Park and Irving
New York, NY 10003
212-505-1574
Gramercy
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Shy
mm that place is good. i love the mexican pizza!
i’m adding this to my very tiny list of ‘food sarah likes’