# Whats up with fajitas? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 25, 2005, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-fajitas/300992 "2005-04-25T07:39:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![FordPrefect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@FordPrefect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordPrefect)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2006, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-fajitas/300992/41 "2006-06-08T18:08:35Z")
[QUOTE=Ponder Stibbons] Ewwww. Marinated braaaaaains on a hot skillet. [/QUOTE] Gooooooood!!! Seconds after I submitted my reply I :smack: realized I should have written it “Sweet Zombie Fajitas!” ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2006, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-fajitas/300992/42 "2006-06-08T19:13:05Z")
[QUOTE=elmwood] Servers seem to be more enthusiastic about the “MNGWTFBBQ!!! LOOK OUT!!! IT’S TEH HOTT0RZ!!!1!!!1one!!!” routine the further removed one gets from the Mexican border. [/QUOTE] Around here, the servers are so tough, they don’t even use hot pads. And if you reach for the plate, they just assume you know what you are doing and hand it to you without a word. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2006, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-fajitas/300992/43 "2006-06-08T19:13:15Z")
[QUOTE=SurrenderDorothy] I think I’ll apply at the greek restaurant for my next job so that I can do the WHOOSH- OPAA!!! thing with the giant fire that makes everybody turn around and look. [/QUOTE] I would SO go to your restaurant just to hear you do that. ---
**Author:** ![YaWanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/bbce88/32.png) [@YaWanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaWanna)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2006, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-fajitas/300992/44 "2006-06-08T19:21:59Z")
[QUOTE=SHAKES] Tee, Hee I remeber I was in Boston once. They were opening up a restraunt called Chilli’s. It’s a local chain around here in Texas. [/QUOTE] Any chance they got sued by the national chain called Chili’s? Or did you mean that the national chain Chili’s originated in Texas? Also, I once had the misfortune of eating “Mexican” food in Anchorage - :rolleyes: ( I think it was La Mex, **Chefguy** - it was my stepdaughter’s graduation dinner, her mother booked the place). ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2006, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-fajitas/300992/45 "2006-06-08T19:33:20Z")
[QUOTE=Antigen] I would SO go to your restaurant just to hear you do that. [/QUOTE] There’s a ton of Greek diners in my hometown. I never had the balls to smash a plate to the floor and yell OPA! after a good meal. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2006, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-fajitas/300992/46 "2006-06-08T19:34:13Z")
I know it’s a zombie thread, but since I missed it the first time around: Fajitas are re-god-damned-diculous. It’s an excuse for resturants to give you 3oz of steak or chicken and upwards of 13lbs of peppers and onions for $20 at most places. I like them, but I could never bring myself to order them at say Chili’s. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2006, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-fajitas/300992/47 "2006-06-08T19:34:46Z")
I’ve eaten fajitas in three different time zones and never seen the skillet mounted over a candle. But I can see a benefit to it. With the hot skillet, the tortillas, the plate of rice, beans and fajitanalia, and an empty plate for the finished product, this is a meal that takes up an awful lot of real estate. That table scaffolding that **Missy2U** linked to would let you go vertical and free up some well-needed space on the table. Now, why does every Mexican restaurant, everywhere, give you that big skillet of meat, onions and peppers, and only three damn tortillas? And is there any way to eat fajitas without looking like a complete and utter slob? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2006, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-fajitas/300992/48 "2006-06-08T19:36:56Z")
[QUOTE=YaWanna] Also, I once had the misfortune of eating “Mexican” food in Anchorage - :rolleyes: ( I think it was La Mex, **Chefguy** - it was my stepdaughter’s graduation dinner, her mother booked the place). [/QUOTE] What’s the name of the place across the street from Chilkoot Charlie’s? Yuck. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2006, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-fajitas/300992/49 "2006-06-08T19:40:06Z")
[QUOTE=Robot Arm] Now, why does every Mexican restaurant, everywhere, give you that big skillet of meat, onions and peppers, and only three damn tortillas? And is there any way to eat fajitas without looking like a complete and utter slob? [/QUOTE] I agree, that is dumb. Maybe it’s the only way they stay fresh at the table? No. Just roll with it and enjoy. ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2006, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-fajitas/300992/50 "2006-06-08T19:40:54Z")
[QUOTE=Robot Arm] Now, why does every Mexican restaurant, everywhere, give you that big skillet of meat, onions and peppers, and only three damn tortillas? And is there any way to eat fajitas without looking like a complete and utter slob? [/QUOTE] Psssst, Robot. If the place only gives you three tortillas, then the fajitas are going to suck anyhow. Save up your cravings until you can get to a real Mexican restruant, one with bottomless home-made tortillas. You may have to leave MA to find one though. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2006, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-fajitas/300992/51 "2006-06-08T20:28:21Z")
Mmm. I’ve been thinking about Fajitas all day now, and I don’t even _really_ care for them - I think I’ve ordered them only two or three times in my _life_. But now I want them. ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2006, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-fajitas/300992/52 "2006-06-08T21:23:17Z")
[QUOTE=Ludovic] No, no, no. Faigelehs like to warm up a nice tube steak. [/QUOTE] It’s funny because it’s true. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2006, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-fajitas/300992/53 "2006-06-08T21:38:31Z")
[QUOTE=UncleRojelio] Psssst, Robot. If the place only gives you three tortillas, then the fajitas are going to suck anyhow. [/QUOTE] Well, they’ll always give me more if I ask, I just wonder why I have to. I mean, look at the plate of fajita fillings, then look at three tortillas; there’s just no way. > [@](#): > > Save up your cravings until you can get to a real Mexican restruant, one with bottomless home-made tortillas. You may have to leave MA to find one though. Ain’t no “may” about it. When I travel, good Mexican food is one of the things I look for. ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2006, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-fajitas/300992/54 "2006-06-08T22:31:29Z")
[QUOTE=Robot Arm] Ain’t no “may” about it. When I travel, good Mexican food is one of the things I look for. [/QUOTE] If you make it to Austin, hie thee unto Chuy’s. I mention Chuy’s because anyone here can point you in the right direction. There are dozens of better but less well-known places around here to get absolutely fabulous Mexican food, and fajitas too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-fajitas/300992.md?page=2)