Rosita’s Place

Rosita’s Place Restaurant Review:

Family-owned Rosita’s has been a Valley favorite for decades, with its nothing fancy, but so satisfying Sonoran classics like cheese crisps laced with soft green chile strips (the cheese must be yellow, you must slather on lots of mild salsa, and there should be grease on the plate when you lift each pizza-cut slice to your mouth). Staff is super friendly, inviting you to find a seat amid the yellow walls, lodge pole accents and beer signs; no one minds if toddlers spill on the Saltillo floors, and the jukebox music cranks up the tunes. There are south-of-the-border specialties like fried whole fish and tampiquena, and also favorites like chimichangas or a T-bone steak with fries. People who have enjoyed too many of the potent margaritas the night before might want to return for late breakfast, since those plates include the hangover cure of menudo.