Las Compadres

Las Compadres

1290 Sunburst Plaza

• No bathroom
• Cash only
• Tables and table service
• Free chips
• Broken Ms. Pac Man machine
• $$

Las Compadres is anynonomously esconsed in a very new-looking shopping center just around the corner from the intersection of Saturn and Coronado. The white-washed, no skateboarding allowed, suburban-style shopping center really makes the wall-to-wall wood paneling inside a shock to the senses. Combine that with white-haired ladies framed by a cake case and overhead concession-style price board and its like I've been transported to an Arkansas barbeque joint.
I guess it is only fitting then that this is where I learned of a new dish, Milaneza, which seems to be the Mexican equivalent of chicken-fried-steak. I don't care for the real thing, so I checked the very minimal menu for other offerings and settled on a combo of chile relleno and a chicken enchilada. I Was given free chips and finally, a SPICY salsa and sat down.
The food came to my table quickly and I had one of the best, freshest tasting meals I have enjoyed so far in this project. I never thought I'd have such a perfect relleno outside of New Mexico and the chicken enchilada threw me for a loop with its total lack of cheese but man was it good. The chicken was cooked really well and there was a ton of fresh tomato, cilantro, and other goodness.
There was a case full of brown deserts molded into various shapes. I got some kind of delicious coconut thing. The menu might be small here, bt i was totally impressed with the food. Factor in the fact that the convenience store next door has a ton of craft beer and you have one-stop picnic shopping.