el arroyo
oof. the day i mourned queso.
i’d like to think that el arroyo just never thought HEY MAYBE WE SHOULD DO SOMETHING TO THIS VAT OF CHEESE. LIKE. ANYTHING. i don’t know much about queso’s history and wikipedia provided a major fail in information, but! i gurarantee you that el arroyo figured just a plain, flavorless, stripped-of-everything mush of cheese to pay homage to first generation queso would do. imagine all the possibilities of queso nowadays! and what a tex-mex restaurant - filled to the brim with spices and seasonings and add-ons - could embellish a little bowl of cheese with! el arroyo simply could not fathom an idea so reasonable! they gave me a room temperature cup of liquid poison to my taste buds!
yet this still happened:

also, the website sucks.
and, i initially came just for the happy hour.
okay, the happy hour is actually great.
dollar margaritas, thursdays, 2 -6. so i can go to bed at 7 PM.