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Hot Dog & Potato I
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MBERSRESTAURAI '1= f(
- A-DJ~N-IN~/JNDERBIRD MOTEL.
& Blarney Room
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6,th& Railroad SHELTON 426-9171 J Ernie's B :ck !!
You'll enjoy fine dining
every
S,dewalk Sale J Friday, Saturday & Sunday
Goes great with a cold coke
or beer.
Saturday only during sidewalk sale.
* Food * Refn
109 Second Street
Monday Night Wednesday Night
2 for 1 Pitchers $1.00
10-oz. schooner From 9 to 11
from 9 to | 1
Friday & Saturday
Live music With
"The Chieftains"
From 9 to 1:30
Happy Hour Try our big
Everyday 4 to 6 Logger Sandwich
Highway 101 & Mill Creek
IIII I
RESTA {JR AN TS
Cood Mexican
In Downtown
Food
Shelto.
Chosen by the Seattle
P--I as one oi" the
outstanding restaurants
in Western Washington.
(Reprint July 18, 1975).
By Michael Travis
This week I have found an excellent
Mexican restaurant in an unusual location. But
I am almost hesitant to inform readers of it.
Mexican eateries tend to deteriorate when
discovered. Popularity has changed, for the
worse, several of the inexpensive
hole-in-the-wall restaurants that I once enjoyed
in Seattle during my days as a graduate student.
Its consequences have ranged from the
cooling of plates on which food is served, to the
drying out of beef in tacos, even to franchising
and the opening of second restaurants serving
food from "exactly the same recipes" that is
never the same.
But the people at Palitos in Shelton assure
me that it can resist these aftereffects. I hope
so, for is it a find!
The restaurant is located, a block east at
Henry Gay's newspaper office, typically in a
building that once housed such unlamented
~redecessors as The Cota Grill and The
turgeon.
Decor is almost true to form -- a few rather
~arriSh paintings, a sombrero on one wall, plus a
ge snorting air conditioner in the corner of
the main dining room.
There is also a jukebox, on which the staff
and bar patrons repeatedly play Donna Fargo's
"Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A." On this
week's visit, my date and I discussed various
ways in which it could be silenced.
But a jukebox and noisy air conditioner are
appropriate in a Mexican restaurant. It should
be simple, setting to serve what Craig Claiborne
has described as "earthy food, festive food,
happy food.., peasant food raised to the level
of high and sophisticated art."
That is exactly what you get in Shelton --
large sizzling plates, heaping with food that is
pleasing to the palate and sits well in the
stomach. (The latter consideration is important,
with a 9D-minute drive back to Seattle.)
How to begin a visit to Palitos? With
margaritas, as the restaurant lacks my two
favorite Mexican beers, Dos Equis and Corona.
But drinks are lemony and tasting also of their
healthy shot of tequila.
There's the nice touch of chips and hot
sauce at the start of your meal. Not chips that
had been sitting long on a grocer's shelf~ but
freshly fried little numbers that are macle on
the premises.
Entrees are such at Palitos that you don't
really need an appetizer. But, my job being
to test as much as possible, we ordered a green
chili cheese tortilla ($1.25) and a bowl of red
chili.
About the size of a small pizza, the tortilla
is made with a mild cheddar cheese. It is chewy
and particularly tasty when dipped in hot
sauce.
The chili, while very lightly seasoned (you
can order it otherwise), was deliciously thick
and brimming with large chunks of beef.
As one of our maln entrees, we chose menu
offering "No. 6" -- the combination of a chili
relleno, an enchilada, retried beans, and rice.
After having fasted all day, my date was
able to consume only about half of her vast
plate of food. She then leaned back, stared at
the ceiling, rubbed her stomach and smiled.
Her chili relleno was that good -- in the
expert baking that kept its egg meringue
coating from turning to goD, the beefy chili in
its stuffing, and the tasty peppers and tomatoes
that gave it added character. A frequently
served, easily ruined dish, in this case
excellently done.
PALITOS -- Second and Cota, Shelton.
426-5070.
Credit Cards: Only BA.
Menu: Mexican food, entrees in
$3.50-4.50 range and worth it.
Hours: 4-11 p.m., Monday-Wednesday;
11:30 a.m.-11 p.m., Thursday; 11:30
a.m.-midnight, Friday; noon-midnight,
Saturday; 4-10 p.m., Sunday.
R eservations: They're sometimes
crowded on weekends, so it might be
best to call ahead. Also for larger
parties.
Only slightly less successful was the
Chimichanga wh ch is rather like a giant beef
burrito -- in this case served with a bed of
lettuce, sour cream, guacamole, green onions,
shredded cheese and tomatoes.
The centerpiece was delightfully crisp and
stuffed with lots of moist and tasty shredded
beef. Its garnishments were also enjoyable, save
for an overdoese of sour cream and not enough
guacamole.
After all this we were in no mood for
dessert... Only a cup of unfortunately sour
coffee to help with tfle long drive back to the
city.
But, particularly on hearing that the only
dessert available was a piece of apple pie, I
would suggest that Palitos add flan to its menu
-- the carmelized custard that is so popular in
Mexico.
Palitos displayed to us only a few flaws. It
comes highly recommended also by friends
who stop there tor dinner on the way back
from the ocean.
(The restaurant is also an excellent place to
get away from steak-chopping solons when
you're in Olympia during a session of the
legislature.)
The food does run to that which Mexican
restaurants normally serve to Americans. But it
fills you up, leaves you satisfied, and sits well
all the way back to Seattle.
Sleight
of hand
expert
will deal from various parts of
the deck. Will stack the deck
before your eyes.
At The
debrook Inn
Card Room
3205 Martin Way
Saturday, Aug. 2
10 a.m.
$2.00 admission for
one hour show.
r
Mabel
says:
Peggy are
Two nights only
this Friday & Saturday
Starting Friday, Aug. 8th watch for
an!
We booked this super Bremerton
guitarist for two weeks (Aug. 8 & 9, 15 & 16)
Hoodsport, Washington
Page 24 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - thursday, July 31, 1975
Hwy. 101,
• Seafare Buffet Phone I
Friday 6-9
• Live Music -- 1
Fri. and Sat. 9-1:30
o Cocktails -- Mill Room
Mer~bers;
40 et 8
Members Only
113 Cota Street 4!
Attention!
SE MEMBERS
Saturday, August 2
CLOSED
Saturday, August 9
CLOSED ,
Saturday, August 16
DANCE - "THE CAPITOLS"
Save beer bottles. Help send a blind child to
CO
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Band thru Aug. 9
Back again for
two weeks
Wednesday
SlOO
From 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Every other week night from 8 to 9
Thursday
• $100
Monday
Get ready gang!
Tooloose will be playing.
Don't miss it.
e
Hey, Shelton! Ask Henry about the
contest to find the gal (and guy) with
the best Iookin' legs.
For more information call 357-4191.
CAPTAIN COYOTES
2410 W. Harrison, Olympia