Garcia's Meat Market and Cocina, Idaho Falls, ID

Our favorite Mexican restaurant in Idaho Falls is now closed on Sundays (maybe it always was? Maybe we are usually there on Monday or Saturday?) and that turned out to be a very good thing indeed, because we found this restaurant (and market) instead. We loved the huaraches, and I was quite happy with the cheese enchiladas, while my spouse liked the tacos al pastor. We should have ordered chips, something we will remedy next time, and our son, who often eats mostly rice and beans, thought these were really good.

This place also highlights an issue with Yelp reviews--this had lower reviews than other Mexican food restaurants, but after being here, I think it is the organizational style that drove some reviews. Here you wait in line, you order, and then you jockey for a seat. We were there at a peak time, and had easily 20 people in front of us--which gave us the opportunity to figure out what was what with scoring a table. Added to that, the waiter, noting our anglo appearance as a minority of diners, and therefore likely pegged us as amateurs, reassured me he would have our back on this. The one star reviews are almost exclusively related to service--which we found to be efficient, helpful, and as attentive as you can be when there are 2 of you and 50 of us. We loved it, all the loudness, and chaos, and music being a plus in our books.