Dona Mary

                                              
**So tonight Sadie, Mr. A, Davis and I decided to go on a little road trip to Gibbon to eat at Dona Mary's.  It was in the back of a grocery store and the atmosphere left a lot to be desired but over all it was really good!  The staff was very personable, nice and for the most part spoke English :)  The food was really, really good; homemade tortillas, chips, salsa and beans.  The price was also very reasonable.  The only down side that they lacked a children's menu but did offer hamburger/cheeseburger with fries, so that made two 7 year olds happy.  They did serve alcohol which is always a plus in my book and even gave me a discount for trying a new flavor out (another plus).  I would rate this restaurant a 7 out of 10.  There are a few things they need to improve but I foresee this one sticking around for awhile and I know I will definitely be back!

-Tancy

**There are three main reasons why I could eat Mexican food every single meal for the rest of my life; #1 It is cooked with Lard.  Anything that is cooked with lard, is good.  End of sentence.  #2 You can get ANYTHING on your plate smothered in ooey-gooey cheese.  ANYTHING.  #3  Most Mexican restaurants will serve you a huge margarita with your meal.  All if these things are good things in my book!

It is also an experience of mine that dive restaurants are the best types of restaurants.  Dona Mary's is no exception.  In order to get to the restaurant, you have to walk through a Mexican grocery store.  At the back, there are tables or booths, and a huge mirror along the entire one wall.  The walls were green, and the lights were far too bright, but the service was fantastic. 

We were the first customers for the night, so we were pretty much the only form of entertainment for the employees.  Tancy had a special discounted "first try" at the strawberry banana margarita, made by the resident margarita-maker.  The chips and salsa were homemade and delicious. (it says something to me when you sit down in a mexican restaurant, and they don't make their own salsa...)  The food was amazing.  I ordered a shredded beef burrito.  It, of course, was smothered with cheese.  And beans and rice, the staple of any Mexican dinner.  I only had a soda. 

There was no kid's menu, but they offered an array of burgers, and also a few other things that two very picky seven year old's would have eaten.  The food was reasonably priced, and for the four of us to eat, and Tancy to get a margarita, the bill came to just over $30.

This is a restaurant that I will tell other people about, and I assure you that I will indeed be back.

8 out of ten.

-Sadie