I intend, against my doctor’s wishes, to frequent restaurant Casa Ramos and hope it stays around in Fargo.

Posted By Fargo Reviews ~ 24th August 2009

Ever since my youth when I spent a summer in Las Cruces, New Mexico, I have been a lover of Mexican food.  In those days there few Mexican restaurants, even in Minneapolis.  Not that I don’t like The Mexican Village or Paradiso, it’s just not what I understand Mexican food to be.  Juanos is, I believe a more upscale type of Mexican food, sort of a Mexican fine dining.  But ther is another style, one with which I have been very familiar since La Cucaracha opened in St Paul in the late 60′s.  Later, In Chicago, i discovered many of the same type of restaurant.  Typical to these is a page worth of diffferent enchiladas, some dinners including steaks prepared in some delicious manner, a variety of tacos, including “carbon(I’ll let the reader figure out what that means)” and very important to me, several varieties of tamales.

I feel we are indeed fortunate to have one of these restaurants in Fargo, in the old Hooters location.  Caso Ramos has a bright interior with painted caricatures of animals and a large waterfall in the dining room.  There is a full bar and their margaritas are already locally famous.

The staff is clearly Mexican in nature.  I didn’t encounter any of then, including El Padrone that was more than barely fluent in English.  But the know enough to get the job done.  A touch I very much appreciated is when they deliver your chips and salsa when you are seated, they just give a dish for the salsa uintil someone can get to you to ask how hot you want the salsa.

When it comes to Mexican food, this is the real deal,  Some clues are their Chile Colorado, Enchiladas Suizas, Tamales and Corn Tortillas as sides.  It’s all vry tasty, always with an aftertaste of corn meal.

Restaurants that are from cultures that use a lot of spices usually don’t do well around here.  I sincerely hope this is an exception.  I intend, against my doctor’s wishes, to frequent Casa Ramos frequently and hope it stays around.

The prices are reasonable.  There is a lunch menu, and lunch for two is about $20-25, excluding drinks.