If
you can't travel to Mexico right now, try a visit to El Rancho
Mexico Restaurant in DeLand. You may think you're South of
the border.
 The
family-run eatery in the North end of Gateway Shopping Center
features home style Mexican cuisine. The ardila family - Alvaro,
his wife Rosa, sons and daughter, Alex, Edgar, and Luisa and daughter
in-law Julissa say they strive to maintain an authentic atmosphere.
Menu items have Spanish names (with English descriptions); servers
speak Spanish as well as English.
Not to mention
the food, the Ardilas point out, is the real thing. The Ardilas
are from Mexico City. Alvaro says they relocated their restaurant
from Orlando to DeLand in 1994.
Among the
many freshly made dishes prepared by Chef Rosa, the most popular
are fajitas.
The restaurant
also features daily luncheon specials starting at $3.99, all served
with rice and beans, and weekend seafood specials including shrimp
soup and red snapper.
 "This
is a family-oriented restaurant," Edgar says. "We treat
customers like family".
To make diners
feel as though they're at home in Mexico, the restaurant is decorated
with sombreros, serapes, and posters of Toreros. A map of Mexico
hangs on one wall. Mexican beer imports, domestic, wine and margaritas
are all available.
After dinner,
guests can finish up their meal with desserts such as Flan, sopapilla,
rollito de frutas, or deep fried icecream, and sip some Mexican
coffee.
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Specialties
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