5Jacks Posted October 4, 2016 Report Share Posted October 4, 2016 Has anyone tried this place yet? I can't get past the name of it (how much more unappetizing of a name could they come up with?), so unless someone posts a glowing review...I'm not likely to give it a try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexy Posted October 4, 2016 Report Share Posted October 4, 2016 Yes, odd name. Where is it? No menu in the window or posted outside? Lexy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artsnob Posted October 4, 2016 Report Share Posted October 4, 2016 Gudrun Jones is have a benefit there on the 11th, for spay and neuter charity, I am going and will review it then... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivien Posted October 4, 2016 Report Share Posted October 4, 2016 The Ranch is having a fund raiser at the Food Lake Container restaurant on Tues. Oct 11. Please check the poster on Furry Friends site for address of the restaurant. The restaurant's menu is wide ranging...arrachera, hamburgers, baguettes, lots of sushi........... They also have a bar serving wine, artesenal beer, margaritas etc... The name comes from the railroad box cars that are used for the separate parts of the restaurant. It is unique to this area ...something out of the ordinary. I believe there was a write up in the last Guad Reporter, although I did not see it myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted October 4, 2016 Report Share Posted October 4, 2016 The name is just an example of how difficult it can be to use a language that is not your own, I think. I have a good friend who's official papers had the middle name used as the last name or years, because of the Mexican style of using maternal and paternal names causing confusion in the registration office. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
More Liana Posted October 4, 2016 Report Share Posted October 4, 2016 2 minutes ago, ComputerGuy said: The name is just an example of how difficult it can be to use a language that is not your own, I think. I have a good friend who's official papers had the middle name used as the last name or years, because of the Mexican style of using maternal and paternal names causing confusion in the registration office. Several of my 'official' papers are still that way. My bank calls me by my first and middle names, not my first and last names. Two other companies where I am a member of so-called 'preferred status' clubs do the same thing. It's still a little disconcerting to be addressed as "Señora Elizabeth"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhopkins2 Posted October 4, 2016 Report Share Posted October 4, 2016 16 hours ago, 5Jacks said: Has anyone tried this place yet? I can't get past the name of it (how much more unappetizing of a name could they come up with?), so unless someone posts a glowing review...I'm not likely to give it a try. I was going to post your question today also. They have a sandwich board out front advertising hamburgers and sushi plus some other items and you could see tables set up inside. At first, due to the name, I thought it was take out only. I'll try it this week and report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted October 4, 2016 Report Share Posted October 4, 2016 They open at 1; don't know which days are closed. There is a play area for kids at the back end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivien Posted October 4, 2016 Report Share Posted October 4, 2016 They are open 7 days a week from 1.00 p.m. The seating is all under cover. Our group ordered carne asada, hamburger, baguette, peanut chicken, and lots of sushi. There were no complaints. Everyone was happy. There is a hotel in West Ajijic named El Pescador that uses the recycled box car containers for hotel rooms as well. It is beautifully done. There is a restaurant on the roof with a nice view toward the lake and a swimming pool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexy Posted October 4, 2016 Report Share Posted October 4, 2016 Is it not possible to say where this place is located? Lexy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbleitch Posted October 4, 2016 Report Share Posted October 4, 2016 It is on the Carretera in Riberas on the lake side, a few businesses west of S&S Auto, Puritan Poultry, new Have Hammers location. If anyone went to the open house for the Lakeside Assistance Group a week or so ago (the fire and first responder equipment procuring group), the warehouse where that was located is just a couple of doors east of this restaurant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted October 5, 2016 Report Share Posted October 5, 2016 And right beside Escalera's garage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hensley Posted October 5, 2016 Report Share Posted October 5, 2016 1st picture is the place 2nd is the sandwich board out front 3rd is Escalera Mechanics 4th is the new furniture place across the street. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artsnob Posted October 5, 2016 Report Share Posted October 5, 2016 Thanx Julie we are going there tonite and try it out, we are also going next Tuesday for Gudruns charity bash.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted October 5, 2016 Report Share Posted October 5, 2016 Being a fan of "quality" sushi, that's something I'd like to find out about. So far around here, the only good stuff I've ever had comes from the ladies at the Monday Market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artsnob Posted October 5, 2016 Report Share Posted October 5, 2016 It is really four restaurants in one location, Great Margaritas, Guacamole, and spicy salsa made at our table, I had the Arrachera Shrimp Baguette with great tasty sauce, My partner had a scrumpious Hamburger with all the trimming and good fries The service was good and the decor and music comfortable, all for 255 pesos for the two dinners, this place is a keeper.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5Jacks Posted October 6, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2016 Thanks, Artsnob. Great margaritas?? I'm in!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camillenparadise Posted October 8, 2016 Report Share Posted October 8, 2016 Good luck with the confused waitstaff! Ordering was hard enough, handing out tickets a disaster! Maybe the food will improve....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artsnob Posted October 8, 2016 Report Share Posted October 8, 2016 I had none of the problem you are describing, We have since gone there again and everything was perfect, A great new addition to Lakeside dining Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakeside7 Posted October 8, 2016 Report Share Posted October 8, 2016 On 10/5/2016 at 8:04 AM, hensley said: 1st picture is the place 2nd is the sandwich board out front 3rd is Escalera Mechanics 4th is the new furniture place across the street. Some of these photographs show just how much trash etc there is around Lakeside Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted October 8, 2016 Report Share Posted October 8, 2016 I don't see any trash in these pictures. Some rubble, yes, from perhaps construction or the rains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cedros Posted October 8, 2016 Report Share Posted October 8, 2016 On 10/4/2016 at 3:18 PM, vivien said: They are open 7 days a week from 1.00 p.m. The seating is all under cover. Our group ordered carne asada, hamburger, baguette, peanut chicken, and lots of sushi. There were no complaints. Everyone was happy. There is a hotel in West Ajijic named El Pescador that uses the recycled box car containers for hotel rooms as well. It is beautifully done. There is a restaurant on the roof with a nice view toward the lake and a swimming pool. El Pescador is nice. I've yet to hear of anyone who has tried the restaurant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakeside7 Posted October 9, 2016 Report Share Posted October 9, 2016 On 10/8/2016 at 11:51 AM, ComputerGuy said: I don't see any trash in these pictures. Some rubble, yes, from perhaps construction or the rains. I think some of us have been here too long to see the trash..The following recent OP from some one recently here hits the nail on the head..Sorry but I think "we" oldies have become too complacent about the trash and condition of the roads at Lakeside... We just retired to Ajijic and have been wondering about the trash/litter problem. We enter the Carreterra at Rio Bravo, and have been astonished by the amount of trash being dumped at the corner. It seems like whole truckloads including furntiure and construction waste are being abandoned there. During the last rain storm the arroyo near Rio Bravo was totally clogged by what appeared to be construction debris and trash....this was noted as pieces of concrete and wire plus plastic bottles were streaming down Rio Bravo and Calle Ocampo. We're having some remodelling done on our home, and we asked our Mexican contractor about this situation, and he indicated that there really is no dump for people to take trash to, so they dump it in the arroyos or wherever. Do the expats have a volunteer system to help clean up Lakeside? Does anyone know if there is a dump? Please let me know what you guys who have lived here longer know....and what we can do to make Lakeside clean and beautiful...thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suegarn Posted October 9, 2016 Report Share Posted October 9, 2016 2 hours ago, lakeside7 said: I think some of us have been here too long to see the trash..The following recent OP from some one recently here hits the nail on the head..Sorry but I think "we" oldies have become too complacent about the trash and condition of the roads at Lakeside... We just retired to Ajijic and have been wondering about the trash/litter problem. We enter the Carreterra at Rio Bravo, and have been astonished by the amount of trash being dumped at the corner. It seems like whole truckloads including furntiure and construction waste are being abandoned there. During the last rain storm the arroyo near Rio Bravo was totally clogged by what appeared to be construction debris and trash....this was noted as pieces of concrete and wire plus plastic bottles were streaming down Rio Bravo and Calle Ocampo. We're having some remodelling done on our home, and we asked our Mexican contractor about this situation, and he indicated that there really is no dump for people to take trash to, so they dump it in the arroyos or wherever. Do the expats have a volunteer system to help clean up Lakeside? Does anyone know if there is a dump? Please let me know what you guys who have lived here longer know....and what we can do to make Lakeside clean and beautiful...thanks! To the moderators.......this is supposed to be a thread about the Food Lake Container restaurant. Some people have turned it into a discussion about trash in other parts of town, nowhere close to this restaurant. Can we please get these off-topic posts removed, or moved somewhere else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHILLIN Posted October 14, 2016 Report Share Posted October 14, 2016 On 10/5/2016 at 9:38 AM, ComputerGuy said: Being a fan of "quality" sushi, that's something I'd like to find out about. So far around here, the only good stuff I've ever had comes from the ladies at the Monday Market. Ms Chillin had the super sushi roll there, it was huge, all the condiments too. She said this was the best sushi she has found so far in Mexico. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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