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El Greco: Lunch with Live Music

According to Karen's mother, who lives in Tucson, this is one of the finer restaurants in Nogales. It is on the second story above several shops, and in one of them we were offered a coupon for a free margarita with our lunch at El Greco, so we accepted the offer.

The dining room is tastefully decorated with linen tablecloths and big windows overlooking the street. There was an organist - a very good one too - who provided live music of both American and Mexican oldies which added much to the ambience. The servers were all men in white shirts and ties and the service was excellent.

During our lunch we were solicited three times: by a man who wanted to take our photo, another who wanted to draw our charciture, and a mariachi with a guitar who wanted to sing us a song. We opted for the singer, and he did a fine job.

Favorite Dish: The Margaritas were not huge, but larger than we expected for free. The alcohol content seemed a little low, which was fine with me since I never did like the taste of the stuff.

I had the "Lunch Special," a Mexican combination platter. It was good, but neither as good nor as generous a serving as is the Mexican platter at El Rancho Grande - where we live here in Ohio. And the price of $7.75 US was more than our amigos in Ohio charge for lunch. But then they don't have linen tablecloths.

Address: Ave. Obregon #152 Altos, Nogales, Sonora, Mexico

Comparison: more expensive than average

Directions: Four blocks from the border, on the corner of Ave. Obregon and Pierson.

Phone: 011-52-631-2-42-59

Price: less than US$10

Rating: 4

Theme: Mexican