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Really_Cool_Dad t1_j73z2xf wrote

Stop. Why are we continuously mourning the death of one location from a mediocre (at best) chain?

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sctlight t1_j741ra1 wrote

Because it was the first, and at the time they were doing something that no one else was. And regardless of your opinion of the food, lots of people had a great time eating and drinking there over the years.

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Paranoidexboyfriend t1_j74ftnn wrote

Wait, do you actually think they invented the concept of getting people drunk on margaritas while they eat cheap combinations of tortillas meat and cheese?

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Generic_Username28 t1_j74gh02 wrote

They were among the first in Iakland to have a draft list beyond the major domestics for one. For a long time, they reigned as the best Mexican food in Oakland

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Paranoidexboyfriend t1_j74ns7h wrote

Oakland, it’s not that big of a place you know you can travel to other parts of the city, right? There’s been plenty of average at best Mexican food places with craft and foreign beers in Pittsburgh for a long time.

Zoomers go to some chain restaurant and act like they’re some Michelin pioneers. Next week you’ll be telling me about this amazing innovative ribs joint named Chili’s. Good lord

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evil_iceburgh t1_j74oj8r wrote

Yeah because college kids getting some food and drinks want to travel instead of walking to get something. Most of the people who are pissed are either students or used to be and are watching yet another part of Oakland close down. Step off with the unnecessary and uninformed criticism

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Generic_Username28 t1_j74u42t wrote

You realize a lot of college students have limited transportation options? Having access to good cheap food with a great (for the time) draft list is pretty much the perfect college spot. It's not hard to see why they will be missed even if Big Burrito are sometimes hard to like.

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aboutsider t1_j76ienb wrote

So, you think Chili's is comparable to Mad Mex? A local chain that's been in that location for decades is comparable to an international chain that plops itself down in whatever shiny new development it can?

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tzeriel t1_j74hfer wrote

God this thread and this subject in general is bringing the most smooth brain boomer takes

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mistie_gish t1_j74vzo4 wrote

Um did you read it? This is not about mourning Mad Mex but about calling out the owners for blaming the closure on a staffing shortage.

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TeaZealousideal1444 t1_j743rj1 wrote

Because they have good food despite your experience

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i-smell_like_beeef t1_j75vwn6 wrote

Mex gets terrible quality food, they treat staff like trash, and they have issues with mice ALLLLL of the time at this location. Plus the company is based off gaining profits from racial stereotypes. Oakland should have closed years ago. Source: I worked here

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i-smell_like_beeef t1_j77713e wrote

Idk why the downvotes. They have their servers paint their faces for day of the dead, owned and managed almost entirely by white people while serving margaritas made in legitimate trash cans. Not exactly authentic?

On top of that took tons of money in PPP loans and looked at the pandemic as an opportunity to get rid of the employees that they didn’t like after telling them that Covid ‘wasn’t that big of a deal’ and that they shouldn’t be concerned.

I get it that people have nostalgia for the place, but there are tons of other places to get good food who treat employees better than this company.

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tzeriel t1_j74hh7p wrote

They do not. It’s Taco Bell quality AT BEST.

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__she__wolf t1_j75ob9o wrote

You can’t get a Gobblerito at Taco Bell. Psht.

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tzeriel t1_j75u78r wrote

Yeah, another check mark in the column for Taco Bell being better.

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Paw5624 t1_j74hw3v wrote

Well aren’t you all high and mighty. You don’t have to like it but if others do it still stinks to lose a restaurant you like.

Besides this post is in regards to the restaurant lying about why they are closing, which directly impacts peoples livelihoods and is playing up a bs narrative that people don’t want to work these days.

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