El Tio Delivery and Tortilla Coast Closed

When we lived on Capitol Hill we frequented Tortilla Coast. It was a great Mexican restaurant hardly a block away from our house and was always packed. Sadly, it closed this month after so many years. We drove by it last week and it was indeed empty. I passed by it going to and coming home from work for ten years. Since moving to northern Virginia last year we haven’t found anything quite the same. Once in a while we still like to have Mexican food. My husband makes great fajitas, but it’s not the same. We noticed El Tio in the neighborhood - my husband said he wouldn’t ever dine there but was willing to try delivery. So we finally tried it yesterday and we weren’t disappointed. We ordered vegetable soup (instead of chicken tortilla soup), fish tacos, shredded chicken burrito, and a shrimp appetizer. Of course it arrived with chips and salsa and sides of beans and rice. The delivery was right on time and left at the door. We usually order enough for at least two meals to make it worth the effort of unpacking everything. But before we got the dinner we made strawberry margaritas from our Cayman Jack supply, frozen strawberries and a few ice cubes in the blender. After four tries at this it was probably the best effort. All in all we were very happy with the dinner. Hopefully the restaurant will survive this mess.