New Orleans Food Questions And Comments

Mexican Buffet

A person who I will not name asks:

Sometimes folks just want a cheap bottomless-pit type of place to go. Such as a buffet or restaurant that is known for low prices, large portions, and questionable quality. So here goes my question. Are there any Mexican buffet restaurants in the Greater New Orleans area? Poncho’s doesn’t appear to be coming back and I miss loading up.

Tom sez:

There are many good things that have come from the hurricane. It has caused many of us to question things about our lives, and forced us to realize that certain habits and urges are not only destructive, demeaning, and unhappy, but are also very easy to allow to pass into the used to be.

Bottomless-pit eating of very bad food is one of those.

Pancho's is gone forever from our area (let's hope). Mexican buffets (and Chinese buffets, and most buffets, in fact) are bad. Forget them. Move on. There's a big world of pleasure out there waiting to fill that space in a more gratifying way. It could never get into your life before, because you were at Pancho's. Let it in.

This advice gains even more urgency if you happen to be over the age of 40.

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