Phoenix Emporium - NachoQuest (sitios de interés)
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I'll usually hit up Phoenix Emporium (8049 Main Street, Ellicott City) specifically for their wide selection of bottled beers ("From around the world!") or maybe a club sandwich on a Sunday, but a few days ago felt that twitchy Nacho Nerve™ twitching again and decided to give the pubbery's "Super Nachos" a whirl. Running at $9.95 these 'chos feature tomato, lettuce, cheese, chili and some sort of paprika dusting with sour cream and salsa on the side. There's more than enough nacho here for two people, and I enjoy the fact that these are flat-priced nachos without that ridiculous "$3 extra for [insert meat or other topping]" seen so often at other establishments.
That's about the only upside. On the downside, these nachos lack a few key ingredients seen practically anywhere else like refried beans, jalapenos, and a little extra cheese would have made them one golden chip higher in rating. The addition of chili is a great thing, but the inclusion of some of the other favorites would have made them that much greater. The oddest part about the whole endeavor as you can sort of see in the photo, the lettuce is like, salad lettuce. Big leaves of lettuce. Lettuce that gets in the way of eating the more important stuff like cheese, chili and chip, that sort of thing.
Having said all of that, maybe Phoenix Emporium should adjust their menu to better reflect the quality of their product; rather than list them as "Super Nachos," perhaps the menu should say "Fairly Adequate Nachos" - though it doesn't really have the same ring to it, I guess.
3 golden nachos out of 5
(really a 2.5 but the chili tipped them up)