Is Costa Vida Another Cafe Rio?

• Touche'!

• I like In-n-Out, and it's corporate, so don't play that game with me. Crap is crap, and Cafe Rio is crap.

• Yeah but I would encourage you to try it for yourself... While Gustavo has exceptional taste when it comes to food he can tend to be a little to protective of his beloved Mexican cuisine and I think that he looks at a place like Cafe Rio with scorn due to its Chipotle-esque commercialism and corny decor. He diced he place up pretty good in his column but i'm assuming he went into the deal expecting it to be bad.   At the end of the day Gustavo should like this place since each store employs about 50 of his Hermano's y Hermana's.  And if you bang a tip in the jar they all sing to you!  (The only other profession where dignity costs a dollar involves a brass pole)

• I really don't care how "authentic" or "corporate" Cafe Rio is - I like their food and am happy to eat there.  I don't see any problem with their quality, so if Costa Vida is similar, so what?  But, then I am a barbarian and don't mind eating at "Olive Garden" now and again depending on circumstances (Quelle horreur!).  Oh, well, the correct cuisine police will just have to haul me away to the re-education camp.

• I guess this answers my question http://blogs.ocweekly.com/stickaforkinit/2010/12/cafe_rio_a_waste_in_every_sens.php

• Is the restaurant Cafe Rio that was mentioned in this article any good? I pass by it and there is a line out the door. But then again there is a line out the door at Olive Garden quite frequently

• I can see the OC Weekly review headline right now: "Livin' la Vida Costa"

• They're moving next to Strickland's 'cause they know you'll wander in LOL

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