Picanté Fresh Mexican Grill opened last Fall in Downtown Stamford. Yeah, there’s a lot of places in town where you can get great tacos, but Picanté has a menu featuring vegetarian, lo-carb and low-fat options.
Our favorites:
- The Original Sin Taco – made with either grilled chicken or all natural ground beef, shredded lettuce and Cotija cheese.
- Rosarita Taco with homemade refried beans, pickled onions, stuffed with your choice of protein, shredded lettuce and Cotija cheese.
- Picanté Fish Taco with either oven-roasted fish or shrimp, shredded green cabbage and your choice of fish or shrimp.
- The Long Life Quesadilla is made with a whole wheat tortilla with your choice of protein, refried beans and melted soy cheese.
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The Original Sin Taco |
One of the things we like about the menu: you can choose what type tortilla you want. So mix and match – they’re all great. We were hesitant to try the whole wheat tortilla, but it was a great choice.
The above all sound like healthy options, but they don’t sacrifice taste. We don’t feel guilty indulging in a couple tacos, and the delicious homemade tortillas (which we can’t get enough of) and sauces. Speaking of sauce…Picanté has a wall of homemade salsa and sauces, from mild to plain ole ass kickin’. We’ve tried half of them – and they were all great. If you’re taking your food “to go,” you can pack these sauces to go. They’ve got plenty of containers to load up.
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Picante Fish Taco and Rosarita Taco |
Overall, great food at great prices. The staff are friendly here, and so is the manager, Anshu. You can dine in – and savor a glass of sangria – or take it to go, or get the food delivered. We’re big fans of this restaurant.
Picanté Fresh Mexican Grill
148 Bedford Street
Stamford, CT 06901
Tel: (203) 595-5490
picantefreshmexicangrills.com