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New Mexican Restaurant Coming to Downtown Disney
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COProgressFan
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Well, keep in mind it is the old kitchen from a sit down restaurant that was shuttered years ago. (Although I'm sure it's been retrofitted a bit to fit current needs). And from what I'd gather it's only used when it needs to be by existing food & bev people from other locations across property.
pixargal
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WDW1974
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Yep. My thoughts exactly.
Don't see any new Mexican places coming to WDW ... also recall that the Mexican pavilion addded the Hacienda on the water and the tequila bar inside.
I doubt very much that Paradiso is looking for competition or that its contract even would allow for Disney to bring in one.
Disneyhead'71
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Paradiso 37, La Hacienda, La Cava del Tequila, Pollo Campero,....now this? Enough with the Latin fare already. Why don't they just open an honest to God American Steak House somewhere in DtD. Or maybe have the Disney chef's try and develop something similar to Ted's Montana Grill.
xdan0920
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There is almost no chance this happens. It makes no sense at all.
SirLink
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I'm more weirded out by the fact they like the live music-restaurant-shop combo that they haven't done a Barbecue place....
Or I am more weirded out by the fact they haven't just gone and got Adventures Club model and stuck a few new twists on the themes and created three new clubs: World Explorers Club(seen as that is the new brigade that Disney brings in for the convention business) Illusion Link Club (celebrating magicians and sorcerers) and the Astronomers Club(celebrating inventors)... such an easy fix a way to keep resort guests/day guests end their day in DTD, puts less pressure on the parks...and the prop work and special effects would be insane...easy money on the table...
CP I know your reading this ... tell your bosses ... I'll even be your consultant....
71jason
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The lack of bar-b-que at WDW has always struck me. As far as I can recall, only Flame Tree (a QSR) and the long-gone Fireworks Factory. Seems like a natural fit that there would be two or three around property, especially DTD.
Re: competition. Bongos is Cuban--in this part of the country, call a Cuban "Mexican" and you're asking for a fight. Pollo Campero is South American, so "Latin," but doesn't serve a lot of stereotypical "Tex-Mex" or "Cal-Mex" food (e.g. tacos, burritos). So we're really only looking at Paradiso offering any sort of direct competition.
The larger question to me is: does DTD need another table-service restaurant without kid-friendly robots? Christmas week or Spring Break maybe, but the rest of the year the existing market seems fairly saturated. You walk up even at 7:00 p.m., you're going to be seated right away at Raglan or Paradiso or Bongos. The lines at Earl (and formerly at McDonalds) indicate a quick-serve is desperately needed--maybe that is the plan here?
Finally, an only Nixon can go to China moment. I will put my Adventurers Club fanboi credentials up against anybody (well, except Master Gracie--and even he comes to me for questions about the drinks!). PM me and I'll let you know my deep connections to that bar. But not every PI/DTD thread needs to turn into another "Save the Adv Club" debate. Yeah, it was the best thing Disney ever built (no sarcasm there, I'll stand behind that argument), yeah, they should bring it back, but that's got nothing to do with the topic at hand. And it has its own thread.
juniorthomas
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Agreed. TexMex doesn't need to be glam. It just needs to be GOOD.
Pollo Campero is from Guatemala
bhg469
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And not at all close to Mexican in any way. But it is delicious! And the restaurant from breaking bad is loosely based on this chain.
A Chipotle-type concept at DTD would be fantastic! I agree with someone earlier who said that DTD is really lacking quick service locations and some quick Tex-Mex would be a great option in my opinion.