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re: Ponchos Mexican Buffet
Posted on 1/20/15 at 6:59 am to cornstarch
Posted on 1/20/15 at 6:59 am to cornstarch
That's because they weren't using the original recipes. Not that the food was 5 star or anything, but they used inferior ingredients when they came back to New Orleans and Baton Rouge.
Also, Panchos was always cafeteria style service and you used the flag for refills. The new way was a buffet feed trough and it was disgusting watching Mana Cass roll up and sneeze on the enchiladas.
They got it wrong on both of these fronts and failed because of it. You could definitely taste the difference in several of the food items.
Also, Panchos was always cafeteria style service and you used the flag for refills. The new way was a buffet feed trough and it was disgusting watching Mana Cass roll up and sneeze on the enchiladas.
They got it wrong on both of these fronts and failed because of it. You could definitely taste the difference in several of the food items.
This post was edited on 1/20/15 at 7:00 am
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Posted on 1/20/15 at 7:05 am to Oates Mustache
I ate at one in Tucson a long time ago and I distinctively remember the food sucking A LOT.
Posted on 1/20/15 at 7:09 am to dallastiger55
The was a downtown NOLA location in the mid-70s. (Maybe on Baronne?) It was decorated to look like a courtyard of a Mexican town with about three stories of free space above the dining area. It was very dark in there and the buffet was about $1.49 in 1975.
I went to eat there before going to this '75 Saints game:
LINK
Ironically, the Packers were up 16-0 in that one and lost it too.
Check out the happy dance by the gentleman at the end of the clip.
I went to eat there before going to this '75 Saints game:
LINK
Ironically, the Packers were up 16-0 in that one and lost it too.
Check out the happy dance by the gentleman at the end of the clip.
Posted on 1/20/15 at 7:11 am to Wtodd
I'm not sure if it's up to the individual franchisee or not in determining what recipes to use, but there was a huge Facebook pushback on the New Orleans and Baton Rouge locations. They tried to promote the return of the original recipes but that point, even the Panchos loyalists had disappeared. Plus, they were charging normal restaurant prices. People were used to cheap prices for mediocre food. The price point took away from the nostalgia as well.
This post was edited on 1/20/15 at 7:13 am
Posted on 1/20/15 at 7:24 am to GEAUXmedic
Dem Soap-Pa-Pee-Yahs doe
Posted on 1/20/15 at 7:25 am to Oates Mustache
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Panchos loyalists had disappeared
Not surprising. Check the obits, food poisoning a likely scenario followed by heart disease.
Posted on 1/20/15 at 7:50 am to Marco Esquandolas
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Message Posted by Marco Esquandolas Independence Mall in Metry!
I think it was called Rosedale mall
Posted on 1/20/15 at 8:04 am to biglego
4 flautas for $1 
dem sopapillas with honey were solid!
dem sopapillas with honey were solid!
Posted on 1/20/15 at 8:09 am to dallastiger55
There was a rule in BR growing up that you had to shite in the urinal at Ponchos. I went there twice, and both times it was so someone could do that. 
Posted on 1/20/15 at 8:55 am to biglego
My favorite Ponchos story involved a clown that trolled the Tom Fitzmorris food show to ask about Ponchos. Fitzmorris' reaction was priceless.
Posted on 1/20/15 at 9:30 am to dallastiger55
Panchos was the shite in college, I miss that place!
Posted on 1/20/15 at 9:35 am to dandan
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Had a friend eat like a dog there. He threw up in the parking lot on the way to the car. He claimed it was bc the food was nasty but it was clearly bc he wouldn't stop shoveling in the food.
Exactly.
So many people claim Panchos gave them diarrhea, but no one went there to eat a typical 500-700 calorie meal.
You were doing well to not eat your daily calorie allotment in a single sitting. Of course you were going to get the shits afterwards.
Posted on 1/20/15 at 9:39 am to dallastiger55
Had a friend in high school that ate 52 tacos there. they put his picture on the wall next to all the birthday kids.
Posted on 1/20/15 at 9:40 am to EvrybodysAllAmerican
52?????
Posted on 1/20/15 at 9:41 am to lsu480
In college, we'd fast for a day and then go to the one on Florida to load up.
The new one on Siegen was not the same setup. It was buffet style, and it sucked.....not that it was a culinary tour de force to begin with.
The new one on Siegen was not the same setup. It was buffet style, and it sucked.....not that it was a culinary tour de force to begin with.
Posted on 1/20/15 at 9:41 am to lsu480
yep. i heard he slept on the toilet that night.
This post was edited on 1/20/15 at 9:44 am
Posted on 1/20/15 at 9:46 am to EvrybodysAllAmerican
Going to Pancho's on the weekend and then hitting the flea market to buy some sports cards was one of my favorite things to do as a kid in the 90's.
Posted on 1/20/15 at 9:49 am to KingBarkus
I like his show, but Fitzmorris sure is a food snob.
Posted on 1/20/15 at 10:03 am to mattz1122
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What did the buffet consist of?
Horse meat?
Posted on 1/20/15 at 10:28 am to dallastiger55
We would to use it as a clean out. Hit it on Saturday or Sunday morning after a heavy night of partying. Then head home to wait on the impending results.
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