{"id":2884,"date":"2013-05-21T08:26:48","date_gmt":"2013-05-21T13:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodiecuisine.com\/wordpress\/?p=2884"},"modified":"2013-05-21T08:26:48","modified_gmt":"2013-05-21T13:26:48","slug":"tex-mex-at-chuys-in-little-rock-ar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodiecuisine.com\/wordpress\/reviews\/tex-mex-at-chuys-in-little-rock-ar\/","title":{"rendered":"Tex-Mex at Chuy&#8217;s in Little Rock, AR"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>By Todd Barron @ FoodieCuisine.com<\/h4>\n<p>A new chain restaurant\u00a0popped up in Little Rock, Arkansas recently and the sign outside identifies it as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chuys.com\/\">Chuy\u2019s<\/a>.\u00a0 I first heard about Chuy\u2019s at a local pet store where they were passing out appetizer coupons to anyone who had their dog\u2019s picture taken (to later be put around the bar area.)\u00a0 It\u2019s a nice touch and I know the buzz helped me to hear about the place at least!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2880\" style=\"width: 522px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/foodiecuisine.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Chuys_Outside.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2880\" class=\" wp-image-2880  \" alt=\"Outside of Chuys\" src=\"http:\/\/foodiecuisine.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Chuys_Outside.jpg\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodiecuisine.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Chuys_Outside.jpg 640w, https:\/\/foodiecuisine.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Chuys_Outside-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2880\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Outside of Chuy\u2019s<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The interior of Chuy\u2019s is as loud as the exterior with rooms full of hub-caps,\u00a0a bar with hundreds of dog photos, and crowded spaces for the patrons.\u00a0 If you are looking for a open, relaxing place to go, it may not be your ideal destination.\u00a0\u00a0The food matches most Tex-Mex restaurants with the usual suspects ranging from fajitas, to enchiladas, to burritos, and well known appetizers such as cheese dip.<\/p>\n<p>After a 45-minute wait at 1:30pm on a Sunday we sat down in a booth in the aforementioned hub-cap room.\u00a0 One order of obligatory cheese-dip later and\u00a0I perused the menu.\u00a0 The menu claims the fajitas are marinated for 24 hours prior to cooking and I want to put them to the test.\u00a0 All too often fajitas are bland and boring and 24 hours should be enough to inject flavor into anything.\u00a0 Others at my table order the chicken quesadilla (plain with cheese only) and the chicken taco salad.\u00a0 I also ask for a bowl of their hatch\u00a0green-chili sauce to go with my fajitas as it is the hottest they offer.<\/p>\n<p>The cheese dip is of the yellow variety and pairs well with the supplied chips.\u00a0 It is not as creamy as the white variety, but is thick enough to stick.\u00a0 Although it tastes okay, you would be much better off ordering queso from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbanspoon.com\/r\/200\/1714452\/restaurant\/Local-Lime-Little-Rock\">Local Lime<\/a> down the road.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2883\" style=\"width: 522px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/foodiecuisine.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Chuys_Steak_Fajitas.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2883\" class=\" wp-image-2883 \" alt=\"Beef Fajitas\" src=\"http:\/\/foodiecuisine.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Chuys_Steak_Fajitas.jpg\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodiecuisine.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Chuys_Steak_Fajitas.jpg 640w, https:\/\/foodiecuisine.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Chuys_Steak_Fajitas-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2883\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Beef Fajitas<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The food eventually comes out, taking a little longer than usual, but it\u2019s hot and looks good.\u00a0 My fajitas sit atop several sizzling vegetables and the tortillas on the side are fresh and fluffy.\u00a0 I pair a few slices of meat with veggies, sour cream, cheese, and\u00a0the hatch-green-chili sauce on a fajita and go at it.\u00a0 The meat is not tender enough to get a bite without pulling it out of the tortilla, but it tastes okay.\u00a0 It is not bland, but it is not very flavorful either.\u00a0 Luckily, the hatch-green-chili adds some flavor, but it is not spicy.\u00a0 I am guessing they have kept their food on the \u201ccool\u201d side to appeal to the majority of people but I do wish they would offer spicy food, especially when their menu says it is spicy!\u00a0 The owners should take a trip to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.buffalowildwings.com\/\">Buffalo Wild Wings<\/a> if they want to experience a chain restaurant with a few spicy sauces.<\/p>\n<p>Overall the food is average.\u00a0 It\u2019s not the best in the world and it\u2019s not the worst either.\u00a0 I personally am not in a hurry to return but I can see it as\u00a0a place to go on a lazy Saturday afternoon (before\/after the crowd gets there.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbanspoon.com\/r\/200\/1741315\/restaurant\/Chuys-Little-Rock\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none; padding: 0px; width: 200px; height: 146px;\" alt=\"Chuy's on Urbanspoon\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urbanspoon.com\/b\/link\/1741315\/biglink.gif\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Todd Barron @ FoodieCuisine.com A new chain restaurant\u00a0popped up in Little Rock, Arkansas recently and the sign outside identifies it as Chuy\u2019s.\u00a0 I first heard about Chuy\u2019s at a local pet store where they were passing out appetizer coupons to anyone who had their dog\u2019s picture taken (to later be put 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