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A long-time friend of
mine just moved to the area (at a time when I’m moving away) and we
decided to catch up over dinner on a rainy weekend night. We checked out
Dos Locos in their newest reincarnation at 10 Wilmington Avenue
(formerly the site of Mano’s and Confetti’s). It’s a vividly
colorful and bright space with lots of piñatas hanging from the ceiling
and the bar now partitioned off from the dining room, which is a welcome
addition.
Dos Locos has
everything good Mexican restaurants should have, including an extensive
menu full of quesadillas, fajitas, enchiladas, tacos, burritos and
chimichangas. This means, of course, there are way too many selections
from which to choose! With frozen margaritas in hand and a hardy basket
of chips and salsa, we looked over the menu carefully.
For starters, the Bay
Skins sounded great, potato skins topped with lump crab and melted
cheese, dusted with old bay, but we were definitely going to get an entrée
with crab, so we opted for a new item on the menu, a taco dip of
wonderful warm spinach and cheese, along with an old favorite, chili
poppers. These are deep fried to perfection and served with a dipping
sauce, stuffed with piping hot cheese that squirts out of the chiles
when you bite into them. Yum! Other starters and munchies included
Mexican tortilla soup, black bean chile, nachos, shrimp cocktail, and a
Mexicali corn dog. We’ll try these on another trip.
For dinner we had
Darryl’s Favorite: Loco Enchilada, two corn tortillas filled with lump
crab and topped with chipotle cream sauce and melted cheese. Let’s
just say we could have had several more rounds of this, which was just
incredible on every level, from the crab to the sauce. It was served
with a side of refried beans and rice. There are also spicy clam tacos
and fish tacos that sounded promising, as well as a crab quesadilla and
the Del Mar quesadilla with bay shrimp and lump crab. We decided for our
second entrée, however, to try something from the American Flare side
of the menu, which includes items such as lobster cakes, grilled fish,
cheese steaks, Alaskan king crab legs, fish and chips, and Seafood
Senor, which is a tasty-sounding grilled trio of shrimp, scallops and
fish. We opted for another new item on the menu, the grilled tuna steak,
a hearty piece of tuna grilled to order with mushrooms and spinach and
served with Mexican rice and a salad of romaine with a delicious ginger
vinaigrette.
As usual, I ate too
much, so we split a dessert. We could have chosen a flan or margarita
cheesecakes, chocolate decadence or fried tortillas smothered in
cinnamon, but we chose the fried ice cream, which was a perfect end to
the evening. A big ball of vanilla ice cream is deep fried with coconut
and served with two sauces drizzled over the plate.
Only two weeks into
their new space, Dos Locos is already packed and busy, with the feel of
a long-established restaurant. Find out why on your next trip into town!
Dos Locos, 10
Wilmington Ave., 302-227-3353.
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