WHAT'S FOR DINNER IN COLUMBUS, NM?

We don’t eat out a lot and it always seems we do when we’re out of town or, more correctly in our case, in some big city. Once at home it just doesn’t seem logical to drive a mile or two to eat when we have everything we need at arm’s length. But as a social event, it’s hard to beat having time to sit, talk and eat without doing the preparation before hand and taking care of the the carnage afterwards. When you can go out to eat, enjoy the food, the company and not be sorry you did after the fact, you have to chalk it up to being a worthwhile experience.

MAIN COURSE OR DESSERT? THIS TACO PLATE WAS MADE FRESH ON SITE AND ONLY $7.95.

I HAD THE SPECIAL OF THE DAY, AND IT WAS DELICIOUS!

FOOD WAS EXCELLENT.
	Manuela, who owns La Casita Restaurant in Columbus, NM has been a personal friend from the time we moved to Columbus, but we hadn’t eaten there until a week ago and what an enjoyable meal it was. There was no background noise, the restaurant is small enough to be personal, the food was excellent, the service and company of the highest quality.

THREE BLOCKS EAST OF THE HIGHWAY THROUGH TOWN.

If you turn left off Highway 11 three blocks past the village park onto Taft Street, you’ll see what looks like a small group of old false front stores on the north side in the third block. The little complex is a family operation with the restaurant on one end and a small convenience store in the other. Manuela’s son and daughter run the convenience store. Manuela runs back and forth between the two, takes orders, cooks and serves food and somehow squeezes in a little time to chat with friends and customers. It’s the kind of atmosphere that makes you feel like you’re home.

LEARNING THE TRADES AT A YOUNG AGE.

More often than not, when we eat out, the food is pleasing to the taste buds but doesn’t set well on the stomach afterwards, isn’t conducive to a good night’s sleep and hangs heavy on us the next day. None of that was the case after eating at La Casita. Maybe because the food was made on site, not in a food factory somewhere half way across the country then frozen, thawed and served in an assembly line atmosphere.

I'M SURE THE WINDOWS WILL BE CLEAN WHEN WE COME BACK.
	With most of the maintenance and upgrading work done on our Columbus property, we’ll be off on new adventures in a month or so but, when we come back, La Casita will definitely be a “to do.” When we were there Manuela’s granddaughter was busy washing windows.