Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Restaurants Best Things in Town: Dinner at Las Americas
Posted by Lee Stabert on Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 6:12 AM
There are very few places in Nashville I love more than Las Americas, the pupusería on Nolensville Road, past Harding. To transcribe a rant from the drive over, this restaurant/market/happiness-maker might just offer the best price-to-yumminess ratio in town--unlike some places I know.
(Legend has it that Jack Silverman, Lee Stabert and Tracy Moore once lunched there for $11 total--Silverman was so astounded by the deal that his wallet grew to three times its original size and he treated.)
This time I was with a couple of people, including my lady-friend Larissa who is an excellent sharer. I love to share. We split a bean-and-cheese pupusa (griddled corn meal filled with cheesy goodness and refried beans and served with tangy cabbage slaw--hot sauce and salsa verde are also excellent additions) and a tostada de cameron (a crispy tortilla round topped with hunks of shrimp, tomatoes and onions marinated with lime and cilantro, avocado on the side). I topped off my meal with a pollo taco and an al pastor taco. They also got the requisite salsa verde, regular salsa, hot sauce, avocado treatment.
This meal left me so happy that during a walk at Radnor Lake on Sunday I was still talking about it. Oh, and the total bill, with a Pacifico: $8.50. I love that place. So much.
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I love the Las Americas burrito that weighs in at 1.5 pounds.
http://www.ulikafoodblog.com/2008/02/las-americas-restaurante.html
So happy to see LA get some love. I have been eating there for five years and it's hands-down the best Mexican place in town.
Lee:
Pupusas (and Tamales, arepas, hallacas, etc) are made from pre-cooked corn meal); if you try making them w/ regular corn meal you'll end up with a pancake.
And by far, the best brand is P.A.N.
Las Americas must be special--after all, it's the place where Lee's and TobintheGnome's tastes unequivocally converge!
Lee, was that wallet comment a reference to the old joke about the mohel who made wallets out of foreskins?
Las Americas is, without a doubt, my favorite spot in town (although I tried one of their Tex-Mex dishes once and it was the pits). One thing that bears mentioning is just how satisfied I feel after eating there. I don't feel weighed down or lethargic and I feel like my GI tract approves of Las Americas just as much as my tongue does.
