Bites Nearby: Ortega's Authentic Mexican Cuisine

The last place you want to be tonight is the kitchen. Let’s eat out!

Restaurant name: Ortega’s Authentic Mexican Food                   

Address: 192 East Main St., Clinton

Phone number: 860-552-4754         

Cuisine: Mexican

Price range: $3.95- $13.95    

Take out: Ask for a take-out menu, which is a smaller duplicate of the restaurant menu. Ortega’s knows that the snack craving hits frequently.  Besides the south-of-the-border dishes, they offer chips in two bag sizes and queso sauce and salsa by the half pint for carry-out. 

Kid-friendly:  Tacos are fun to eat, perfect finger food for all ages. In addition to a burger and fries, the kids’ menu provides child-size portions of burritos, enchiladas and tacos.

Why you should go right now: From sizzling fajitas of chicken, beef or shrimp and the requisite taco salad to carne asada and Pollo a la Parrilla, broiled chicken breast baked with mushrooms, onions, green peppers and Monterey cheese, the menu satisfies appetites of all sizes. Appetizers are served individually or as the Plato Grande, a sampler of beans, beef nachos, cheese quesadilla, jalapeno poppers and rolled taquitos.  The “Singles” section of individual taco, enchilada, tamale, burrito and tostada caters to lighter appetites, while the enchiladas and combo platters, accompanied by rice and beans, serve up multiples of threes.