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Librado – Menu – Midland

You’ll love Librado, it’s an immaculate open space concept. The food is delicious and the drinks are innovative. It opened sometime this last year and is very popular. I haven’t tried it yet, but I am looking forward to experiencing its ambiance.

View Librado’s Menu Below
4610 N Garfield St d4, Midland, TX 79705

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(432)218-7260

 

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The Red Plate Diner – Menu – Midland

The Red Plate Diner is something new in Midland. Formerly Swensens, it is a now a very similar Diner type place. They still have the GREAT ice cream selection, and a menu full of classic fare.

View The Red Plate Diner’s Menu Below
900 N Loop 250 W Corner of Loop 250 & A Street, Midland, TX 79705

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(432)570-7271

 

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Taqueria Jalisco Midland – Menu – Midland

Taqueria Jalisco is an interesting option for Mexican on the Northside of town. The drive-thru makes for a quick convenient option when it is time to feed the family. Please note that the menu board says the prices are currently wrong.

View Taqueria Jalisco’s Menu Below
4416 Briarwood Ave #100, Midland, TX 79707

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(432)699-2195

 

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Menchie’s Frozen Yogurt – Menu – Midland

Menchies is opening up a new location in Midland, right next to the Papa John’s Pizza, on I-20 by the Northside Walmart.

Menchie’s Frozen Yogurt’s Menu below

 

 

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Popbar Midland

Popbar

We tried Popbar on Friday, and I’ve got cold feelings about it so far. First off, Ally Village is a new shopping center and very trendy. All the businesses surround a fake grass field. Equipped with benches and soccer nets. It is very much something you might find in Houston. At the time of our visit, several high school students were taking advantage of the mini soccer field, and they were having a good time. Ally Village acts like they are going to be putting on concerts and such. They had “The Cleverlys” play a private concert for the grand opening, I hope more live music comes soon. Popbar does seem to be in good company, as they are surrounded by a ton of new businesses.

Here are some of their neighbors;

Ally Outdoors
Fox Den
Butter
Baker Schorr Fine Art
Nines Apparel

One final note here, Ally Village does look to have several empty buildings. So these fine stores will be getting more neighbors real soon.

Taste:

I’ll give them credit I think the popsicles tasted good. They were soft and flavorful, and the kids loved them. You have quite a few flavors to choose from, and quite an assortment of dips.

Cost:

The price per popsicle is not marked at all, it’s not on any of the fancy monitors, or on the ice cream cabinets. Every other business in town clearly lets you know cost and such beforehand. It was around 5 dollars for a popsicle, and it looked to me that getting them dipped didn’t change the cost. I could be wrong about this. But a family of 4 should expect to pay 20 dollars and up. So, tip #1 Popbar let’s get some pricing up on the walls.

Seating and Cleanliness:

Two bar stools, and one table that holds maybe 3 or 4. Now they may have more seating on the way. However, it looks to be more of a here’s your popsicle, now get out of here kind of deal. Now, in my opinion, they need more seating for the single reason of containing their mess. By not having any seating people are taking the popsicles outside and the front sidewalk looked like a “Game of Thrones” battle that had only involved melting popsicles. I am guessing the melted popsicles follow most guest over to the play area, that serves all the businesses for the All Village. I wonder how much fun it is trying to clean popsicle off fake grass. I hope that Popbar Midland keeps the power washers busy. Also noted the inside didn’t sparkle as a brand-new business should. The dip station looked dirty. To the side of the business was a whole load of empty boxes, ladders and such. It was to side but clearly visible from the parking lot.

Final thoughts:

Midland has needed a popsicle place for a while. Lubbock has a franchise, Frios Gourmet Pops for a few years now and they seem to be very popular. The main difference I can see between Frios and Popbar. Is that Frio is more about being a popsicle and less about the dips, and they cost around 3 dollars. So, let’s give Popbar a chance, they just opened. They are working the bugs out. They will be here for quite a while. A new shopping center like this, probably require a minimum 5-year lease and I’ve heard some require 10 and 15-year leases. So good or bad Popbar is here for the long haul!

PS:

When I started writing this, I did not understand that Popbar was a franchise model. They have locations all over, the map shows several in Texas. Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth. The business doesn’t need a ton of square footage so they can easily slip these in smaller spaces. Please comment if you have ever been to a Popbar in a different town? I am curious about how other franchises run this business.

Candilejas Restaurant – Menu 

 Candilejas Restaurant has been in Midland for over two years, in the old Romie's restuarant. They serve up a delicious spread of Mexican treats. Candilejas means small oil lamp in spanish. You can find them at 701 S Marienfeld St, Midland, TX 79701.

View Candilejas Restaurant’s Menu below
Read our Review of Candilejas Restaurant Here

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(432) 704-5516

Price:$ Most meals between 10 and 15 dollars.

 

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Woody’s Hideaway

What is Woody’s Hideaway, I was driving by the other day and spotted this sign? After a little research looks like it is going to be a new bar in Midland. MRT reports that will be owned by the same owners as Little Woodrow’s and will plan to make most of its money from drinks. They are currently hiring waitstaff, visit their Facebook here for more details. They will be located right next to Toro’s Cafe, which is next to the Cinergy Midland.

Woody’s Hideaway
43415 N. Loop 250

Little Hunan Review


FIND LITTLE HUNAN’S MENU HERE
Took a recent lunch trip to Little Hunan. Nice little place across from the Dollar General and Bob Mills Furniture on Cuthbert. Got in on a Friday just before Noon. Place only has seating for about 30.
I wish I could remember what this building was before. Menu is simple. Chinese standards for the make part. They do have weekly daily lunch specials, that are served from 11 to 3, Monday through Friday.

I ordered the Sesame chicken, everything comes with rice and an egg roll. The chicken had a nice crisp to it, and was very flavorful. They serve everything in a togo box, so in a way they are saying we are really a take out restaurant, but have a sit down if you like. The waitress was very friendly and the service was first class.


Little Hunan
3102 W Cuthbert Ave, Midland, TX 79701
(432) 262-2223

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Candilejas Restaurant Review

CANDILEJAS RESTAURANT
701 S. Marienfeld St.
Midland, TX
432.704.5516

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A hidden treasure near downtown Midland, Candilejas Restaurant may not seem remarkable but this little out of sight gem is worth pursuing.

After stopping at two other south side eateries and finding that they were both closed on Mondays; my friend and I ventured to look for Romie’s Restaurant. To our surprise, the famous downtown staple has now been replaced by Candilejas Restaurant. It seems my friend and I need to venture out as we were told Candilejas has now been open for over two years.

 

 

We arrived right before noon and walked into an empty dining room. If you have lived in Midland long enough, you would know that us Midlanders love to eat out and most restaurants stay busy. So walking into an empty dining room was both surprising and pleasant.

 

For starters, we were provided with chips and salsa and decided to splurge an ordered the queso as an appetizer (not pictured). The salsa was a little spicy but tolerable for my friend; I myself don’t mind a little kick and found it delightful. The queso was also pleasant and was made from a white based cheese; which is rarer in these parts.

After reviewing the multi-colored menu, my friend ordered Mona’s Plate while I ordered the Corn Tortillas Flautas. Our food came out quickly and we both concurred that the beans were exceptionally good as was the rice. On her end, my friend really enjoyed the Chile Relleno and I enjoyed the crispy Flautas which were filled with the same Shredded Beef. We both agreed that this was what made our dishes so good.

 

Overall, our stop at Candilejas was enjoyable. The service was friendly and the food delicious. The only thing we both noticed though was that it was too quiet as there was no music or televisions on while we were there which made it harder to engage in personal conversation.