According to Zapotecan folk songs, "106 Bottles of Tequila" is the maximum load any one establishment can bear. Mexican Post puts this fact-based myth to the test by bravely stocking 107 different types of tequila (arguably the largest selection in Philly) alongside an extensive army of classic dishes. With today's Groupon, $15 gets you $30 worth of cuisine and drinks at this lore-defying establishment. You can redeem your Groupon at either the Love Park or Old City location.
The rustic interior of Mexican Post sets the tone for the restaurant's menu and hourly Battle of the Alamo reenactments. Starters ($4.75–$7.45) include savory engine revvers such as classic quesadillas, bean dip, or the camarones Acapulco (five shrimp stuffed with cheese, wrapped in bacon, deep-fried, and served with chipotle sauce). Fulfill your destiny with a larger plate, such as the deluxe burrito mesquite topped with special sauce, grilled veggies, cheese, peppers, and onions ($12.45) or an order of fan-favorite flautas ($10.25). Mix and match tacos, enchiladas, tostadas, and more across various combos ($8.95–$10.95). Accompany and lubricate your meal with a margarita featuring a potent dash from one of the 107 different tequila varieties, or sample a straight shot as anesthetic for an authentic Civil War–style operation.
The rusty brick walls and south-of-the-border décor invitingly transport diners of all heights and career aspirations to a different place. Lasso a few of your amigos to grab some Mexican or take that special someone out for Mexican night without forcing them to cling precariously to a gulf-bound AH-64 Apache. Spend an evening sampling tequilas and tasty cuisine while swapping old timey stories about how the west was won.
Reviews
CityVoter nominated Mexican Post for Best Mexican in Philadelphia in 2009, and check out the Zagat review of Mexican Post:
- Catering to the young professionals who work nearby, this local mini-chain has spruced up its image for its sleek new Center City offshoot; but though the adobe-colored walls and banquette seating are all grown-up, its scruffy spirit lives on in the just-out-of-college crowd that’s content to quaff margaritas, munch on nachos and cue up some Jimmy Buffett on the juke. – Zagat
More than 50 TripAdvisors and Citysearchers give Mexican Post's Old Post location 3.5 stars:
- Everything about this restaurant is excellent - food, margaritas, service. The prices are also very reasonable. I go to The Post often and have never been disappointed. I have gone to other Mexican restaurants and wished I was at The Post instead. – Debba9802, TripAdvisors
- My friend invited me to the happy hour at Mexican Post and I'm so glad I came!...Margaritas by the glass or pitcher in varieties of flavors (we got the mango). The bartender was friendly and service was quick and efficient. – TUEatsFood, Citysearch
Groupon Says
The Wild, Wild, Wait, What?
Even in its heyday, the Wild West was well aware of its own mystique, and larger-than-life personalities would spread their own legends far and wide, some even having short novellas, or "dime novels," published to document their rugged heroism.
Among the tallest of these tale-tellers was Cyril Pickins, who is estimated to have written as many as 750 of these paperback potboilers, although some of these supposed "accounts" stretch the disbelief of even the most wide-eyed wanderers. What are some Old West legends that Pickins purported as fact?
- Gunslingin' markswoman Amy O'Callahan once shot the eyes off a rattler what got itself wrapped around the neck of the mayor's four-year-old niece, Peaches, and would you believe the bullet ricocheted off Delbert Grady's Barber Pole, nicked old Doc Tesla's tombstone, and buried itself toad deep in the mud right beneath Amy herself, where it struck a vein of oil, blasting her up so high she came back with moondust in her hair?
- An Apache warrior turned big city lawyer, Bodaway Brand tried to win his native lands back fair and square in a federal courtroom, only to get in a bare-knuckled dust-up on the capitol steps with "Hangin'" Judge Haggard and the McClintlock Seven, and would you believe he used all that book-learnin' to turn around and invoke an ancient Apache trial-by-combat clause that won him the entire Oklahoma territory and its underground network of platinum mines to boot, when he piled those crooked crow-eaters eight-high in the Reflecting Pool?
- Old Lady Crenshaw has a dog with two tongues! Two!
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