The Frontier
The Frontier
Rating: 2
Cost: $6.39
Location: Albuquerque UNM area
Customized:No
Look how Tiny This little Nacho is…. Are they Serious?!?
If you are a College student in Albuquerque, you have eaten at The Frontier. A long standing staple of the UNM diet, the Frontier is famous far and wide. The menu is as diverse as any respectable New Mexican restaurant, containing burgers, enchiladas, and omelets. One of its most appealing aspects is that it is open late, but not like a drive through. It actually has places to sit inside after midnight! I enjoy Frontier food for what it is: quick and cheap college grub. Its rather delicious, and well priced. When I learned that they had Nachos, it was a quick decision to go and give them a try!
The Frontier offers a single Nacho on their menu available in two sizes: half and full. These Nachos are a bed of chips with Chicken, Beans, Cheese, Jalapenos, lettuce and Tomatoes. I obviously ordered the largest Nacho they offered.
As if the picture didn’t already demonstrate, The nacho offered by the Frontier is very small. It is the smallest nacho I have reviewed to date, and even though the price is also less than most of the other Nachos I have reviewed, it is not comparably less. My first impression of this nacho was one of disappointment. It’s minute size was emphasized by the fact that most of the visible chips had absolutely no toppings on them. This nacho also had two other major disadvantages. First, even though I enjoy chicken nachos, I prefer Beef. Frontier not offering a beef nacho alternative is rather laughable. The second issue was the presence of raw jalapenos. Although a major debate amongst nacho eaters, I still prefer pickled to raw. It’s easy to see that the Frontier’s nachos were not off to a good start. But, being an optimist I pressed on. When I was able to find a chip with toppings I was treated to a rather pleasant taste experience. This is mostly due to the fact that the Frontier’s chicken is phenomenal. The other toppings were standard fair, no complaints. The chicken though, really made those few bites pop. Too bad most of the chips were as dry and Barron as the new Mexico wilderness. Were it not for the chicken, I would consider this an abysmal nacho. Perhaps mine was just made badly, but I don’t like spending roughly $7 for a midget sized portion of chips, a few of which happen to have toppings on them. I know the frontier can do better than this… Stick with their enchiladas, cause it has their awesome chicken, as well as a million other good things!
