Old Town Tortilla Factory
- September 18, 2005
- Rated 5 of 5 by
ddu from Scottsdale, Arizona
This is a place to take out-of-town guests when the weather is great in Scottsdale. Their indoor seating is cramped (an old house), but their patio is beautiful, with fountains and flames and trees. Come for the appetizers and drinks near sunset, and you won't be disappointed.
From journal Scottsdale Restaurants
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Old Town Tortilla Factory
- September 2, 2002
- Rated 3 of 5 by
pointerbd from Norristown, Pennsylvania
For a true "Scottsdale" experience, you must make a visit to the Old Town Tortilla Factory. Besides great food at reasonable prices the place has atmosphere galore and there has got to be a room suited to your dining tastes. The Factory certainly lives up to its name as being one of the best of the Southwest. From its outdoor patio (complete with misters in the summer and plenty of outdoor heaters in the winter) to the world famous tequila bar, there is room for all. The menu includes selections incorporating local, native and typical Southwestern ingredients, featured in new and unusual combinations. We started our experience with 3 salsas (roasted tomato,house and roasted habanero) with tortilla chips in the tequila bar while we pondered the menu. The salsas delivered just the right degree of spice and promoted our sipping on cool and delicious strawberry margaritas (from a huge selection). When our table was ready we moved to the outdoor patio and I ordered a cool and refreshingingly light Tortilla Soup with a nice broth and topped with avocado and toasted tortilla strips. My husband always orders a salad and this one was a winner with organic field greens, jicama, mandarin oranges and tossed with a honey balsamic pico de gallo. For my main course I picked a halibut served over eggplant empanazado with sauteed peppers and chopped olives had somewhat of a Mediterranean accent. The halibut was nice and fresh and very flavorful, grilled to perfection. The filet of beef and marinated shrimp hubbie chose was okay-particularly the beef-but the shrimp was nothing to write home about. (I would never expect good shrimp in the middle of the desert.) It was served with mushrooms, onions, Southwestern slaw and shoestring fries. The dessert selection was impressive, but I had decided to have another margarita (this one was strawberry-kiwi), and we split a vanilla custard with raspberries and cream in a kahlua-flavored tortilla shell. Yum.
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