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I stopped in at Mexica for lunch today. It's on E. Broad St., next to a Subway (heh, downtown, I know that really doesn't narrow it much). I looked for a previous thread on here about it, but the best I could find is that it used to be Ah Chihuahua.
They had the usual variety of things on the menu. Burritos (two varieties: traditional with "mexican rice" and another one with cilantro rice), tacos, bowls, fajitas, nachos, (There may have also been sopes, I don't recall. There was a picture of sopes on the wall, but I forget if they were actually on the menu.)
As far as meat options, there were chicken, beef, shrimp and al pastor.
Additionally, if you're eating in you get free chips and there is a salsa bar. There were six different salsas, including a mango salsa. They give you two plastic cups to put salsa in when you place your order, but I'm sure they'd give you more if you asked. The two salsas I tried were quite good. I just had a traditional green salsa and a chunky tomato and onion one. They both had a bit of a bite, pleasant but not over powering.
In addition to the usual fountain soft drink offerings, there was a horchata dispenser. I've never tried it, but I know others really like the drink.
I had the bowl with al pastor. Initially the bowl seemed small to me, but it proved to be rather filling. Although there wasn't a lot of either meat or rice, the flavors melded well together.
I saw some people who had ordered burritos and they looked sizable, on par with what you'd get at other burrito joints, like, say, Chipotle.
Prices were reasonable as well, between $6.50 and $7. They had a sign out front, and each day a different item on the menu was $1 off. Monday was burritos, today was fajitas. I don't remember the others however.
All in all, I thought it was quality and I'll probably go back when I'm in the mood for a burrito during the workday. I definitely preferred it to Cinco, I thought that it was just more flavorful.
And I'm not going to lie, the salsa bar was a nice touch.
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