Went to Rique's in Uptown last night and had the feeling that things have changed, and not in a good way. The menu was different, less variety, and there were no Saturday regional specials. While the complimentary black beans were still served for a starter, the accompanying chips were muy overfried -- and this is with just ourselves and one other couple in the restaurant. They no longer had brewed iced tea; just artificially-sweetened Nestles in a can, which we found strange. Barbara's almond mole with chicken was a much smaller portion than we recalled -- a very thinly-pounded half breast at most -- with hardly any almond flavor in the mole. My chile relleno entree was flavorful, but not particularly generous. We passed on dessert. No sign of chef Enrique.
I didn't ask our server about changes/alterations, and should have. Does anyone know if Enrique still the chef? Are there new owners? If they indeed are heading downhill, I'm not heading back.
>>Brent
"Yankee bean soup, cole slaw and tuna surprise."