EL SOMBRERO – Menudo and Sopapillas

January 18th, 2010 admin

[Show as slideshow] If you ever faced a craving for some nice, spicy, deeply flavored, Mexican-made, oregano-enhanced, cilantro-garnished, cow’s stomach lining , and let’s face it who hasn’t , then you owe it to yourself to get to EL Sombrero pronto for some of Chef/owner Jose Aragon ’s superior menudo. On a cool and rainy day like today, there is …


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