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Don Juan Mexican

July 29th, 2011

Eating mexican food for lunch again at Don Juan's in Tyler TX

Tyler is over populated with Mexican “whole in the wall” restaurants and fancy high dinning Mexican restaurants, and all the restaurants in between. Tyler has two Don Juan restaurants, both brings the spicy tastes of Mexico to Tyler. Don Juan welcomes you into the neon colors of the Mexican culture.

Don Juan’s restaurant not only introduces Tyler to the Hispanic culture through neon colors and greasy food, but also through their odd decorative taste. Maybe it is just me, but I can not enjoy my food and company while hanging on the wall next to me is a large picture of a woman with facial hair and a uni-brow.

The uncomfortable chairs may make the restaurant look more colorful, but after a few minutes of sitting there my back begins to give out and I can not sit comfortably.

Although the art is ugly, the chairs are uncomfortable, and the neon colors begin to blind you as you walk through the door, the food is great! Don Juan’s is one of my favorite Mexican restaurants in Tyler. Although when you pick up your food you do have to be careful of the dripping grease. And if you have a sensitive stomach you better know where the bathroom is before you sit down to eat.

The thing I like about Mexican restaurants is the chips and salsa. The thing I hate is that they wait to bring out your food just long enough for you to get full off the chips.

There are not many more refreshing drinks than the cantaloupe juice at Don Juan’s. The fresh drinks remind me of the days that I have traveled down to Mexico. So if you really want the Hispanic experience, I think Don Juan’s restaurant is the best in town.

Brookshires Grocery Store 5th Street

March 5th, 2011

Brookshires Grocery Store on 5th St.

Brookshires grocery store is a staple of Tyler. A family owned company that lives right here in Tyler has expanded it’s business across the country.

The Brookshires on 5th St. in Tyler is one of many locations and one of the several flagship stores in Tyler. Brookshires is an above average grocery store known for the exceptional quality of the food as well as the extraordinary and helpful nature of the staff.

Brookshires policy nurtures the comfort of it’s customers in earnest detail. The trained bag boys are required to help you bring all bags and carts to your car as well as load your groceries if needed.

The dress and appearance code assures that no one will again be disgusted with the unnatural sight of facial hair on employees, presumably to further comfort the high number of elderly shoppers into believing that since Brookshires employees always appear young then life itself has slowed down allowing them more time on this earth to spend eating groceries.

Although Brookshires is just another grocery store, it is undoubtedly a fancy grocery store. A great amount of expense and care is placed into the Tyler locations, from the arrangement of the expensive cheeses to the complimentary recipes offered by an in house chef. Brookshires does not merely sell groceries, they sell a unique and high quality cuisine of ingredients.

Locally Brookshires is unmatched in quality and selection in ingredients making it the ideal place to shop for any special home made meals or healthy organic vegetables and fruits to keep away the scurvy. Any Tyler resident is aware of the great reputation and service of Brookshires, but not all can afford it. Still, Brookshires is a well appreciated option for a better source of groceries.

Brookshire's

Hairy New Rules

October 12th, 2010
Beards in Brookshires

Beards in Brookshires

While shopping at Brookshire’s Grocery Stores you may have noticed something different about the workers there? They are all hairy! New rules have been put in place at all the Brookshire’s and Super 1 Foods stores. All staff is allowed to have facial hair. There are still some pretty strict rules on how their employees groom themselves. Their rules include not allowing their employees to grow a full beard.

I really do not know how to feel about these new rules. Personally I do not really care if my cashier has a go-tee, or if the kid carrying my bags to my car has a peach fuzz mustache. The only thing that some what bothers me is the people that are handling my food. I do not want to open up my perfectly wrapped sandwich meat and find little hairs from some random guy’s chin. I, personally, think that if you are handling food that there should be stricter rules about facial hair.

These new rules are very interesting and I know that many of the employees are very excited about the freedom of their own grooming, but there is something unappealing about someone with ill groomed facial hair handling my food.