My feelings about Ted’s Café Escondido, the most popular Mexican restaurant in Oklahoma City due to its safely Caucasian locality, have long been documented but, if I am to be completely honest, I have actually never eaten there. Instead, my intense dislike of the place was mostly based around the fact that people always be all up in my face about the joint.
But God works in funny ways. My (current) girlfriend is Mexican and lives on the Southside. She enjoys the music of Marco Antonio Solis, teaches Latin dance and carries a straight-razor in her hair, should I ever need back-up. When we first started dating, I thought that this was my ticket to all that delicious SW 29th comida, from the Cubanos at El Chavo Super Tortas to the authentic sopas at Berta’s Buffet. But, in a twist worthy of an O. Henry story, turns out her favorite Mexican restaurant is Ted’s Café Escondido, 2836 NW. 68th St. So guess where I’ve been eating recently…