In Short
No one has ever confused the Border Cafe's sizzling fajita platters or overstuffed quesadillas with gourmet Mexican fare, but overall quality is good and portions are exceptionally large (rare is the table that orders an… Read More
"Filling" chow for "cheap" is the formula at this "family-friendly" trio, a "must-go" for "tasty" Cajun–Tex-Mex eats served up "extremely fast" with "bottomless chips" and salsa and "giant margaritas"; some find it "not super-authentic" and the setting "clichéd", but "still, they come in droves", so peak hours are a "total zoo."
Border Cafe Restaurant Review:
Tex-Mex and Cajun specialties litter the menu of these Harvard Square and Saugus twins. At the former, twentysomethings down margaritas and nosh on fajitas while scoping out the kitschy joint for its hook-up potential; the latter is a little more family-oriented but no less raucous. The chow can best be described as heaping, as with piles of nachos or chiles rellenos. At its worst, it can be...