Corona Village - Broadway

2137 Broadway Ave.
Boise, Idaho 83703
208-336-6711

This Mexican restaurant is a tale in 2 parts.

Part I

On a very popular street, I drove by this location several times a day. The location has gone through 2-3 change of restaurants but it always seem to be Mexican themed. Corona Village is what it currently is and has been that way for a year (maybe more, I don't remember since I've just moved back to Boise a year ago).

After a hard working morning, I was craving Mexican food. We hit the place around lunch time on Friday. The instant that door opened, the smell of marinating meat, refried beans and salsa rice hit me. I was HUNGRY! We were quickly seated (seeing as were was only 1 set of customers in the place) by a friendly waiter in a booth.

There were tables but booth was okay.

Clean restaurant - check!
Sunny windows for a bright cheery feel - check!
Friendly and neat staff - check!
Clean silverware - check!
Napkins - check!
Drool worthy scent coming from kitchen - check!
Let's eat!

Alas! A menu was set in front of me. Crap, again with the choosing!? I'll have whatever I was smelling!

Ah, along came the chips, salsa, and bean dip to make the decision process go a little less stressful. Did I mention I was a slow order-er and that we were under a slight time crunch that day? My friend's husband had join us that day, he was on his way to work. A cool customer, he seems to always know what he wants quickly but never pressures me to make my decisions as fast as him. It is the fact that I knew he was on a time schedule made me nervous, which of course causes my mind to start to fray a little and when it frays its like I have the attention span of 2 year old. I can't focus! Ooo, more chips and bean dip.

I have a bad bad bad habit of eating lot of chips and bean dip before the meal even arrives, it's a yummy habit though. You can park me in a booth with chips and warm bean dip and a glass of water and I'd be happy, but since that's already free I thought I'd at least have to order something they can charge me for. It was a little early in the day to order strawberry margarita so I had to order regular food.

Decision time: beef burrito. Not the gut-bursting sized one, but the regular burrito with the side of rice and refried beans.

Yum! The food was good, I didn't even have leftovers (which thoroughly impressed my friends, 80% of the time I have leftovers to take home whenever we go out to eat. I'm getting better about it though, I try to finish all my meal in one sitting these days).

It was about $7 for enough food to send me into a mini nap attack.

Quick service, good food, inexpensive, plus all that checklist up above Corona Village was marked as a place we would come back.


PART II

After our initial judgement, my friend brought her family to Corona Village for another lunch a few weeks after our initial visit.

As you can tell by the fact that I'm writing a part 2, this trip did not end on such a delightful note.

While the restaurant visit went without a glitch, it was the after-effects that was a deal breaker.

Most members of the dining party ended up with a less than happy tummy for the rest of the evening. The water bill might have been higher than usual for the households that day.

FINAL JUDGEMENT: Return at your own risk.