Yup, good lunch specials. Like Mary said, great service. The food is decent as well, but I still prefer Maya's, just up the road.

Excellent grub.  They cook their rice with fish stock.

The rice isn't safe for vegans/vegetarians?  Have been excited to go but as a vegan I am very cautious now. Do they have a menu online?

I ate there recently.  The interior is nicely decorated, and the service was decent.

While the selections are 'authentic', the food presentation and quality is not impressive. You receive a puddle of soupy beans, a spread of rice, and then the typical indistinguishable entrees. A flat enchilada, or a 1 cm high relleno with no discernible texture. This place uses the real Mexican cheese, at least. That's a plus (no Cheez-whiz was present, unlike Mexico Lindo - though Lindo does at least have the high class white cheez-whiz). The plate lacked any sort of garnish or vegetable - most places put on some lettuce, tomato and onion at least, providing some texture. No such luck.

Salsa was adequate, chips were okay. Anyone with a tomato, garlic, and a jalepeno and food processor could make better salsa in like 3 minutes, but again, that's the same at all Mexican restaurants in Duluth.  I'd prefer that the bottled hot sauce on the table not be fluorescent green, but that's a tradition.

The menu is extensive, and in the 5 pages of variations on steak, ground beef, chicken and fish, it features very few meat free options. Nice to hear the rice is not vegetarian, because the menu also gives no indication of that. There's a lot of seafood on the menu. If you like Mexican seafood you might check it out. 

Food-wise, it's amazing that Duluth has 3-4 Mexican restaurants which all attain the same level of mediocrity. There's nothing to recommend this place over the Maya or Mexico Lindo.

No love for Lindo, eh Jerome?

It is by far better than anything else in town, why no love?

I like Lindo, they make good fish tacos.

Jerome-

Can you describe to us a Mexican restaurant you've eaten at (other than Little Angie's, which actually isn't authentic Mexican) that does not have white cheese sauce and embodies what you are looking for?

Just curious, because after living in Texas and eating at MANY Mexican family-owned establishments, I've found that Mexico Lindo is pretty similar to the standard offerings down there. Maya is similar, but I think has some regional variations.

Hate to say it, but "high class Mexican" is actually not the norm from what I have experienced down south. Family fare is. And actually, the white cheese dip is a staple at authentic Mexican restaurants, whether it fits your palate or not. It's EVERYWHERE along the Mexican border in family-owned Mexican restaurants.

Lived in SoCal, Mom's from Arizona... agree with Jerome. I imagine it would be awful tough to stay in business serving exclusively authentic dishes this far norte. In order to keep the plates moving gotta serve the Tex-Mex taco bell casserole style stuff.

Jalapeno Express does come pretty close to L.A. taco stand fare and I hope they stick around.