La Frontera Cantina Tex-Mex Restaurant, Washington, D.C.

Forgot to mention the other day our late night sojourn to East Dupont, where we dined al fresco at La Frontera Cantina Tex-Mex Restaurant. Their indoor dining room was closed, but they were still seating people on the patio, and we were seated immediately.

We started with drinks. Robert had a Mexican beer, and Ryan and I both ordered iced tea. The iced tea, though, was nasty—instant—so we exchanged them for Coke and Diet Coke. Our waiter—a tall, handsome, non-Mexican Hispanic—was very nice about it.

Robert had the beef quesadilla dinner. He said it was "good, but unremarkable." Ryan ordered the nachos. I had an appetizer called a pupusa, which can best be described as cornmeal pancakes pressed around a mixture of cheese and meat, served with a distinctive shredded pickled cabbage salad. I also ordered for all of us to share a fried plantain appetizer. Wedges of plantain were deep fried, then served with sour cream and refried beans (yes, beans) as dipping sauces. I found them a little dry and starchy, but I guess that's what plantains are. I think I was expecting the sweet version. Overall, the food was okay. I didn't think of anything I ordered as being "Tex-Mex," though. For dessert, I had a little cube of tres leches cake. It was pretty good, though I'd liked to have had maybe a piece twice as big.