| Being from San Diego I just love Mexican food but it is | | | | topped with spicy red sauce, onions and sour cream |
| very difficult to find authentic Mexican cuisine in the | | | | and it was just fabulous. Sure you can get enchiladas |
| Tampa Bay area. Well, my girl-friend and I were out | | | | at every Mexican restaurant but for some reason, |
| looking for somewhere to eat one night after battling it | | | | Casa Tina's enchilada's just rocked! |
| out on the go-cart track. We hadn't been dating all that | | | | The restaurant has become popular with vegetarians |
| long yet and while looking around for somewhere to | | | | as well since they utilize fresh ingredients and a menu |
| eat I had done something incredibly embarrassing. I | | | | selection which has many entrees' that don't include |
| performed an April Fools joke on her and though it | | | | meat or can be prepared without it. Everything they |
| wasn't too bad of a joke, I had realized shortly after, | | | | cook can be done vegetarian style since they do the |
| that, well, it wasn't April. So I bombed pretty hard and | | | | meat and dairy last. |
| ever since I have heard about it from her for what | | | | Even appetizers at Casa Tina are uniquely tasty and |
| seems a million times now. But, I have an excuse. I | | | | prepared in creative ways such as their cactus salad |
| was so mesmerized by her and so attracted to her | | | | which is a tender Mexican plant with fresh cilantro, |
| that I just couldn't act normal. I try very hard too and to | | | | tomato, onion, lime and white cheese or their |
| this day I still find myself doing stupid little things that | | | | homemade tortilla soup which is server with or without |
| make no sense at all only because she, kind of in a | | | | chicken. All tables also receive complimentary tortilla |
| way, throws me out of whack because of what I feel | | | | chips and homemade salsa and let me tell you the |
| for her. I have no real explanation for it. | | | | salsa is to die for. |
| Luckily that night though, I came across Casa Tina in | | | | Aside from the food, my girl-friend and I enjoyed a |
| Dunedin, Fl. and even though throughout the night I still | | | | nice, small, inviting and a little bit romantic experience at |
| was getting it handed to me for my April Fool's joke, | | | | Casa Tina's. The interior is colorful, has few strands of |
| Casa Tina's provided the ending (well, the ending to the | | | | lights strung up inside and gives you just a very |
| night out) that helped me make it a great night and one | | | | comfortable feeling. |
| her and I will never forget. | | | | If you are ever in Dunedin, Florida which is off the |
| Casa Tina goes a bit beyond gourmet. Their dishes | | | | Intracoastal Waterway between Clearwater and Palm |
| are authentic, nutritious and prepared fresh. They do | | | | Harbor, you have to have lunch or dinner at Casa |
| not use lard, use a minimal amount of salt and oil, and | | | | Tina's. Everything is very affordable and gourmet. I |
| every dish is prepared in its own pan. | | | | have returned their many times and never have I, my |
| On that visit to Casa Tina's I had their house favorite | | | | girl-friend or my friends ever been disappointed. You |
| which are enchiladas en salsa Rojas - three corn | | | | won't be disappointed either! |
| tortillas filled with beef, vegetables or cheese and | | | | |