The Mission

“Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.” – Tony Robbins
 
Everyone needs goals, right?

Like every future-minded, successful person, we set goals for ourselves for the year. We want to read more, educate ourselves more, be more conscious of spending our time wisely, make better financial decisions. We set big goals and small goals to move our lives forward.

But we also like to have fun. And eat good Mexican food.

So we decided to set a goal to visit every single Mexican restaurant in the greater Raleigh area.

Because chips and salsa are that important.

So this is us - four friends who have set out on a mission to explore Raleigh's Mexican restaurants. It started out as a small goal at first, unaware of the shear volume of Mexican restaurants in the Raleigh area. But, as the challenge grew as we discovered more and more restaurants, so did our love for arroz con pollo, so we stayed persistent. This is our story - complete with poor ordering choices, surprise spicy bites, awkward booth neighbors, mariachi bands circling around, traffic tickets, and meeting new friends during a salsa party.

- Jessi

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Tonight we continue the adventure to yet another one of Raleigh's many Mexican Restaurants.  This challenge has been a fun one for 4 friends who all enjoy the commonality of all enjoying not just eating Mexican food, but the experience of going out to eat at and trying different Mexican Restaurants. We get asked on a very regular basis, which ones are our favorites, and which ones we recommend. So, one of our next goals is going to be to put some recommendations on here for people to follow when they are looking for a great night out on the town enjoying some of the best Mexican food that Raleigh has to offer, with the benefit of being able to take some of the guess work out of where to go. How many times have you been a part of that discussion : "Where do you want to go? I don't know, where do you want to go?" So, if the obvious choice is Mexican, but you are just not sure where to start with there being so many choices in the Raleigh area. Our goal is to give you our insight into the best options. Check back here often as we update our blog with each new stop in our journey.

The Team:
Mexican Eater #1 - Brian Dougherty (long time fan of everything pertaining to Mexican Food)
Mexican Eater #2 - Derick Sammons (our expert on Spicy - nothing scares this guy)
Mexican Eater #3 - Jenny Dougherty (ACP it is - I just know what I want..... Ordering the same thing at every Restaurant)
Mexican Eater #4 - Jessi Sammons (just happy to be along and included..... And 'holder' of the -list- ?where is our next stop?)

--> Follow our journey
--> enjoy checking out our recommendations
--> experience Raleigh - Mexican Style

- Brian