My wife and I went to Home Depot on S. Arizona Ave last weekend. We spotted a new Mexican restarant called Kokopelli Fresh Mexican Grill at the corner of S. Arizona Ave and Ocotillo Rd. It was dinner time so we decided to try it out. We were glad we did. Their food is absolutely fabulous and great value. I had a grilled sirloin dinner which served an 8 oz. sirloin steak, a choice of brown or white rice, pinto or black beans, grilled vegetables, tortillas, and a side of chips and homemade salsa for under $10. What an incredible deal!! The steak was tender and delicious. My wife had a mahi mahi taco salad. The fish was grilled not fried. It was not greasy at all and was delicious. The salsa was homemade and was great. Even better, since all beers and margaritas were only $2 on every Friday and Saturday, I had a mexican beer and my wife had a strawberry margarita with our dinner. That was a great dinner!!
Kokopelli is a fast casual Mexican restaurant, but they are really different from other fast food restaurants. I actually like their concept a lot. You get in line and order what you want. In most cases, they make it in front of you so you can basically customize what you want. Then you pay and bring the food to your table. In my case, they brought my order to my table since it took longer to prepare my steak dinner. They actually serve your food on a real dinner plate during dinner hours. They offer vast menu selection usually only found in full service Mexican restaurants. They even have desserts, different kinds of beers, margaritas and other drinks. When we were there, they had just installed a big screen TV but not yet hooked up at the time. It would be a great place to hang out for good Mexican food and drinks and watch the games. I highly recommend this restaurant.