Comments on: Gracias, Pedraza’s!

By: megsj

megsj — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 04:32:55 +0000

Why would anyone be jealous of her family? She is married to a dishonest lawyer…and she is known throughout Keene as a nasty *#&!%. The only people she seems to be somewhat “respectful” to are her employees…and why is this? Oh…they work for her and she needs them. Funny how that works.

I have heard many people say what a better place Keene would be if she would take herself away from here. For an old lady she causes alot of drama. She should be ashamed of the fact that she calls herself a “business woman”.

By: CJ

CJ — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 05:42:13 +0000

How arrogant of Ms O’Meara to ASSume anyone is jealous of her or her family. You know what they say about ASSuming…….

By: john ball

john ball — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 18:33:24 +0000

Huh?
“Some is up”, “garentee”, “sheader”????

I donut ware to stat. ;-]

What is this craziness about “go over to her office” and “man up” and “ill go over there”? I am not a professional yeller and I have no desire for argument. I was just wondering what ‘Pedraza” meant. I wasn’t arguing about anything but I was asking a question. I was out downtown and asked a friend at Cobblestone and they said he was the head chef there when it opened and told me what she. knew. That is all,

I don’t hate anything or even want to argue but I thought the name was strange. Armadillos and Margaritos make sense. I wondered what Pedraza had to do with the restaurant. I found out it was a place in Spain but that didn’t make sense. Come to find out it was the chef but he has long been gone but the name remains the same. There is your authenticity. Not much I think. But that is just my opinion. If the name was Keene Beans and Cheese I would have never asked a question.

Can I have more lettuce please?

By: david

david — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 16:20:01 +0000

Is that like the Justin Wilson garentee?

By: mama's boi

mama's boi — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 12:47:01 +0000

ok lets just some this up…. mike and david. if you want to really argue with someone and think you can back up your words go to dorrie’s office. i garentee your life will be shreader finer than our cheese at pedreza’s. and if you want to talk to me just ask dorrie and ill go over there. you dont know what your doing or even arguing about. go over to her office

By: david

david — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 20:59:47 +0000

Wow, mike h, a decade and a half in the kitchen. You must be ready for Top Chef by now. Well, let’s see, if I can remember right in my old age, I started working in kitchens on the west coast in about 1977. Started taking trips to Mexico a couple of years before that.
I wasn’t attacking any business owner. Look in her restaurant. Tell me what Authentic Mexican colors you see inside. Order 5 things at random from the menu and see how many come with shredded iceberg and extra cheese. If I want something authentic in the area, I head south to la Veracruzana. Only an hour or so away. You should try it, if you like good Mexican food. You will cry the next time you go to Pedraza.

By: david

david — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 20:25:11 +0000

Must be a different david. I just like to travel.

By: john ball

john ball — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 19:56:55 +0000

Ah, Denny’s? Should be open 24 hrs a day.
Seems it was a guy named David Pedraza who opened the restaurant with Dorrie.
Heard he got screwed. He was the head chef at La C whatever before Dorrie opened her own version of La whatever with a bunch of their employees. He left shortly after they opened because of money and Dorrie started messing with his family life and didn’t pay him what was agreed.. Strange. I wish I didn’t hear all this.

Is that you David?

By: david

david — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 19:27:16 +0000

So, mike h, got any more obtuse yammerings like your last comments? Wanna talk about places you’ve actually been in Oaxaca? I have lots of friends from there, been to their houses, slept in their yards. Stayed up drinking mezcal- the kind in the little brown round jugs with the cork, and woke to the sound of Toma’s wife, making tortillas for breakfast. Chorizo, eggs, salsa. I never quite liked the menudo, but you can’t turn it down if it is offered.
Lets hear some of your vast experiences. Wow, made it all the way to Nogales! I never said Baja was an island, but Mexico is commonly referred to as Baja and Mainland.

So if these are such common dishes, why doesn’t Pedrasas serve them, any of them? Instead of (again) more shredded lettuce and how about some extra cheese? I don’t need wikipedia to come up with a list of foods I have been eating all my life. I guess you’ve never had good carne asada if you think it is just grilled meat.

By: Mike H.

Mike H. — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 19:24:39 +0000

That was a great rundown of the food from the street vendors.

I have to chuckle at your aptitude for Wikipedia search, all of the foods you mention are readily available at most Mexican Restaurants. See, the thing is, here in the states we have to cater to the palate of the consumer. People like familiar food, and just because you have garnished something with something you have deemed nontraditional(read OFFENSIVE) does not make it bad. I can get Papusa in any large metro area in the country, fish tacos with shredded cabbage? Ok, how about almost any taco stand on the west coast. Carne Asada? Grilled meat. literal translation, yeah Taco Bell picked up on that years ago. The rest of that stuff is just gringo food, Mar y Montana, Grilled chicken in fruit juice? come on man. Bobby Flay does it all day long. Grilled shellfish is hardly a Mexican invention, nor is the popsicle (Paletas).

For the record, Mexico is ALL mainland. Baja is a peninsula. Not an Island.

I began shopping with my aunt Lil, at age 7 in Nogales Mexico, on my trips out to Arizona, I have spent considerable time in a Mexican household. Relatives and All… So If we want to talk about what actual Mexicans eat. I got all ya need. Not to mention the education, and decade and half in kitchens around the country. Please. Once again Im not here to even discuss food. More to make a point about these ridiculous attacks on a business owner in your city. Grow up, read a book, and find a hobby, Thanks for the laughs.