Comment by mateoism on October 20, 2009 at 7:19pm

But not necessarily...

Comment by Steve Rich on October 20, 2009 at 7:24pm

That is our tax money that they are not paying to the state. That is 750,000 that they will have to raise in some other method. There a plenty of mexican food restaurants that do hand over the sales tax that were included in the food tab and they are the businesses that people should be eating at.

Comment by mateoism on October 20, 2009 at 7:29pm

@Steve Rich: And plenty that serve higher quality food, too. Death and taxes are the only two guarantees in life. Garduno's should have realized that by now.

Comment by Ron Da Bomb on October 20, 2009 at 8:56pm

Am I the only one who thinks that Garduno's used to serve consistent, good food? Maybe I'm dating myself here, but back in the '80's and early '90's we used to go regularly and were almost always satisfied with our experience. Back in those days, you would wait an hour or more for a table in the evenings and weekends. The food was decent, Margaritas were yummy and potent, and the bill was never over the top expensive.

That being said, my ex and I were reminiscing about those good ole days, and how we missed how good Garduno's used to be, and how we miss our local "Cheers" hangout, the Gin Mill on the west side (two for one huevos rancheros and NFL on the big screen on Sundays)...

Maybe I am remembering the good old days in a romantic haze. To quote Billy Joel, "the good old days weren't always good, and tomorrow aint as bad as it seems..."

The last couple of recent experiences at Garduno's have been as most here describe. Tepid. Food was mediocre, service spotty. When the waiter told us "we're out of iced tea," I knew. Their distributors were cutting them off. It was then that I knew it was pretty much over.

Either way, it's a bit sad to see a local business fold. Their tableside Guacamole was pretty good.

Comment by mateoism on October 20, 2009 at 9:40pm

@RonDaBomb: so true. While I'm not a fan of this chain, it was always nice knowing that a NM chain existed. I'd rather not see a long lasting NM eatery go. Fortunately they won't have to shut down if they just pay their taxes.

Comment by Robert S. on October 20, 2009 at 11:21pm

there'll be no tears that I"ll shed. They collected taxes and they are apparently in poor enough financial shape they had to use those collected taxes to fund operations instead of turning it over to Tax and Rev.

Comment by once banned twice shy on October 21, 2009 at 10:40am

Well, I don't feel badly for the owners, who apparently were not particularly wise in their business practices, but I do feel badly for the employees who will lose jobs if Garduno's has to close.

Comment by Robert S. on October 21, 2009 at 10:49am

I wonder if those workers will get unemployment benefits when canned or if Gardunos/Tortilla Inc. also failed to pay unemployment benefit premiums to the state.

Comment by Andrea Lin on October 21, 2009 at 11:32am

Wow, no love whatsoever for the restaurant itself? I definitely didn't think that the quality had declined as much as ya'll seem to have experienced.

I think the business scandal side of it is sad and possibly evil/negligent/assholery, but I personally will miss them if they close.

Comment by Andrea Lin on October 21, 2009 at 11:33am

Sorry - I missed Ron da Bomb's comments.... but still, maybe I missed some of the worse food experiences. I'll defer to the statistics here from everyone else's recent visits.

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