Monterey House was the BEST food in the world when I was growing up! It was the only place my family went "out to eat" together at.
We went to the one on Rittenhouse. There was one in Humble and I started working there at age 15 in 1988. When I was there (for only a few weeks), is when they closed and Monterey's Little Mexico (or whatever it switched to at the time) took over. If I had ANY idea how upset I'd be at missing the original Monterey House salsa, I would have asked for the recipe before I left there.
There is ONE left in Beaumont and I drove all the way there about a month ago to try it out and it SUCKS! I was soooooooooooooooo disappointed. NOTHING like it used to be. They claim they have not changed their food, but they have. So sad.
My mom and I would go pick it up from Rittenhouse sometimes and it had the BEST smell when we brought it in the house in these boxes!
Oh...the good ole days!
