Azteca Mexican Restaurant

Want to share a nice photo of Main Street, taken yesterday by our friend Erika Garcia in the "calm before the storm". I hope you are enjoying your cold and rainy Friday! This is the is the first Friday our patio is fully open (so of course we have this kind of weather . . . Murphy's law?) The good news: we are looking forward to next Friday as our car show kicks off again on Main Street!! Hopefully this gets all the rainy weather out of the way!

We are thrilled to announce that restrictions are loosening again so we are finally allowed to serve you on our patio, yea! We have cozy heaters and our servers are waiting for you. Open at 11:00 a.m. and close at 9:00 p.m., except Monday when we open at 5:00 in the afternoon instead. Of course you can still order your food to-go but now you can say hello to servers Jesse, Alex, Lalo and our other wonderful Azteca family members. Please come support them, support us, support small businesses who really need your help right now. Thank you, be well!

Sharing a picture of this wonderful surprise, a happy New Year gift from good friend and Azteca customer, Blake Goss. He actually designed and 3-D printed this cool little box, as well as cooked those little cookie/candy things (insanely delicious and decadent). Don't we have the most awesome Azteca friends? Hope you are having a great day too!

Been thinking of you all day, EP. Thank you for the brilliant music, Elvis. Missing you.

Happy 2021, friends!!!

Join us tonight for dinner and help support the GGUSD High School Senior Scholarship program! 15% of our sales from yesterday and today go to this very worthy cause! (And anyway, you know Taco Tuesday is calling your name!)

Costume contest at Azteca in 2020? YES!! This year's epic Halloween karaoke party will not be happening (thanks for nothing, Covid) but it won't stop us from celebrating our favorite time of year . . . we just have to do things a little differently this time. Next Saturday, Oct. 31, drop in for dinner between 6 and 9 pm. (Dress up and mask up). To participate, wear your best costume and have your picture taken by Azteca owner Jennifer. Prizes will be awarded in three... categories: *Scariest Costume, *Best Costumed Couple and *Best Kids Costume (participants are children age 16 and under). Azteca staff members will judge costumes from the photos on Sunday and the winners will be announced via Facebook and Instagram. An album of customer costume photos will also be posted to FB for everyone to enjoy. See you soon!

The tradition of Azteca's massive Halloween karaoke party must be put on hold this year due to Covid concerns. But walking around this restaurant during October feels so wrong when there's no Halloween decorations up . . . its downright SPOOKY (and NOT the fun kind of spooky!) So yesterday we spent a few minutes hanging up some of our favorites. While this is by no means our usual, over-the-top Halloween decor, it feels good to have at least pulled out a few skeletons and f...uzzy spiders. Come say hello to our awesome busser-turned- Halloween-decorator Leonardo!! He was immensely helpful and made decorating much more enjoyable with his sense of humor and big smile!! Here's Leonardo, posing with his plastic doppelganger We are working out final details to a Halloween special here at Azteca, please stay tuned. Fun update within a few days. *Azteca friends* please refrain from turning this post into a showcase for political ugliness. (There's a time and place for everything, and this is neither.) Such comments will be deleted. Thank you!.

Longing for the return of the good old ( pre-Covid) days with this memory of a beautiful singer from a year ago. I miss my karaoke friends and promise to keep you posted on karaoke status. Stay healthy and happy, Azteca friends!

Here's a shout-out to some of the unique vendors last week at Friday's car show. I expect they will all be back tonight, please support these businesses who so thoughtfully support us!! Enjoy your weekend, Garden Grove friends!

Here are pictures to spotlight a few of our favorite canine guests at last Friday's car show. (This place is really going to the dogs!) Join us tonight on Main Street for our fantastic car show - bring your family, furry kids included! Live entertainment, unique vendors, patio dining at the restaurants and bars on Main Street and of course, eye-popping cars! Don't miss tonight's fun!

This event on Saturday looks like fun, and for a wonderful cause!! (Little bit if a drive from GG but worth it)

Monday is the ONLY day Azteca opens at 5pm. Every other day we open 11am. So where to have lunch on a Monday? I highly recommend our neighbors, iconic Louies On Main, just down the street. *Excellent burger* with fries and rings. I meant to take a pic earlier in the meal but it was so delicious I was half through it before I remembered . (Everything was delicious but these onion rings are other worldly!) Thank you for an always-great experience, Louies!

Main Street Garden Grove Car Show is the place to be every Friday! Live entertainment, unique vendors, family friendly, fantastic automotive eye candy. Azteca's patio/sidewalk dining is going strong, Downtown GG is thriving especially on weekends because of *your* support. The bars and restaurants are open and ready to serve you. THANK YOU for supporting our small businesses during these challenging times. Stay safe, my GG friends.

Here's a list of the fantastic bands that our amazing car show operator Dianne has lined up for Fridays on Main Street! If you haven't been to Downtown Garden Grove for our Friday car show in a while, you are missing out! All our restaurants have moved tables outside for a cool, sidewalk café vibe. Automotive eye candy is everywhere, great vendors and live entertainment! All this while paying close attention to the most up to date Covid safety regulations. Join us on Fridays!!

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Very happy to read that our good friends at the Assistance League of Garden Grove thrift store is coming back soon!

Great event coming to GG this Sunday, Sept. 20, brought to you by our friends at Kiwanis Land!