Awais August 28, 2012, 12:52:27

I’ve been eating at Sadies inflequentry since they were at the bowling alley. I always thought of Sadies as a nice place to feed visitors some decent food. However, my last two visits to Sadies were disappointing (East-side and 4th street locations.) The best part of both meals was their outstanding Salsa. I should have just eaten Salsa and Chips I would have left happy. On the East side, I ordered the Sloppy Jose something I have ordered and enjoyed on numerous occasions. This time, it was clear that the ground beef (called Billy’s beef ) was seasoned heavily with cumin which, like you, I do not believe belongs in New Mexican food. I don’t remember them using cumin in the Billy’s Beef before and just figured it was probably the way the cook at the East-side location made it.I was wrong. About a month later, I visited the 4th street location and had tacos with Billy’s beef . The cumin was so thick, it tasted like it had bad BO. Unbathed stinky taxi driver in 120 degree heat without air conditioning bad BO! It was inedible, just like the Sloppy Jose had been a month later.If you like cumin, I am happy for you but the uniquely New Mexican food flavor I grew up with did not have it and I hate to see it infiltrating some of the restarants in this area just because it is popular on the Food Network.I give Sadies one finger up.Foodie Star