We are trying to support as many local restaurants as we can during the pandemic.

Our first stop this week was a sandwich shop in north Glendale called Phila-Deli.

Today I got a very generously sized small (not small at all) chicken steak wrap.

Got lettuce, tomatoes, onions and hot pickled peppers. It’s tasty.

My husband enjoyed a full size cheese steak.

He got it with peppers, onions and hot peppers.

Next stop was Desert Island Eatery for DELICIOUS Caribbean Food.

I ordered and paid on the phone. They practice safe distancing and have a table set up in front of the restaurant for your order.

I got a combo plate of jerk and curry chicken with rice, peas and cabbage. My husband got a tri-plate of the same as mine plus bbq chicken. We tried a vegan macaroni and cheese and a chicken and a beef hand pie. All was Incredibly FORKING Delicious. The chicken is so flavorful and just falls off the bone. Portions are extra large so this is 2 meals or more. We had some help with all this delicious food.

Who opens up a brand new restaurant during a pandemic?

Mochilero Kitchen just opened a few days ago in Peoria in the area that is considered the upper west side so we wanted to try it.

They are practicing social distancing and have 6 feet marked with tape by the entrance.

We tried chips and salsa, a papa bravo taco, a chicken pibil bowl and a short rib bowl.

Everything was very fresh. The proteins were cooked nice. Some of what we tried was very delicate with flavors. My favorite was the papa bravo taco. It had the most flavors and was slightly spicy. This new restaurant sure have TONS of potential with lots of delicious sounding things to offer when they turn into a dine in restaurant. Their esquires with chiltepin sound great! So does their Chula Swordfish with ancho butter with Brussels sprouts. I can’t wait to try their shishitos with corn smut and esplette pepper when they fully open.

We also did take out from Fabio On Fire in Peoria. This place has the local distancing down better than anyone. You order and pay on line and they communicate with you by text. You order goes on a sanitized table outside.

We got tasty vegetarian butternut squash raviolis, gnocchi in bolognese sauce some fresh baked bread and the FORKING BEST STRAWBERRY Gelato in the whole wide world!

Last Take Out this week was from Popo’s Fiesta Del Sol in Glendale.

I got my usual chicken fajita salad and my husband got the carnitas.

Today they forgot the peppers and onions for my salad but they gave us chips and salsa (last time they forgot the chips and salsa) But the salad is tasty. My husband enjoys the carnitas.

We also took out four margaritas. They are very strong….so strong that they can do push ups.

As usual we had help with the food.

Our take out this week during the pandemic was from…..

Phila-Deli

Desert Island Eatery

Mochilero Kitchen

Fabio On Fire

Popo’s Fiesta Del Sol

Everything is subject to change and we hope it does for the better.