Paradise Mexican Restaurant Opens on Saline's West Side

Nothing beats the pandemic blues like good food.

Saline's newest restaurant, Paradise Mexican Restaurant, has opened to rave reviews at 699 W. Michigan Ave.

(Menu. Phone: (734) 316-2942 Online ordering)

Armando Pacheco DeLaCruz and Sara Ruiz Pachecho are the husband and wife team who opened Paradise May 4.  Saline diners may remember them from Mangiamo Italian Grill in downtown Saline, where they both worked for Pete Toarmina. Armando was the chef for Mangiamo's.

Paradise Menu specializes in authentic, freshly-made Mexican food.

Of course, they offer the stables. Tacos come with pollo, pescado, carnitas, chorizo and more. There are burritos, fajitas and quesadillas.

Paradise opens at 10 a.m. and serves several breakfast dishes, including huevos rancheros. Or you can try huevos con chorizo - eggs with Mexican sausage, served with rice, beans and tortillas.

The dinner menu includes pollo loco - a grilled chicken thigh served with rice and beans. Bistec a la Mexicana is a thinly cut steak with onions, tomatoes, cilantro, and jalapenos, served with rice, beans and tortillas.

Paridise offers pozole, a traditional Mexican stew, and menudo, a Mexican soup.

A kids menu includes chicken fingers, a cheese quesadilla and kids burrito.

Armando and Sara live with their family across the street from their new restaurant. In the coming months they were open the second side of their business, a market where they will sell canned and fresh food. They are also starting a small bakery and will sell sweet bread and cakes.

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