Indiana, United States Food Guide: 3 Southwestern food Must-Eat Restaurants & Street Food Stalls in Greenwood

October 20, 2019 Trinity Boughner

Discover Restaurants offering the best Southwestern food in Greenwood, Indiana, United States. Greenwood is a city in Johnson County, Indiana, United States. The population was 49,791 at the 2010 Census, and increased to 56,545 in the Census 2016 estimates. Greenwood is located between Indiana State Road 37 and Interstate 65. The city shares a border with Indianapolis and is the most populous suburb in the southern portion of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Area.
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1. On the Border Mexican Grill & Cantina

867 US Highway 31 N, Greenwood, IN 46142-4402 Mexican, Southwestern Lunch, Dinner Takeout, Seating, Wheelchair Accessible, Serves Alcohol, Reservations, Table Service +1 317-884-8950 https://www.ontheborder.com/location/greenwood-in?listing=yext
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4 based on 41 reviews

Every day at 8 a.m., we start chopping veggies, soaking beans, and prepping our mesquite-fired grill. Not because we have to, but because we believe in delicious flavors made-to-order, from hand-rolled enchiladas to our sizzling fajitas to guacamole made

Reviewed By Wendy S

Since Dob Pablo's in the Greenwood area closed, my husband and I have been without a decent Mexican restaurant. Got a hankering for it the other day and figured, since we have been driving past this restaurant for years, we would give On The Border a shot.The atmosphere is nice enough, your usual Mexican decor. Staff seemed friendly and our waitress was pleasant.After attempting to eat the free chips and salsa (hubby liked it but it was too spicy for me), we started with the "Border Sampler". This was good and filling enough that had we just been having lunch, this would have been sufficient. Kinda wish we had stopped there! Hubby ordered the "Tres Enchiladas" which he erroneously thought was like Dob Pablo's triple enchiladas. You don't get one of each type, but 3 of the same (bummer). However, the waitress never asked which one he wanted so he got 3 of the beef ones, which ultimately was ok but she knew we were first timers (we told her at the onset) and never pointed out he could choose from beef, chicken, cheese, etc. He chose to skip the beans and got double the mexican style rice. He said everything was good, not really remarkable. I was excited to see they had a California style burrito! Having had one when we visited San Diego I was happy to be able to enjoy one again. The menu described it as "a seared flour tortilla stuffed with fajita steak, melted Jack cheese, crispy seasoned fries, pico de gallo and avocado ranch. Served with fries and refried beans". First, if that tortilla was seared, it needed to be seared some more! It was cold and floppy, and a bit damp. Second; "stuffed" with fajita steak? Really? I guess they have a different definition than I do, since each half (it comes cut in half) had maybe 5 small pieces of beef. Then there's the "crispy seasoned fries". In Cali, these were the BEST part of the burrito! Shoe string fries, just crispy enough to avoid becoming soggy, and thin enough to not take away from the burrito experience. Not so at On The Border! These were pretty much standard size fries, not in the least bit crisp, in fact they were actually a bit under cooked and were sort of hard in the center. They had also gotten soggy from the ranch, etc, because they were never crisped up enough to be able to avoid becoming soggy! I wound up eating about 1/4 of it, and picking the meat out of the rest of that half (the little meat there was) and let my husband take home the other half (that man will eat anything!). Moving on from that yuckiness, the menu said it came with french fries and beans. Since I am not a bean fan, I asked for their white rice (which was quite good) in place of the beans. Well I got rice, but that's it. No fries. Which is probably a good thing, considering how nasty the fries in the burrito were!Topping it all off, we got double charged for the drinks, so had to point that out to the waitress (I also got no water refills, though my husband got his soda refilled). So make sure to check your bill before paying.In closing, I do not recommend this place, unless maybe you just want to grab a quick, small lunch/appetizer type deal. PS We're back on the hunt for a new Mexican place. *sigh*

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2. Chili's Grill & Bar

1281 US Highway 31 N, Greenwood, IN 46142-4502 American, Southwestern, Mexican, Bar, Pub Lunch, Dinner Takeout, Seating, Television, Serves Alcohol, Table Service +1 317-881-6991 http://www.chilis.com
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3 based on 59 reviews

Chili's Grill & Bar

Reviewed By ChiefGuru

A group of six of us were away on a weekend trip. We decided to walk down to Chili's from our hotel, based upon the convenience factor. Chili's first site opened in 1975 in Dallas=, Texas. Thus, the Southwestern theme and motifs that is their signature appearance across the USA as we as 32 different countries around the world. They definitely promote their Tex / Mex flavors in their dining options, from appetizer, through soap & salad to main entrees. We visited at ~6 PM on a Saturday night and found them not busy at all. We asked for and received a table for 6 in the bar area. They are family friendly. So we in fact found that kids too can eat in the bar area as long as they are not seated at the bar. As we were all adults and trying to escape kids for awhile, might have been nice if children were restricted to the "family" side. Our waitress was friendly enough, however, not the speediest server that we have ever experienced. She did get our drink orders, but took three trips to bring everything back to us. We ordered our meals when the drinks arrived. Doubt it is our waitress' fault, but we waited near an hour for our food. Did I mention that they were not busy? We began to wonder if they forgot our food orders or two had an issue making one or more of the entrees and had to start over? At any rate, when the food arrived it was ok. Not terribly hot and nothing to write home about but ok. We had their Ancho Salmon - seared chile-rubbed Atlantic salmon, drizzled with spicy citrus-chile sauce & topped with chopped cilantro & queso fresco. Served with citrus-chile rice & steamed broccoli, which was good. Two servings of Margarita Grilled Chicken - Margarita marinated grilled chicken breast topped with house-made pico de gallo & crispy tortilla strips. Served with citrus-chile rice & black beans - also fine. Black Bean & Veggie Fajitas - asparagus, garlic roasted tomatoes and house-made corn & black bean salsa, drizzled with chile-lime sauce & topped with a black bean patty, crumbled queso fresco and avocado slices - fine. Sour Cream Chicken Enchiladas - 3 baked enchiladas filled with seasoned chicken & Monterey Jack cheese. Topped with sour cream sauce, melted 3-cheese blend, chopped cilantro & house-made corn & black bean salsa. Served with citrus-chile rice & black beans. And, Southern Smokehouse Burger (rare) - 4 slices of applewood smoked bacon, melted sharp cheddar cheese, garlic dill pickles, spiced panko onion rings, fresh leaf lettuce, tomato & Chili's Signature sauce. Served with a side of Chili's classic BBQ sauce. I had the latter. It was cooked to medium rare. Although not as rare as I would have preferred, it was an ok burger. The toppings were good and the burger was juicy. Our experience at Chili's was ok. Nothing significant to push it into a bad category or into a good memory category. We would probably opt to try some place else if again in the area, mainly because service was slow and food was not truly great. However, if you are in the area and find Chili's convenient, I will not be the one to say that you should not stop.

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3. Margarita's Mexican Restaurant

1675 W Smith Valley Rd, Greenwood, IN 46142-1588 Mexican, Southwestern Lunch, Dinner Takeout, Seating, Wheelchair Accessible, Serves Alcohol, Highchairs Available, Table Service +1 317-859-4500 https://www.mexicanrestaurantmargaritas.com/
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4 based on 36 reviews

Margarita's Mexican Restaurant

Reviewed By ChipM2000

Met some friends for an earlier Saturday evening dinner. Over all the services is goo, the food is consistently good. They appear to have gotten some additional servers. That makes the service more like it used to be. They really were rocking in a little over a year ago then they must have lost a lot of their staff. Service really had not recovered but tonight it was much improved.

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