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South Carolina, United States Food Guide: 3 Mexican food Must-Eat Restaurants & Street Food Stalls in Chapin
Reviews on Mexican food in Chapin, South Carolina, United States. Chapin, popularly known as the capital of Lake Murray, is a small, affluent, lake town located at the northern tip of Lexington County, South Carolina bordering Newberry County, South Carolina to the south. Lake Murray separates Chapin from the rest of Lexington County. Chapin is located approximately 22 miles northwest of Columbia and many people commute there for work, however, the town is considered fringe rural by the US postal service. Chapin is known for its charm and southern hospitality and is consistently rated in the Top 10 places to live in South Carolina. Chapin was founded by Martin Chapin in 1889. The following year, 1890, the railroad was built to connect Chapin to Columbia, South Carolina and other major regions. The population of Chapin was 1,445 according to the 2010 census, however, the population of the area with a Chapin mailing address, which is all known as Chapin by local people, is 6,742. The town government is set up in the Mayor-Council form and the current Chapin mayor is David W. Knight. Chapin has four public schools in the area; the first Chapin school was built in 1924. Lake Murray is the main attraction to Chapin and provides recreational boaters with water-related entertainment.
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1. El Poblano Mexican Restaurant
Overall Ratings
4 based on 152 reviews
Reviewed By lipstick44
Absolutely horrible service and rude! From the moment we ordered, plates were thrown on the table, glasses were not refilled, waitress was incredibly rude. At first we thought that maybe she was just having a bad night, so we didn't say anything, but we noticed that they were rude throughout the restaurant. There were some friends in a nearby table having a birthday celebration, they came to their table and sang and then proceeded to smash the free dessert into the woman's face. They were all shocked. We had a long table, there were 6 of us at an 8 top table. One of our people were late and showed up about an hour after us. They did not ask her to order and were visibly upset that someone else showed up. They obviously wanted our table. Someone came over to us and asked how much longer we were going to be.......unbelievable! After that, they proceeded to give us dirty looks until we decided to leave. Do yourself a favor and avoid this place. There are better places to go to with much better food and such better service - Real Mexico on Bush River comes to mind - awesome service and food! We will NEVER, EVER!!! go here again.
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2. La Fogata Mexican Restaurant
Overall Ratings
4 based on 56 reviews
Reviewed By acstuart
My family and I always choose to come to this particular Mexican Restaurant whenever we are wanting Mexican. Even if we are in Whitemire or Newberry, we will choose to drive all the way to Chapin to eat here. It is our all time favorite Mexican place! Service and food are always amazing! Keep up the great work guys!
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3. Taco Bell
Reviewed By Alesa H
Returning from Myrtle Beach we stopped in for a restroom break as well as a quick bite to go. Took quite awhile to make it to the register to place our order. I waited for about 10 minutes then gave the receipt to one of my teenagers while went to the restroom. Well, the restroom was packed because they share with a convenience store so I was gone a long time. I was shocked when I came back out to find that we still hadn't gotten our food. I stepped over towards the register so that I could see into the back, sure that they had misplaced our order somehow. When the fella that I suppose was the manager saw me looking back there he asked me in a very brusque manner, "Can I help you ? Mam" I told him my order number and asked him what the problem was and he got really angry telling me that he had two really big orders before mine. I told him that I was in a hurry and would like my food. He got even angrier and told me to get out of his store. Said that he would give me a refund and then for me to "GET OUT". Well after investing this much time I didn't want a refund I wanted my food and this is what I told him. I thought he was going to call the police. I stood my ground with him and FINALLY after a 30 minute wait got my food. I have NEVER been treated this way by anyone. I'm not sure what his problem was but he definitely had one. An " I'm sorry Mam we have two big orders but we'll have your food just as soon as possible" would have made it all go away. Was almost afraid to eat the food, SPIT you know!!
