Blue Mesa Grill makes Sundays perfect.

Sam and I have a favorite spot for brunch. Actually, it’s our ONLY spot for brunch because we don’t go anywhere else. It’s Blue Mesa Grill, and they have five locations in Dallas and the suburbs, mostly in snooty neighborhoods, but we don’t care because we can be snooty, too, if we have to be. Fortunately,  Blue Mesa is really laid back and fun, they’ve got a picture-perfect Sunday brunch buffet and you can’t beat the price at $16.95 with free beverages like mimosas, real grapefruit juice and unlimited ice cubes. They also have Al, the best waiter on the planet. Al works at their Village on the Parkway location, has a huge mustache and will do damn near ANYTHING to make your dining experience as perfect as possible, including refilling your already-full glass of iced tea, bringing extra buffet plates every four minutes and serving as your personal guacamole slave (he appears with another bowl whenever he thinks you look too tired to get up). Having a personal guacamole slave is something I hope all of you can experience before you die. Seriously.

The food at Blue Mesa is called “hand-crafted southwestern cuisine,” and in my opinion the best dish they make is their Adobe Pie. It’s basically a dome-shaped corn-meal tamale filled with chicken or black bean paste. The photo below isn’t very appealing and may actually look more like a bowl of barf, for which I sincerely apologize.

Some of Blue Mesa’s other specialties include house-made sweet potato chips, terrific fajitas, an amazing relish made from fire-roasted corn with jalapeños, and teeny little flans on the dessert bar. They also have exceptionally shiny ceramic tile floors and good parking. Thank you for reading this. Rating: A.