Everyone has their favorite places to eat or their favorite type of food. For my friends and I, Mexican food is our weakness. My friends and I have a local place, Los Tarasco’s in Tuscaloosa, that we visit at least once a week, and it is AWESOME. Here are some tell-tale signs you, like me, eat Mexican food way too much.

1. You have a nickname for the restaurant.

We have started calling Los Tarasco’s “LT” as we are all far too lazy to actually type out the words, and we go there so much we all know exactly what someone means when they type LT in a group message.

2. The waiters remember how you split the checks.

Within my main group of friends, we have one married couple. When the servers used to ask if it was all separate, we always tried to awkwardly explain who was with who. Now when we go, the waiters know who is together and who is on their own check.

3. You know what all the food is without pictures to guide you.

In the beginning, I needed to read the full explanation of what I was ordering to understand what I was going to get. Now, I'm an old pro. I don't even need to google pictures of the food anymore to be sure I'm going to like it!

4. Similar to number 3, you don't even glance at the menu anymore.

We go so much now that at this point, the menus are just spill hazards for us. We all know a few items we like and order from memory rather than searching the menu

5. You are seated in the same area every time.

Now, this may just be coincidence, but every time we go now, we always sit in the back room. I know this could be mere chance, but it’s hard for me to believe that we ALWAYS sit in the same spot out of luck. They know we are loud and hide us in the back.

If any of these apply to you, you probably eat WAY too much Mexican food. That’s okay though, you are not alone.

If you’re local to Tuscaloosa or happen to be here for any reason (football, let's get real), check out Los Tarasco’s Facebook page for details and even try it out sometime! I promise you won’t be disappointed!!!!!