Pajarito - Edina

My wife and I was looking for a good Brunch in Edina. Every Saturday we spend quality time together away from the warehouse. We have been lucky lately finding great places to eat in Minnesota. We stumbled across Pajarito with our grandson. You've probably seen this little foody in some of our other photos. It's like this. I love simple focused menus. Usually of you see a tight menu you pretty much know the food will be good. It's called Power of Duplication. Very easy to get it right. Chef can take the menu place it in 15 cities and food should be consistent. In short tight menus you rarely can go wrong with. Our server was awesome she knew her stuff. She explained every dish as if she was cooking it herself (reason for the tight menu). I saw crab on the menu so I was really excited considering it's hard as he'll to get crabmeat at the moment without paying premium rates. Most restaurants are being affected still by CoVid and probably will be for awhile. Well yes sadly Pajarito is being affected as well. No crabmeat at the moment. My wife and I ordered our food and grab some for our grandson. We started with the 3 Salsa and House Made Chips (Ancho Guajillo, Charred Tomato, and Avacado-Serrano). The Salsa was just heaven so flavorful and wanting for more. I ordered the Crab Ceviche, unfortunately due to distribution issues, crab was not available. So I ordered the Revueltas substituted the crab for shrimp and bang. If you like eggs like I do, if you like shrimp like I do then this is the dish for you. The eggs were fluffy and just delicious. Come to think of this was the first time I didn't ask for salt pepper for my eggs. My wife ordered Huevos Rancheros, unfortunately for her she didn't read the menu well it contains pork. We switched plates and thank goodness we did. OMFG I've never tasted HR like this. The Carnita was pulled perfectly and seasoned to perfection. The dish was beautiful and tasted like a bit of heaven. I ordered mushrooms but had to take the

We had an amazing time in the private room located downstairs of the main dining floor. Private bartender who kept our drinks full and the music vibe strong. Highly recommend booking this room for a special event soon. Cheers!

They have a really small menu and was pleasantly surprised they had a few vegetarian options. The food was excellent. The server was very attentive and lovely. I enjoyed the cozy atmosphere.

Love the neighborhood, had to check out their happy hour. The salsas and chips were delicious. The chicken tinga tostada was average. Parking is a slight hassle but the ramp across the street helps.

I think they are short staffed which is understandable during this time but we only saw our server a couple of times and seemed to have forgotten about us. Food was decent. It came at random times which is awkward when you have other people in your party who haven?t gotten their food yet and you?re eating in front of them. The sweet potato was a bit soggy and not very good. We only took a couple bites and it came after we had finished everything else right before we got the check so we didn?t eat it. Please work on this. It?s one of my biggest pet peeves of restaurants. Bring the food out at the same time! The only reason I?m leaving a review is because of the amazing new server Lauren. I specifically asked for her name because she was AMAZING. I walked inside after getting our food to get silverware and napkins because we didn?t get any and nobody seemed to notice. She wasn?t serving our table but took the time to grab us silverware, refill our water glasses, and when we said the tacos were dry and needed some salsa she recommended a couple amazing options and brought them out to us right away. It made them good! She said she was new and had only been there a couple days but was very knowledgeable about the menu. She even came by later again to refill our glasses as she noticed our server was ignoring us. Keep her, give her a raise, something? she will make this place shine and was the only thing memorable about the whole experience.