text: Rositas Place is a Phoenix institution Everyone who is anyone eats here from former governor Bruce Babbitt to nobodies like me My father used to tease me that I was born with a spoon of Rositas refried beans in my mouth I have been eating here for years and the waitress I remember from my childhood still works herennFrom their humble beginnings on Buckeye road to their new they have been here quite awhile location on McDowell Rd near th street the owners of this restaurant have won more accolades for delicious homecooked Mexican food than anywhere else in the Valley of the Sun The huge portions of food are cheap and consistently delicious based on family recipes You are likely to encounter a live mariachi band on weekends nnThe red sauce is hotter than the green but not by much they will both smoke your brains out of your skull Everything is good Keep returning until you have tried all of it My favorites chile relleno with rice beans flour tortilla albondigas soup carnitas plate and the refried beans in generalnnMaybe it is because I have been dining at Rositas Place regularly for my whole life and they know me but I never get slow service as has been mentioned in other reviews Also if you think this place is in the ghetto and you do not like that you have to park in back where you cannot see your car while you eat you are too sheltered in case you did not notice there is always a paid attendant keeping an eye on the parking lot