text: Who told Carlos Santana to open a restaurant chain Between his godawful shoe collection apparently designed exclusively for hookers and the colorblind and his collaborations with Rob Thomas is that guy still around I would have thought he was pretty busy But nope no such lucknnEnter Maria Maria conveniently located at our newest soontoberundown fakeurban mall Tempe Marketplace It is of course a chain But you knew that It is pretty inside though and arguably less crass than some of its neighbors cough Lucilles cough nnWork lunch Not my choice but I am game Wait how much for some enchiladas And no lunch menu You have got to be fucking kidding me hombre I am all for Nuevo Mexicano but we are at the goddamned MALL Carlos And that is a lot of dinero for some tortillas and beef nnThe food wasfine Not gross just boring as hell The guacamole was pretty good but considering its size not huge and price I forget maybe it was not memorable If you are prepared to go the pricey guac route just go to Los Sombreros insteadnnWhen it comes to Maria Maria I think Carlos said it best Just forget about it