Shorty's

Ok, if you have ever had Tex-Mex in the Merrimack Valley of Southern New Hampshire, you've probably had it at Shorty's at least once.

There's a story about the history of Shorty's you can see for yourself on their website, but it involves Shorty opening a Tex-Mex themed restaurant in Litchfield, New Hampshire for some reason, quite possible the last place you'd find a Tex-Mex restaurant.

Today the restaurant in Litchfield, as well as the excellently decored Bedford venue, are gone, but there are still locations in Nashua and Manchester, as well as probably a few others i'm not going to look at because I went to the one in Nashua for this meal and that's what we'll be talking about here.

I what has become my standard at Shorty's, the Memphis "Love Me Tenders" with a side of River City Beans. I had forgotten to take the picture above before I cut them up because they're a more "wet" buffalo tenders as opposed to the "dry" buffalo tenders you might find at a place like Main Crust Co. that you can pick up with your hands without getting alot of sauce all over them.

The choice between wet and dry buffalo wings/tenders is one of preference, but even though there's enough sauce to classify the Memphis Tenders at Shorty's as "wet", the meal I had this day had much less sauce than they usually give.

They also gave alot less meat, but I told the server this and she was able to get me a few extra tenders free of cost. That in itself would endear any Shorty's in the heart of any patron, but the food itself is superlative, you will probably not find better Tex-Mex in New England, and if it is out there, I want to know about it because it must be pretty damn good.

Meal: Memphis Love Me Tenders and River City Beans

Price: $11.48

Time of Meal: Noonish, Weekday

Speed of Service: 20 minutes (sit down)