Santa Rosa boast a lot of great taquerias, but it’s harder to find affordable sit-down restaurants serving Mexican food. Chelino’s  comfy red vinyl diner booths invite you to sit down to a large platter of Carnitas with beans and rice or spicy saucy chilaquiles.

                                     San Francisco Chronicle                                            Thursday, September 25, 2008

The sparkling-clean spot is decorated with black velvet Aztec paintings and beer signs. The enormous menu is packed with tempting choices from Chilaquiles to Pork Spareribs in red salsa. Portions are huge and ingredients fresh: Try the superb Ceviche Tostada buried under mounds of moist fish. The best seats are on the stools at the front counter, watching the busy open kitchen as you sop up every last drop of Chicken Mole with your tortillas.

Tuesday, September 18, 2007