Living in a somewhat big city you tent to get use to gray and monotonous aspects of that city. Coming from Austin, San Marcos was a shock to me. Everything is very local here where as in Austin local things are hard to find. I was worried about being homesick and not being able to cope with unfamiliarly. As I finally started to navigate San Marcos I found things that were relatively close to home such as Garcia’s which to me is a much smaller Pappasitos, my favorite Mexican restaurant. In Austin since sometimes originals are hard I always found myself hitting the franchises, one of my favorite’s being Chili’s. I had recently stopped going to Chili’s because I had bad experiences my last few visits in Austin. After experiencing San Marcos’ local scene I decided to try Chili’s. Busy as I expected, Saturday night at Chili’s started no different than it had any other time. One difference I did notice was the staff was a lot more attentive and genuine; many of them were students from Texas State. Aside from the service, the food tasted as if I’d never been to a Chili’s in my life. I ordered my usual, I’m not sure of the correct name but it’s penne pasta in alfredo sauce with shrimp. I usually order three extra shrimp and heavy alfredo. I had no complaint. Since then I’ve been to this particular Chili’s about 6 times. It’s better than any Chili’s in Austin and trust me I have enough experience to compare. So now with this experience I was say smaller towns have something big cities don’t, originality.
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