No reservations were required for my Monday lunch,...

No reservations were required for my Monday lunch, although the place was busy (but not full) right about noon. This was my first visit, and I happened to enter through the bar. There's no greeter stand, and I wanted to eat outside, so I walked on back. There was a momentary confusion as one of the staff, who was maybe helping out the assigned person, got me squared away, but I appreciated her willingness to do what needed doing. She brought me a menu, and my server was over a second later. Marcos was polite, and when he saw I knew what I wanted, we got the order-taking done in a jiffy, and I buried my nose in the paper.

He was back with the food faster than I expected. I got a pork sparerib plate, with collard greens and their serrano spinach. The 3 ribs were meaty and well barbecued--sauce is tasty, not too sweet, could use a smidge more chile for my preference, and is served on the side in squeeze bottles. As far as I saw, there's only one sauce variety. The meat portion was *maybe* a little small for the price, but not excessively so. The collards were well-prepared and spiced. The spinach is diced and mixed with a spicy cheese sauce. I'd never had that kind of preparation, and liked it very much, though I wouldn't have thought diced spinach would be a good idea. It turns out it is.

Marcos checked on me the appropriate number of times to communicate good service but not cross the line into pestering, and brought the check right after someone else noticed I'd finished and took my plate. Overall a very fine lunch with minimal fuss.