Border Cafe

Jose's Border Cafe

It has been a while since I had ventured into the depths of the DELDOT Monster - the Christiana Mall area. The poorly designed interchange of I95, DE1, and DE7...Churchman's Crossing, Metroform...it's a mess.

Two things we don't have in Brandywine Hundred....a Bugaboo Steakhouse and a Border Cafe. The Border Cafe has the most appropriate sign of any restaurant, it's visible from the traffic fiasco and all of the nearby hotels - it simply reads "EAT". At the Border Cafe, finding a good meal (actually, a good, LARGE meal) is not a problem.

Like most Tex-Mex joints, they start you off with Chips and Salsa. Don't be afraid to ask for more.

The Quesadillas are OVER sized. By itself, it's a meal. Steak, Chicken, or the Cajun Combo (crawfish and shrimp) NEED to be shared - or not.

Two salads REALLY stand out. The beef and blue (or black and blue) - steak and blue cheese crumbles with a good dose of tomatoes and blacken'd (Cajun) spices over iceberg lettuce...and the Chicken Fajita salad which is basically a pile of chicken, fried onions and peppers laying on lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.

The seafood enchillada is probably the most decadent item on the menu. Shellfish in a cream sauce wrapped in tortillas. It's like a Tex Mex Alfredo dish. All of the fajitas - cajun, chicken, and steak that passed our table just made your mouth water. The gumbo was a nice surprise also - not on the level of the "Blue Parrot" on Union Street - but good enough to order again!

Throw in the standard Mexican Beers...Corona, Monte Negro, Dos Xies and there's no need for dessert!

Totally easy on the wallet also...except for the seafood enchillada and fajitas, I think everything else was under $8.

When we go to Borders, we always get the order of steak and chicken Fajitas for two, and always load up on salsa and chips beforehand! Great place to eat!!!!!

For awhile, I was having a hard time figuring out what the name was. Some referred to is as Border Cafe, then I heard my son's guitar instructor talking about a restaurant called "Eat", then I heard others refer to it as Jose's Border Cafe'. ....THENNNN....when someone says I'm going to Border to eat I think the book store....it's all sooo confusing, can't we just call it "eat" since that's what we do there?

Jose’s Border Café
483 Stanton-Christiana Rd.
Newark, DE 19713


I wanted to let everyone know that I went to the Border Cafe with a friend for dinner tonight. We ordered Margarita's with our dinner and we were not asked for any identification

Half way through our dinner the waitress came over to the table and asked for our identification. I informed her that I was 33 years of age and my friend was 27 years of age. I inquired as to why she was asking for identification at this point and not when we placed our order. She became unprofessional and stated that if we did not have identification we could not finish our drinks.

I asked to speak to the manager on duty. I explained the situation to him and requested that we wanted to send the drinks back and have the check compensated. The manager refused and implied that he would have us arrested for theft if we didn’t pay for the drinks.

As you know many businesses depend on the "word of mouth" of their customers ... as a result of this incident, I am asking everyone to avoid the Border Cafe !!!

I live in the area of Christiana Hospital & there are about a dozen restaurants within a 1/2 mile. Border Cafe is pretty good, but my pick for best of that area would have to be Cheeseburger in Paradise, for the ambience as well as the food. Also, where else can you hear Bob Dylan, Zappa, The Dead,David Bromberg and of course Jimmy Buffet as you enjoy your meal?

me too DCG, i love me some border cafe except when i go to lunch and they sit me next to my boss....

idk man, if they asked for your ID, even that late in the game, why not just give it to them? honestly, sounds like a game my MIL would play to get a free meal...

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Border's F'in rocks! Some of the best Tex Mex in NCC! Only had one bad experience there. They just took a long time for my food once. But once is allowable. ^_^

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