Bar Louie

Bar Louie
600 Rockk Hill Drive
Bensalem, PA 19020
(267) 684-1360


Chicken Nachos

From the Menu: grilled chicken, queso, black beans, fresh jalapeno, pico de gallo, guacamole, sour cream, tortilla chips

Price: $11.25

While celebrating my wife's career advancement as a Food Service Director one night, I was secretly celebrating another milestone.

In my nacho career.

Some would argue that my nacho milestone may not be as "deserving" as my wife's promotion. They may argue that all her years of schooling and hard work are on a completely "different level" than what I am bringing to the table.

You be the judge.

Do you see that chicken? Well, after all these years of reporting on my nacho adventures I can finally (and definitively) say that I enjoyed chicken on my nachos.

Let me repeat that in case you missed it:

I enjoy chicken nachos.

Wow...incredible.

Thanks to Bar Louie I hit a milestone that I thought would never happen. Think back, everyone. Close your eyes and think about your favorite nachos. Think about those flavors hitting your tongue. Think of that cheese covered tortilla chip.  Taste that house-made guacamole, sour cream, and that fresh pico de gallo. Think about the beans - the unsung nacho hero. What other flavors are you imagining? What are your favorite nacho ingredients?

Can you taste it? Are you salivating? Now let's ruin it by adding chicken.

Now you see what I mean.

Even though the ingredients weren't unique, they were fresh and very spot on. The queso was creamy and full of "comfort feel" flavor. The black beans added a wonderful flavor many nacho platters lack. And all the other toppings were standard nacho ingredients, but very very good. Why? Because they were fresh.

That's it.

But the chicken? The chicken was awesome. It was tender, well seasoned, and added a pop of flavor that usually is sucked dry by chicken.

Because nachos with chicken are always dry.

That's what this whole damn thing was about.

• Presentation: 7
• Assembly: 8
• Uniqueness: 5
• Value: 7
• Taste: 8
• Overall: 7.0