Cafe Rio isn’t great but Costa Vida is garbage.

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Aug 4, 2021
8:15:07pm

rivercitycoug All-American

Cafe Rio isn’t great but Costa Vida is garbage.

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rivercitycoug

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Remember when you used to go to cafe Rio and people knew what they were doing ?

gurt

8/4/21 8:10pm

Nope. I remember wishing it had never come into existence.

8/4/21 8:12pm

Can’t remember the last time I went to Cafe Río. Costa Vida FTW. 😀

Hoopster

8/4/21 8:13pm

Delete this.

DieHarder

8/4/21 8:13pm

I can’t. It’s your post, you have to delete it!

Hoopster

8/4/21 8:15pm

Cafe Rio isn’t great but Costa Vida is garbage.

8/4/21 8:15pm

The salads are exactly the same. That's all I know.

LiveCoug

8/4/21 8:18pm

Only difference is Costa Vida likes to add a pool of water at the bottom of any

8/4/21 9:13pm

It took me years to realize they weren't the same.

crack

8/4/21 8:19pm

Costa Vida is the bland internet copycat recipe version of Cafe Rio. It is

BYUtka

8/4/21 8:58pm

Costa Vida stole everything but the name from Cafe Rio. I’ve had this happen

canofpicante

8/5/21 9:55pm

Do you also avoid Android phones?

8/5/21 10:11pm

I do. For that exact reason. We’d all be on blackberries if it weren’t for the…

canofpicante

8/5/21 10:19pm

Costa Vida stole everything from Cafe Rio, and another restaurant’s name.

canofpicante

8/5/21 10:24pm

I went recently for the first time in a while. All the employees were young

Hypnotoad

8/4/21 8:17pm

You need hispanics to make fake mexican food?

LiveCoug

8/4/21 8:19pm

No. I want people with good work ethic.

Hypnotoad

8/4/21 8:19pm

Only Hispanics have a good work ethic?

Ragnar Danneskjold

8/4/21 8:21pm

Nope. But high school age workers tend to screw around. I worked fast food when

Hypnotoad

8/4/21 8:22pm

LOL. So what in the world was your point in your original post?

LiveCoug

8/4/21 8:24pm

Cultural appropriation!

8/4/21 8:21pm

Were they Ecuadorians? If not, it didn't matter.

8/4/21 8:32pm

My point had nothing to do with the food itself, but with the speed and quality

Hypnotoad

8/4/21 8:34pm

So what about all the white blonde Christian girls at Chick fil a? 🙂

8/4/21 8:48pm

Which requires hispanics? You are digging a hole, my friend. 🙂

LiveCoug

8/4/21 8:50pm

I enjoy watching the line workers sling food around trying to be as fast as possible

Sea Chicken

8/4/21 8:22pm

They are terrible at online order accuracy.

John Doe

8/4/21 8:32pm

Which one is Costa Rio again?

BlackBart

8/4/21 9:05pm

I remember eating at cafe rio when it was only in St George next to the

USMCdad

8/4/21 9:15pm

The original Cafe Rio was in the Zion Outlet Mall on River Road in about 1997.

8/4/21 10:18pm

Yeah I moved to AZ in 2004 so that’s the spot i remember

USMCdad

8/4/21 10:23pm

One of Utah´s great mysteries: why do people like Cafe Rio???

8/5/21 2:10am

When was the first time you ate it?

8/5/21 6:54pm

Years ago. Occasionally we´ll give it another try. Always disappointed.

8/6/21 2:29am

Totally agree. But 1997-2005ish, it was great!

8/6/21 4:28pm

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