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La Base, A New Mexican Restaurant in Fairborn

November 12, 2022 By Lisa Grigsby

La Base (pronounced bas- ey)  opened for business at last Saturday in the former Pizza Hut on Broad Street in Fairborn. Owner  Efran Torres, we also owns restaurants in Columbus, says they named their restaurant after the Air Force base, but uses the Mexican pronunciation giving Base 2 syllables.
The menu is huge. over 100 items to choose from, but Torres shares that the best sellers so far are the fajita’s, street taco’s, quesadilla’s.

grilled steak & chicken fajita’s, fajita ranchera with pork

Lunch specials are offered daily until 3:30pm.  A sampling of the menu:
Speedy Gonzales– one taco, one enchilada, rice and beans for $8.29
Lunch Chimichanga – chicken or shredded beef with rice and beans $8.49
Huevos Rancheros – fried eggs with rice, beans and warm tortillas $8.79
Grilled Bowl– black beans, white rice, grilled steak or chicken, romaine lettuce, sour cream, guacamole, pico de gallo, corn & shredded cheese $10.99
Queadilla – Chicken or beef quesadilla with guacamole salad & rice $8.49
Taco Salad– Large crispy flour tortilla bowl filled with chicken or beef, refried beans, romaine lettuce, tomato, cheese & sour cream $8.49
Full bar service is available and they claim to have the best margarita’s north of the border.  Available by the glass, half or full pitcher and in 10 flavors:
Strawberry, Watermelon, Banana, Mango, Peach, Sangria, Pina Colada , Jalapeño, Blue Curacao, Pomegranate and Raspberry.
The menu flaunts 6 different nachos, including crab and Hawaiian varieties. You can choose from 9 different salads, 10 styles of fajitas, steak dishes that include Steak Fundido, Carne Asada and a T-bone steak Tampiqueno.  Three soups are offered daily, a shrimp soup, chicken tortilla or chicken rice.
In the mood for street tacos- you’ll have 12 options  – the standards as well as  fish, jicama, quesa birria, and al pastor.
There’s a kids menu that includes tacos, mac & cheese, chicken fingers, pizza or a quesadilla with one side and a drink for $5.99.
And don’t forget to save room for dessert.  Offerings include flan, sopapilla, fried ice cream, tres leches cake, tiramisu, churro sandwiches and chimi cheesecake.

La Base Mexican Restaurant

428 N Broad St
Fairborn, OH 45324-5238

937-995-5050
Mon – Thurs 11am – 10pm
Fri and Sat 11am -10:30pm
Sun 11am – 9pm

Filed Under: Dayton Dining, The Featured Articles Tagged With: Fairborn, La Base, Mexican Restaurant

About Lisa Grigsby

Lisa Grigsby is a Special Events Director with over thirty years experience in promotions, event coordination and public relations.

Owning Jokers Comedy Cafe for 20 years taught Lisa to maintain a sense of humor under pressure. She credits Leadership Dayton for exposing her to the amazing assets of the region and Clothes That Work for being her reason she stayed in Dayton. Her proudest accomplishment as a past president of the Miami Valley Restaurant Association was creating Restaurant Week, a twice a year tradition that continues to grow and benefit local charities as well. As a foodie, it's only natural that she continues to promote local restaurateurs with DaytonDining.

As a Dayton Catalyst, her desire to have ONE community calendar and advocate for the amazing assets of the region helped create the vision for the relaunch of DaytonMostMetro, now Dayton 937.com


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