Campuzano Mexican Food

By Daniel Rodrigue August 20, 2013 On Wednesday evening, a new Mexican restaurant quietly opened within walking distance from Dallas Observer HQ.Wed watched with curiosity as the building at 2618 Oak Lawn Ave. made the transition from the former brick, beige and bland law offices of Robert S. Gregg to the new, stylized wooden faade of Campuzano. Although the blue neon sign out front and the servers T-shirts read Campuzano Mexican Food even our server was quick to admit that the food was definitely Tex-Mex. And its one thing to win Best Salsa and Chips, Best Margarita and Best Mexican Restaurant in places like Waxahachie, Cedar Hill and Midlothian, where Campuzanos three other locations serve up the same menu, but when you open a Tex-Mex place this close to so many other established restaurants that plate up similar fare — from Mias to Herreras to Avilas — then you have to do something to set yourself apart, right? Like, say, a decidedly non-Tejano dance-heavy, Top 40 soundtrack and free Wi-Fi with builtin iPhone chargers in nearly every booth, which one Yelper already described as looking like giant spiders. (And we hear they plan to have DJs on Friday and Saturday night.) thing we noticed was Daft Punks Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger playing over the sound system, while several couples sipped margaritas and glanced at their menus. And then, even before we were seated, we noticed the colorful phone chargers. They are impossible to miss. The group to our right was already plugged-in, and once we were seated we immediately overheard the young woman to our left who couldnt contain her surprise. Thats amazing! she said to her date before fumbling with the cords until finding the right cable for her phone. While diners look over the menu three complimentary salsas are delivered to the table — a fiery, smoky Diablo salsa, a salsa verde (which our server described as an avocado and pesto sauce) and a traditional red salsa