Desperados Mexican Restaurant

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246 Main St., Route 2 Colonial Shopping Plaza Williamstown, MA Phone: (413) 458-2100 Desperados Fresh Mexican Grille is true to its name. Chef-owner Dave Atwell takes pride in the fact that he cooks everything fresh to order. Homemade salsa, sauces, guacamole, black beans as well as making his own chips. Signature "Smokin’ Fajitas" is a menu favorite - marinated steak or chicken served with grilled poblano pepper, red pepper, onion and potato with a side plate of rice, beans, lettuce, tomato, cheese and warm flour tortillas. Atwell said he bought the restaurant from a good friend, Randy Ross, in 1998. "He trained me, showing me all the ins and outs of creating fresh Mexican cuisine,” says Atwell. Over the past several years, he has expanded the menu and incorporated of lot of his own ideas, like Drunken’ Shrimp (grilled plump shrimp soaked in top-shelf margarita, served over rice and topped with grilled veggies, cheese and fresh cilantro.) "We have all the popular classics - tacos, burritos, quesadilla, chimichangas, and wraps,” says Atwell. And he's got more: Dining out on your birthday? You can enjoy any entree up to $13.95 on us as Desperados way of wishing you all the best on your birthday. Bring the kids and they’ll enjoy great choices from our kids' menu; Chicken fingers, fish and chips, kids’ taco and more, all served with fries or rice and beans and a bottomless drink.
Desperados offers a full bar and, yes, we have pitchers of margaritas. Open for lunch Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.; for dinner Sunday through Thursday from 4 to 9:30 p.m. and Friday and Saturday from 4 to 10 p.m.
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No Contested Town Races Shaping Up in Williamstown

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — With two weeks left to gather signatures on nomination papers, there are no contested elections shaping up for the May 12 town election.
 
And there is one post for which no one has expressed an interest in serving.
 
Two current members of the Select Board have pulled nomination papers to run for seats on the body, the town clerk reported on Tuesday morning.
 
Stephanie Boyd, who is concluding her first three-year term on the five-person body, has taken out nomination papers.
 
Shana Dixon, who was elected last May to fill the final year of an unexpired term, is running for a full three-year term.
 
The board currently has four members after it chose not to appoint a replacement for Jeffrey Johnson last year. The final year of his unexpired term will be determined by voters this spring. So far, the only resident to pull papers for that post is Nate Budington, who serves on the Historical Commission and is that body's representative on the Community Preservation Committee.
 
None of the three potential candidates for the Select Board have returned papers with the required 30 signatures to get a spot on the May ballot.
 
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