restuarant review..COPPER CANYON

tried the Copper Canyon in Atlantic highlands last night, on main street across from the Harborside Grille....nice place, definitely a keeper......no signage out front so of course we walked right past the place twice....in sub zero temps.....when we finaly walked in and asked the Host if this was the place, our "over the top" friend says "Yes, the one and only"....not agood start, but within minutes we were drinking ice Cold Bottles of SOL a nice mexican beer.....their chips and salsa were phenomonal....slightly overbaked...just the way i love em...and the salsa had kick.......a lot of FISH on the menu but there was enough chicken, pork and steak to balance.....everything had a southwest theme to it...guacomole, rice , beans, spicy good stuff......service was excellent, enrique inglesias was our waiter and he helped me to continously imbibe said SOL throughout the evening...never had to find him, he found us......they also had a large assortments of tequilas and margaritas that they were very proud of.....i do love tekillya, but it seldom loves me back.....after dinner we reapired to the lounge which was slightly surreal....as we walked in the piano player was playing "Gimme me 3 steps" SKYNYRD on the piano?? one by one we each asked....it was odd....but it was well lit and you could converse without straining your larynyx, so overall it was good.....like i said, i would go back......maybe in the summer...it's very close to the seastreak ferry...could fit into the 3 slot in the batting order after stops in ON THE DECK and HARBORSIDE.