Beware of mexican vegetarian plates (it contains lard)?!

Beware of mexican vegetarian plates (it contains lard)?

i just found out at my favorite mexican restaurant that the chips they serve with their salsa are fried in lard and their vegetarian plate which has beans and rice are both cooked in lard. why do they call it vegetarian plate.
o i was soooo pissed! so i just wanted to let you know.

2 days ago
oh even the cheese enchiladas are considered vegetarian but they dip the corn tortillas in lard!

Yes, that's something to be careful about, you have to generally ask to make sure they don't put lard in seemingly meat-free Mexican food as it's a quite common ingredient, especially in authentic Mexican cuisine.

If they were advertising it specifically as vegetarian though, that would be false advertisement, and I suggest asking them to change their menu to reflect the truth of it, and they probably would as usually people are just mistaken about what vegetarian means in these cases. If they say no, take the matter to the Better Business Bureau or another consumer group. Lying about food can cause severe repercussions for customers (health and otherwise), so I consider it a really bad consumer trust violation.