Best Tacos Before a "Day Trip"

Rosie's Tamale House

Say you spontaneously decide to drive out to Johnson City. Reaching the outskirts of town, you suddenly snap out of your adrenal "Day Trip" and realize that your ravenous hunger is so overpowering that you may not have enough energy to steer around the sloping curves of Highway 71. Not to fear, Rosie’s Tamale House is here ... or rather, there, at the joint of highways 71 and 620, serving an array of surprisingly excellent highway tacos and chalupas to spice up any weary road-tripper. If you're searching for even more substantial Rosie’s goodness, they’ll point you down the road to their full-scale restaurant on the opposite side of the highway. Hey, there’s nothing wrong with a little shameless self-promotion.

Rosie's Tamale House
13436 Hwy. 71 W., 512/263-5245

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