The queso here is made with poblanos, and the shrimp and crab chile rellenos comes with a pleasant surprise on top. For brunch, try Pork Carnitas Hash, a toothsome tangle of moist pork under a salsa verde.
The small menu is packed with inventive cuisine, a combination of street-food staples and popular cantina dishes, with a quality that shows from the first bite of chips and salsa.
One of our favorite things to do is enjoy a chile relleno or a plate of carne guisada and listen to the mariachi bands that play here weekly.
Serving Austin since 1952, this immensely popular Tex-Mex icon is a food-happy dispenser of giant margaritas, excellent enchiladas, and craving-curbing quesadillas. Expect a wait – it'll be worth it. Want to order like an old-timer? Get the addictive Bob Armstrong dip.
At this "Tex-Mex Heaven," breakfast is served every day and the margaritas are made with fresh-squeezed juices. No sign of guardian angels, though, and Maudie's still charges for the food.
The menu here features old-fashioned combination plates, but also offers interior specialties such as carnitas and carne guisada tacos.
In this "Tex-Mex Heaven," they serve breakfast every day and make their margaritas with fresh-squeezed juices.
This "Tex-Mex heaven" serves breakfast every day and makes its margaritas with fresh-squeezed juices.
This is but one of several locations because it's a locals favorite. Get your Tex-Mex on.
In this "Tex-Mex Heaven," they serve breakfast every day and make their margaritas with fresh-squeezed juices.
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