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Can't believe that place was still open. And Rusty should know that when there is a chain on the front doors of a building it's because they didn't pay their rent.

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Probably not the case. The one here closed as well, so probably state/countrywide.

We have some friends that own a Mexican food place near OTB. The OTB manager called him one day and said "we're closing for good. If you want any of our equipment, come and get it".

They've been closing restaurants across the country very recently. Looks like this is just one of those.

I demand his resignation! Forthwith!

Should have shut down long ago. All their almonds have legs.

Restaurants are too expensive to go often as they have all increased prices a lot and reduced quantity.
So we don't go as often.

Plus the tip. I don't feel like giving anything more than 15-18% for average tip. If you ask the rich folks on TexAgs, a 25% is minimum "since the wait staff relies on tips".

The restaurant industry has seen a cutback of about 40% from me. And I am sure many others. You take your customers for granted, you pay the price.

OTB was about 1 mile from my house. Closed.

Pour one out for out for Del Taco

https://kdvr.com/news/local/del-taco-suddenly-closes-colorado-locations/amp/

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If you ask the rich folks on TexAgs, a 25% is minimum "since the wait staff relies on tips".

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please link to any person on texags ever saying this.

Trump took out Ronins in Bryan as well. Somebody's got to stop him!

My 3 friends and I ate dinner at On the Border on 9/23/2023. We were in College Station for the Auburn vs Texas A&M game. On the Border has been closing restaurants across the country, and the College Station location is just one of them.

Tex-Mex chain On The Border abruptly closes all 3 Valley locations - MOUTH BY SOUTHWEST

'On The Border- Mexican Grill & Cantina' appears to close Valley locations

The only good Tex-Mex chain I know at this point is Pappasitos.

Thunderstruck xx said:

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The only good Tex-Mex chain I know at this point is Pappasitos.

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you really need to get out more

OTB in CS was my first legal drink after turning 21. I may have been back a grand total of one time since then.

Is fajita ritas still open?

BMX Bandit said:

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Thunderstruck xx said:

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The only good Tex-Mex chain I know at this point is Pappasitos.

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you really need to get out more

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Please enlighten me, and don't you dare say Chuy's.

95% of the Mexican restaurants in college station need to be shuddered.

BMX Bandit said:

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Thunderstruck xx said:

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The only good Tex-Mex chain I know at this point is Pappasitos.

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you really need to get out more

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I don't know of a chain that's at their level. I know Uncle Julio's in Dallas is close but no cigar.

That being said, Chuy's is good for the price point but there's tons of mom and pop places that blow all the aforementioned away and it's not even close.

Probably still better than Los Cucos.

Thunderstruck xx said:

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BMX Bandit said:

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Thunderstruck xx said:

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The only good Tex-Mex chain I know at this point is Pappasitos.

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you really need to get out more

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Please enlighten me, and don't you dare say Chuy's.

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Lupe tortilla
El tiempo
Guadalajara
Cyclone Anaya
Teotihucan
Mi cocina
Molinas
Los tios

The notion there's only one good chain is laughably silly.

The original OTB on Beltline in Dallas was the best Tex-Mex in the history of food. The inevitable franchise expansion and ultimate sale to a mass distributor buying ingredients from Sysco is the rinse and repeat model of how to fail a winning concept.

OTB in Reston Va sucksssss

They hadn't had a lot of people for years, but the only thing I did like was their Queso chicken. That was it.

HTownAg98 said:

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They've been closing restaurants across the country very recently. Looks like this is just one of those.

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Nm

cheeky said:

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The original OTB on Beltline in Dallas was the best Tex-Mex in the history of food.

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My recollection is that the very first OTB was at Knox and Travis in Dallas and opened in 1982. I went there many, many times in the early to mid-1980's, and so did quite a few other people.

IIRC they had the highest-grossing liquor sales of any restaurant in DFW and you were going to wait to be seated, which was fine, because their drinks were nothing to sneeze at.

As for the food, you are right. It was outstanding, and they actually grilled their meats over mesquite on wood-burning grills. They stacked mesquite logs in the back and actually used them. None of that 'we throw a few mesquite chips in there and call it a day' stuff.

OTB really had the world by the tail until their two top guys were killed in a plane crash in Colorado, I believe. It seems that not long after that the survivors sold out to Brinker and things were never the same.

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More on how things change:

This was the "expensive" Mexican restaurant in town when it opened in 97/98. You'd only go there if your parents were in town to pay.

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I remember being excited when that place opened up. We couldn't afford to eat there as students, but my girlfriend's parents would pay for our meals there. Totally true