I've been here since '09 and am still searching for good Tex-Mex...

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90% of places in Houston don't touch El Tiempo. I'm certainly not expecting anything in Austin to come close.

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Fair point. I'm just hoping to find something in the ballpark.

El Tiempo in Htown is the mecca.

I do have a nostalgic soft spot for trudys tho.

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I've been here since '09 and am still searching for good Tex-Mex...

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You're either a bad troll or someone who will never like anything. This is a four page thread with a lot of suggestions yet you don't like any of them?

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El Tiempo in Htown is the mecca.

I do have a nostalgic soft spot for trudys tho.

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Mecca? This is a Mexican food thread, it sounds like you're describing places with gasoline margaritas. I don't think I've ever seen a sober person in El Tiempo & Trudy's food is pretty bad.

Habaneros - very small joint but the food is really good. It's not a place you go to have drinks though...just a good meal.
Enchiladas Y Mas - Similar to Habaneros...not a drinks place, just good Tex-Mex.

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El Tiempo in Htown is the mecca.

I do have a nostalgic soft spot for trudys tho.

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Mecca? This is a Mexican food thread, it sounds like you're describing places with gasoline margaritas. I don't think I've ever seen a sober person in El Tiempo & Trudy's food is pretty bad.

Habaneros - very small joint but the food is really good. It's not a place you go to have drinks though...just a good meal.
Enchiladas Y Mas - Similar to Habaneros...not a drinks place, just good Tex-Mex.

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in what world does having fantastic drinks detract from a restaurant?

It's a food thread, not a margarita thread.

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It's a food thread, not a margarita thread.

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and El Tiempo has the best food.

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It's a food thread, not a margarita thread.

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Right, but they've also got really good food. It's certainly Tex Mex and not true Mexican, but there's Hugo's for that.

El Tiempo for Tex Mex
Hugo's for upscale classic Mexican
Caracol for coastal Mexican
Laredo Taqueria for steam plate breakfast tacos
El Ultimo Taco truck for barbacoa and other street tacos

if i could just find the equal to these in Austin, i'd be set.

Also, there is not El Tiempo in Austin.

Sorry for the slight derail but I saw an article in the last Spirit magazine about an Aggie-owned latin restaurant in Houston, Churrascos. The plate pictures looked amazing. Anybody know this place?
https://spirit.txamfoundation.com/Summer-2016/Trailblazers.aspx

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Sorry for the slight derail but I saw an article in the last Spirit magazine about an Aggie-owned latin restaurant in Houston, Churrascos. The plate pictures looked amazing. Anybody know this place?
https://spirit.txamfoundation.com/Summer-2016/Trailblazers.aspx

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you've never heard of Churrascos?

it's a great place. been around a long time, so it kind of gets lost in the new stuff.

I'm not from Houston so that was the first time I had heard of it. I have been to a really good Cuban place in Rice Village though.

Papasito's for their beef fajitas