schmellba99 said:
country said:
This list became a farce the second a place was named outside the border counties. Doesn't mean there's not a lot of good tacos but 50 best? C'mon
Hate to break this to you - but the idea that the border counties are some mecca of mexican food is silly. Most of the food I've had in the valley and along the border was average. Many below, a handful above.
Much better overall fare in Houston and SA than anything along the border. Austin is probably overrated and over represented because it's TM.
Some of the best Tex-Mex and authentic places I have ever eaten are off the border, Pasadena in particular has some excellent places.
That being said the homogeneous quality of both Tex-Mex and true Mexican food in the RGV and along the border is a cut above the rest of the state. Just in the tortillas alone there is a difference, few places upstate make homemade flour, much less corn, tortillas whereas the better places along the border have to do that to compete. And many use the Mexican method of making masa for the corn. The tort is the start and end of the criterion for Mex food and tacos.
Between the US and Mex side there are 300k more people in the RGV than SA, there is a reason you see no "Taqueria Arandas" or other common Mexican chains.
No place off the border that I have ever eaten has ever offered "salsa macha" with their caldo's and pozole. F And as far as tacos go there are prolly 10 places within .5 miles of my home that are excellent, maybe not the best ever, but excellent.
Next time you are in the Valley see if you can make it to one of the Rocha's Bakery locations, you can still get out of there for about $6 and get 3 to 4 tacos on true hand made tortillas.
