Fantasy Tex-Mex

[EB22]

All of this talk about Tex-Mex restaurants and Fantasy Football lately got me thinking of the ultimate Tex-Mex experience. What if you could build the perfect meal by choosing your favorite items from all of the best Tex-Mex locations in Austin. Who has the best chips, best salsa, best queso, best echiladas, margaritas, etc. What would your Fantasy Tex-Mex experience include? Damn I miss the food in Austin.

 

[unpaintedhuffhines]

best salsa: East Side Cafe

 

[OrangeBlooded]

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[GakFoo]

Best Queso: Maudies
Best Pastor Tacos: Curra's South, Changos
Best Tex-Mex Cheese Enchiladas: Enchiladas Y Mas
Best Escabeche, Salsa, Refried Beans, Chalupa (picadillo), and non-Tex Mex Enchilada (Michocana): Las Manitas
Best Green Chile: Chuys
Best $6 plate: Darios
Best Relleno: Polvos
Best Fajita Dinner: Serranos (the one with beef, chicken, sausage and shrimp)(and yes thats the only thing I order there)
Best random, tripped out place attached to a convenience store where you'd never expect to find great Mexican food: Oaxacan Tamaleo
There are some places south that I havent tried before though. I always enjoy reading peoples votes/recc's on specific dishes and places, especilaly when it turns me on to a new place or dish

 

[MaximumBarnes]

I'd just eat at Matt's.

 

[austintexas]

Sounds fun, I'll play:

Best chips - Dario's
Best salsa - East Side Cafe
Best queso - Maudie's
Best carne guisada - Polvo's
Best enchiladas - Dario's
Best corn tortillas - Angie's
Best flour tortillas - Taco Cabana, *****.
Best tacos - Jovita's
Best relleno - El Chile
Best migas - Cisco's/Las Manitas

 

[AhhhCraig]

I'm in.

Best cheese enchiladas: Enchiladas Y Mas
2nd Best cheese enchiladas: El Azteca on E. 7th
Best Migas: Amaya's in Capital Plaza
Best $6 lunch: El Caribe on North Lamar
Best fajitas: Enchiladas Y Mas (biggest side plate of cheese, guac, and sour cream)
Best Queso: Las Palmas (now closed)
Best Margarita on the Rocks: Nuevo Leon
Best Mexican Chicken: El Regio ( God I love these places)
Best Beans: El Regio
Best Gas: El Regio

 

[austintexas]

I need to try Amaya's. Heard nothing but great reviews.

 

[GakFoo]

Ditto on Best Mexican Chicken is El Regio. I left that off my list. I would say El Regio also qualifies as best overall value. A whole roasted chicken, beans, rice, roasted onion, two kinds of sauce, a dozen tortillas, $11.