Best Mexican food in Austin (Georgetown, Burnet: prices, bill, cheapest)

[robino2001]

Originally Posted by achtungpv

Enchiladas y Mas on Anderson are the best enchiladas up north.

I have tons of family that's been in Round Rock for, no joke, 60, 70, 80 years - and this is the one place they absolutely love to go. Good food for very cheap.

Originally Posted by Moonlady

One little gem in Northwest Austin is Jardin Corona on Pond Springs Road.

I work near here and it's the only place we'll go for Mexican for lunch. Food is normally very good and the daily lunch specials during the week are AWESOME deals at $5 total with drink included.

[AustinExPat]

I'm partial to El Azteca on E 7th. It's central, not north, but I think it's worth a special trip.

[latikeriii]

Matt's El Rancho and Maria's Taco Express on South Lamar is good, Santa Rita on 38th and Lamar is pretty good, I really don't have a "favorite" place in Austin. Casa Rio in San Antonio is my favorite by far, Tex Mex style.

[thedude72]

http://www.statesman.com/dining/content/dining/reviews01/mexican.html (broken link)

Where did the phrase interior mexican food come from ? Don't you just mean Authentic?Why can't people just say authentic mexican food or traditional ?

[TexasHorseLady]

As the article said, interior Mexican is from interior Mexican states, not border states, is my understanding. Entirely different kind of food, really. Both are "authentic" or "traditional". Sort of like the different cuisines from the different parts of China, for example.

And a carne guisada burrito from Spanish Village is also the first Mexican food that I ever had! In 1969, not 1968, though.

[luksky]

Since we are on the subject of mexican food, I have a question. I am from the Gulf Coast of Alabama and we had several mexican food restaurants in the area....owned by "real" mexican people. They all had a delicious white cheese dip that I have not managed to find here in Texas. This white cheese was akin to Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Florida.

We have ate at many different restaurants here in Austin and have not been able to find this white cheese dip. Even when we ask about it no one seems to be familiar at all with the white cheese caso.

Does anybody have any insight on this????

[atxcio]

Originally Posted by luksky

Since we are on the subject of mexican food, I have a question. I am from the Gulf Coast of Alabama and we had several mexican food restaurants in the area....owned by "real" mexican people. They all had a delicious white cheese dip that I have not managed to find here in Texas. This white cheese was akin to Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Florida.

We have ate at many different restaurants here in Austin and have not been able to find this white cheese dip. Even when we ask about it no one seems to be familiar at all with the white cheese caso.

Does anybody have any insight on this????

It may queso fresco or queso flameado. Baby Acupulco's used to have a queso fresco with mushrooms, but it's gone now (looked at their menu). I know they use it as a sauce on enchiladas at several places; but I haven't seen it as just a dip, either. I'll bet you could find it somewhere...

Azul Tequila has queso flameado.

[Moonlady]

Originally Posted by luksky

Since we are on the subject of mexican food, I have a question. I am from the Gulf Coast of Alabama and we had several mexican food restaurants in the area....owned by "real" mexican people. They all had a delicious white cheese dip that I have not managed to find here in Texas. This white cheese was akin to Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Florida.

We have ate at many different restaurants here in Austin and have not been able to find this white cheese dip. Even when we ask about it no one seems to be familiar at all with the white cheese caso.

Does anybody have any insight on this????

I have a funny story about that. Many years ago, I was on a business trip to Johnson City, Tennessee and the locals wanted to impress us Texans with their Mexican restaurant. I was dubious of course, but the restaurant was run by 3 brothers from Mexico City and was indeed very good. I asked if they had queso and he said "cheese sauce, sí!" They brought out the more traditional queso blanco that is prevalent in Mexico. The yellow stuff you get here is strictly a Tex-Mex concoction, you won't find it served south of the border. One thing I've noted is that the Mexican restaurants I've been to in the southeast lean more towards authentic Mexican than our Tex-Mex version.

I'm not aware of any restaurants in the area that serve true queso fresco, but atxcio is right - the queso flameado at Baby A's and Azul is about as close as you're going to come.

[triton74]

When I lived in Austin, I took all my visitors to Polvo's on 1st street. The plates are under 12, and all my visitors were impressed by the food. I know a few have mentioned chuy's but their plates are tasteless, and we tried different locations since chuy's restaurants are scattered in different parts of austin, so give polvos a try!

[Vector28]

Polvo's, Jardin Corona ( I think there is another location in Cedar Park), La Margarita - Round Rock, Maudie's - although you'll be lucky to park at the one on Lake Austin Blvd., there is also a newer place near of 183/Anderson Mill (where Hole In The Wall died), but I can't remember the name. I wonder how anyone could recommend Chuy's. Was the place good once? From the chips and salsa (yuk!) to the check (yikes!) it's been bad. We gave it two tries because we hear of it so often.