Tex Mex Restaurants (Columbia, St. Andrews, Andrews: eat, deal, Vietnamese)

[dmike]

We just moved here from Ky, and can't seem to find anything but authentic mexican restaurants. What's the deal with the lack of tex mex restaurants? I have only seen 1 taco bell, and we have them on every corner in Louisville. No Don Pablos, Chuy's, or even Tumble Weed that I have seen. Any thoughts on where we can go for mexican other than authentic that I don't like?? Thanks for your thoughts and suggestions!

[Wryter]

Where have you tried that you didn't like? Have you tried any of the Monterrey's? San Jose? Moe's?

[Iam4USC]

I didn't know Taco Bell was Tex Mex.

[Iam4USC]

Try El Chico on Bush River Rd at I-20.

[letitbeirie]

Taqueria Jalisco, I-26 at St. Andrews. It's more on the "mex" end of tex-mex though.

[Frank Thorne]

I eat at El Burrito on Harden about twice a week.

[nin_man]

South Carolina is too far away from Tex for us to have much in the way of Tex-Mex, I think. If you liked Don Pablo's, El Chico is the closest I've had here to that, but I'm no fan of either place so I may not be the best judge.

[dmike]

Thanks for all the replies. FYI...Kentucky was farther away from Texas than South Carolina, and they had multiple tex-mex restaurants. I think it may be due to the size of Columbia.

[waccamatt]

Originally Posted by dmike

Thanks for all the replies. FYI...Kentucky was farther away from Texas than South Carolina, and they had multiple tex-mex restaurants. I think it may be due to the size of Columbia.

So you're saying in a metro of 800,000 there aren't enough people for a Tex-Mex restaurant, but we have numerous Middle Eastern Restaurants, several Vietnamese restaurants and several Thai restaurants? Interesting reasoning.

[nin_man]

I've long since given up trying to reason why so many national brands don't have a presence in Columbia but do in smaller markets.