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The Best Fast-food Tacos in Texas
When we set out to create the Ultimate Texas Tacopedia, we meant it. That includes sampling fast-food tacos at regional and national chains across the state. While there are dozens of tacos that might...
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Gas Station Tacos Aren’t What You Think
The red, white, and blue neon signs bearing the words Fuel City Wash shine 24 hours a day. They are visible as you cross the Jefferson Boulevard Viaduct or zip through the massive, braided interchanges...
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My Favorite Tex-Mex and Mexican Bites of 2020
Despite the struggles of a global pandemic and the subsequent recession, 2020 has been an extraordinary year for tacos and Mexican cuisine. The creativity and resilience with which taquerias and...
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Taco News Roundup: New Churro Shops Come to Austin and San Antonio
Señor Churro opened in North Austin last month and is now offering its namesake dessert for takeout. Owner Ash Ahuja puts an Indian American spin on the treat, with menu options including a cardamom...
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Tacos de Canasta Are Still Hard to Find in Texas. A New Irving Restaurant...
The oil-slicked tacos al vapor available across Texas are predominantly of the northern Mexican style. These are small bites cooked in a metal steamer and available all day at many taquerias across the...
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Taco News Roundup: Flaco Jiménez Launches a Food Truck Named, of Course,...
Legendary conjunto musician and Texas treasure Flaco Jiménez is rolling out a taco truck in San Antonio. Its name: Tacos Jimenez. Opening date is January 7. La Norteña Tortilleria, which we featured in...
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Salsa Macha Is Setting Texas on Fire
Salsa macha is hot. Within the last five years, this fiery, oil-based salsa has grown from an obscure condiment to an in-demand item at Texas taquerias and restaurants. In Austin, Suerte executive chef...
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Taco News Roundup: Feast on Barbacoa in San Antonio and North Texas
2M Smokehouse in San Antonio previously served its delectable smoked barbacoa only on the first Sunday of each month. Luckily for fans, Esaul Ramos and partners have now decided to offer barbacoa every...
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Birria Ramen Has Come to Fort Worth, and It Is Glorious
Fort Worth is dotted with plainly decorated white taco trucks. They’re stationed in supermarket parking lots, next to gas stations, and anywhere else there is space for a mobile food rig. Many sell the...
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The Taco Window Is the Future
When I worked for a Dallas-based magazine with offices at Lovers Lane and Greenville Avenue, near Southern Methodist University, I frequented El Come Taco. The taqueria, whose name roughly translates...
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Tortas Ahogadas Are a State Treasure
Food & Wine published a listicle praising the “Best Sandwich in Every State.” In Texas, the magazine celebrated the torta ahogada, nodding to two great San Antonio restaurants: Ro-Ho Pork &...
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Filipino Tacos Are Here, and They’re Superb
Until a few years ago, Filipino cuisine flew under the radar in Texas. The state had only a few dozen Filipino restaurants, and if you didn’t have ties to the culture or knew someone who did, this...
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This Dallas Pop-up Is Making Some of the Best Tamales in Texas
The first time I met John Hernandez was in the parking lot of the Double Wide honky-tonk on the eastern outskirts of Dallas’s Deep Ellum neighborhood. It was fall 2017, and the watering hole was...
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Pupusas Are the Star at This North Texas Restaurant
Before each Crowley High School football game, Maggie Santos would tell her sons, Matthew and Michael, “If you beat this team, I’ll feed you.” Most of the time she was joking as a way to encourage her...
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How Texas Chefs Are Blending Cuisines in Ways That Are Respectful–and Delicious
Three years ago, Frank Hernandez opened the King Kups trailer at a McKinney gas station. He originally planned to dish out only elotes, cups of cooked corn kernels doused in cream, butter, queso...
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A Corgi Named Taco Is Here to Brighten Your Day
Vaqueros Texas Bar-B-Q owner Trey Sanchez’s Pembroke Welsh corgi, Taco, is the cover pupster for the latest issue of Southlake Style. Thursdays are taco night at the Grapevine-based Tejano barbecue...
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How to Order From a Taco Truck
Last week, as Texans struggled to stay warm and fed during the blackouts, taco trucks came through. In Houston, Boombox Taco handed out more than 2,400 free tacos at eight apartment complexes;...
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All Hail the Taqueros Who Fed Texans During the Blackouts
Numerous taco trucks and restaurants offered free food, potable water, and even shelter during last week’s winter storm, which knocked out power to approximately four million Texas households. Using...
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Forget Everything You Think You Know About Mole
It’s one of the most sought-after and beloved Mexican dishes. It’s considered one of the best expressions of traditional Mexican gastronomy, if not its pinnacle. For most American diners, though, it’s...
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“A Matter of Life and Death”: Latino Food Workers Are Terrified as COVID-19...
On the afternoon of March 2, Texas Independence Day, a small crowd gathered at Montelongo’s Mexican Restaurant in Lubbock to hear Governor Greg Abbott speak. Owner Rudy Rosales, whose grandmother,...
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