Travel Thread

[Green Monstah]

What are your favorites? I am partial to the Independent, the Dirty Sanchez, and Mr. Orange.

Trailer Park, extra trashy.

[Jeff Lebowski]

How about Franklin's in Austin?

Most popular BBQ joint in America. If you want to eat there, you need to get in line around 7-8 am. Doors open at 11 am and they serve until the food is gone.

But part of that is hype. Franklin's partner quit a couple of years ago and now runs his own place:

http://www.labarbecue.com/

It has now surpassed Franklin's as the #1-rated place according to the annual readers' poll in the Austin American Statesman. I have eaten there twice and it was the best BBQ I have ever had. They also open at 11 am, but if you get in line by 10 am or so, you will be fine.

[cowboy]

How about Franklin's in Austin?

[Uncle Ted]

Yes! Man, that stuff is ridiculously good.

Yeah, I think their green chile queso is make with crack. If you tell them to make it "trashy" they put on the queso on your taco.

FYI, there are some secret menu items:

Missionary-style Green Chili Pork: carnitas, pickled onions, guacamole, jack cheese and cilantro, topped with chipotle sauce and wrapped in a flour and corn two-tortilla tandem.

Jack of Clubs: fried egg and grilled potatoes with black beans, tortilla strips and cheese; all topped with cilantro, sour cream and Torchy’s Diablo sauce.

The Hipster: panko-breaded fried tuna, with bacon, green chilies and black beans; topped with cilantro and cotija cheese, and served on a flour tortilla with avocado sauce.

The Mad Cow: skirt steak with black beans and corn; topped with jack cheese, cilantro and ranch.


Trailer Park, Hillbilly Style: Torchy’s gauche standby is made even trashier with chorizo and chopped bacon atop the usual fried chicken tender with green chilies, queso and ranch, served on a flour tortilla.


Ace of Spades: jalapeño sausage link and grilled brisket topped with a fried egg, green chile queso, cotija cheese, sour cream, more cheese and Diablo sauce, served on a flour tortilla.


The Matador: chopped brisket and grilled jalapeño topped with pickled onions, jack cheese, avocado, sour cream and cilantro with tomatillo sauce on a corn tortilla.

[Jeff Lebowski]

I like the Baja Shrimp the best but I honestly have liked them all. I tried them all but the tuna and salmon ones.

But none of the tacos are as good as the queso.

Yes! Man, that stuff is ridiculously good.

[Moliere]

I like the Baja Shrimp the best but I honestly have liked them all. I tried them all but the tuna and salmon ones.

But none of the tacos are as good as the queso.

[Jeff Lebowski]

That's why I post about going there so much

What are your favorites? I am partial to the Independent, the Dirty Sanchez, and Mr. Orange.

[Moliere]

I love Torchys.

That's why I post about going there so much

[Jeff Lebowski]

I love Torchys.

[LiveCoug]

Torchy's Tacos in Austin is good.

Torchys is in San Antonio too. It is tasty.

[Moliere]

Torchy's Tacos in Austin is good.

I'm eating there for lunch today, well, the one in Houston.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

Torchy's Tacos in Austin is good.

[hostile]

Boudro's. Some of the best prime rib I've ever had.

Bohanan's is also good.
http://www.bohanans.com

[Shaka]

Boudro's. Some of the best prime rib I've ever had.

[hostile]

The Alamo is actually kind of boring, but you still gotta do it.

Don't forget to check out the basement!