Everything posted by dcbc
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Overrated Austin restaurants?
Calm before the storm and so forth.
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Overrated Austin restaurants?
Follow up question. I'm just going to assume I remember that Matt's, like many Tex Mex places, has a burger and fries on the menu. In my experience, such Tex-Mex restaurant burgers tend to kick a little ass. I'm sure one of my kids probably ordered one in their younger years, but long shot: Anyone who's had one, Does a burger from Matt's hit pretty good?
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Overrated Austin restaurants?
It's like when we complain about BBQ. This is us.
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Fast Food guilty pleasures
It's not quite pizza level (even bad pizza is pretty good), but JJ's chips aren't even bad. I haven't found a good salt and vinegar chip that wasn't too vinegar heavy, and I love vinegar flavors. Off to search for malt-vinegar potato chips.
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Overrated Austin restaurants?
Honestly, for the amount of business they do and the fact that they consistently pack that space with a wait, the fact that I can go there and, not having "best meal ever" expectation, can order something that doesn't disappoint me is pretty remarkable. It still probably qualifies as that place in Austin (see my post above), but it has a good view in every direction and, I can't believe I'm saying this (see above), but I've enjoyed some good margaritas there.
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Overrated Austin restaurants?
Beat me by mere minutes, although I definitely associate Highlights with the dentist's office.
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Fast Food guilty pleasures
I mean, a Chicago Italian Beef - "Wet" is not an unglorious thing.
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Overrated Austin restaurants?
I think Molina's is fine. It's not mind-blowing, but I wouldn't complain if someone suggested it, and I'd have the nostalgia factor and order Jose's Dip, which seems the same as Bob Armstrong dip, but I digress.
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Fast Food guilty pleasures
- Overrated Austin restaurants?
As a native Houstonian, I kind of wondered if Houston's answer to this wasn't Molina's. I grew up with it and really love it, but since I'm the guy telling you I like it, I wonder if it's the one people who didn't grow up in Houston going to that really isn't that great? But I'm sure Houston has several that qualify. As a transplant to Tyler, I can tell you that Tyler's version of this was Gilbert's El Charro. That place sucked and old-school Tyler people loved it. Mercifully, it closed years ago.- Burgers
- Overrated Austin restaurants?
Don't worry. Your heart will last you your whole life.- 2025 Tailgate Thread - Let's Party
Me at the tailgate if it only sells 9 more tickets:- Shit I've Cooked Lately
Thanks, I'll definitely give it a go soon. But for now, I need time and distance from Hamburger Chili Rice first.- Shit I've Cooked Lately
I almost shit myself just reading that. And now that that feeling has subsided, I desperately want some chili mac.- Burgers
The internet is wrong. It closed in 1992, two weeks after I got to Austin. I probably ate there four times during those two weeks. I started eating there some time in the early 80s when my sister was at UT, and it was my first stop after I moved into the dorm.- Overrated Austin restaurants?
Every town has a nostalgic Tex-Mex spot where people who didn't basically grow up with it realize it's not really very good. But the people who grew up with it, or who just don't know any better, rave about it and usually talk about how good the margaritas are.- Burgers
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In the theme of stuff my mid century mom taught me to cook, I present thee . . . Hamburger Chili Rice. It's solid!- Alliteration or metaphor contest as it relates to this season and our varying levels of despondence.
HAIKU HAIKU! Haiku thread is that way, man!- Alliteration or metaphor contest as it relates to this season and our varying levels of despondence.
- Alliteration or metaphor contest as it relates to this season and our varying levels of despondence.
Can't seem to create something crazily-silly enough for this commie-Surly thread. Cause similes versus cultish snark, all I got is Cutty Sark.- Burgers
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How's the overally divey-ness of Busty's? If we go out after Tex-Mex next Thursday, I've got it earmarked as a backup for Lala's Little Nugget. Also, for @South Austin, you gotta do something about that. I only lived in Austin for four years and made a point to hit up Top Notch after Dazed & Confused came out. Solid burger and fries combination. Kind of reminded me of Luke's in Houston (if anyone remembers that; Apparently, it's Annie's Now and looks similar). But a solid burger-stand type burger by any estimation. Also, my go-to for any burger joint where I'm not familiar with the other options is a cheeseburger how I like it. If a place can't get a basic burger all the way (with a few personalized wrinkles) right, it's unworthy. - Overrated Austin restaurants?
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