Urban Meyer or bust

[Hmbre97 6297]

12 minutes ago, Mantis Toboggan, MD said:

 

Lupe is close behind El Tiempo. Lupe has my favorite beef fajitas. The savory lime flavor is the best. But El Tiempo is better at Everything else. And the tenderloin/filet fajitas at El Tiempo are one of the best foods on the planet.

 

The tortillas at Lupe are legit too. Reminds me of Ninfa's back in the day.

 

I took my dad out to lunch there with my 2 boys in tow. They bring out the fajitas which always include a couple whole cooked jalepenos. My oldest son (who was 6-7 at the time) points at the jalapeno and asks what it is. I tell him it's a jalapeno and it might be spicy but if he wants, just take a tiny bite off the tip to taste it. He likes it but says he doesn't want anymore. Fast forward a couple of minutes, I'm talking with my pops when all of a sudden we hear panicked crying. I look over and he took a huge ass bite out of it and is now in a full panic with half chewed jalapeno and seeds pouring out of his mouth. To this day he gets a look of panic anytime someone mentions something might have a touch of spice to it. 

Edited December 5, 2020 by Hmbre97

[Octavian 1025]

3 minutes ago, hornfromdallas said:

if true about urban & strength coach but not the director of recruiting it will be anticlimactic unless urban hires a bagman to replace him

he is the reason behind the outlandish recruiting classes at uf & osu 

While I agree with you that if you had to absolutely pick one of the two, Pantoni is probably a bigger net positive, Marotti is still great given player development/injuries have been something we’ve really struggled with the past decade.

[Mac8111 2103]

Lupe is close behind El Tiempo. Lupe has my favorite beef fajitas. The savory lime flavor is the best. But El Tiempo is better at Everything else. And the tenderloin/filet fajitas at El Tiempo are one of the best foods on the planet.

They both are in a race on who can charge the most for a pound of fajitas.

[Bevo14 8260]

3 minutes ago, smash said:

You mean versus telling your wife that you are trying to interpret the tweets of a squid?

Jerking it to twitter squid*

Middle ground. 

[Radical Larry 28523]

26 minutes ago, Mantis Toboggan, MD said:

I ate fried rice from those stands 5X a week.

“I’ll have fried rice”

“And?”

“And egg rolls”

“And?”

“On of those chicken pocket things”

“And?”

“Dr. Pepper”

“And?”

“Fuck, IDK”

 

 

[perfectchaos007 6593]

 

3 minutes ago, Bill Lumbergh said:

Love to see el chico represented here. There was one in the mall in my hometown that we would go to growing up.

Just a few years ago, I found out that a couple of guys I know are in the founding family. Really nice people. They tried to do a new place a few years back but it didn't seem to stick and closed fairly quickly. Still, it was cool to read up on the family history after realizing it was their grandparents/parents place I went to as a kid.

My hometown has an El Chico in the mall as well. I'm not sure how it has had the longevity considering other tex-mex chains like Casa Ole, Monterrey's, and La Tortuga all were once in business in the town, and all of them went out of business. Yet, El Chico has stood the test of time there is still in business somehow.

[Hammerhead 257]

I know...I know... the valley but if any of u all are ever down in harlingen, u gotta go by Las Vegas cafe and try their enchiladas. Just sayin. 
 

[Happy Gilmore 1001]

5 minutes ago, closetohumping said:

Pauly shore thing could mean bad news:

 

 

Is Texas Sean Astin?

The whole Pauly Shore thing is in reference to the Son in Law movie he was in. 

[ztejas 43244]

10 minutes ago, Beantown Express 2.0 said:

Let me know when we leave Tex Mex and go to heart attack cheese fries since I am ready to nominate Snuffer’s in Dallas for that.  Their cheese fries with jalapeños and their ranch dressing was crack.  Haven’t been there in years so it still maybe good.  No idea.

GOAT cheese fries were at Shady Grove in Austin. But some asshole or asshole collective has managed to ruin that part of Austin, too.

[smash 58]

2 minutes ago, Wax Beer Cup said:

Not sure if they’re just DFW area or statewide, but beef fajitas at La hacienda Ranch are some of the best I’ve ever had.  Never eaten in the restaurant - looks kinda cheesy.  But someone turned me on to those beef fajitas and they are fantastic.  No idea how their other food is . 

We tried a place nearby the Dallas location the other day called Fajita Pete's.  I could not believe how tender the beef fajitas were.  Will be hard for us to hit our typical Manny's or Mi Co's after that.

[Hmbre97 6297]

Outback ranch > *

[ChiTownDoc 21091]

5 minutes ago, Laxtonto said:

Dude I went from Texas to Wisc, to South Dakota to now Ohio... dont even get me started on shit food offerings...

Holy shit, it’s Tom Bodett!

[Knighthawk 284]

2 minutes ago, Mac8111 said:

They both are in a race on who can charge the most for a pound of fajitas.

Truth.   But it’s obscenely good food. 

[Teryor 4407]

1 minute ago, Happy Gilmore said:

The whole Pauly Shore thing is in reference to the Son in Law movie he was in. 

Nah it's Biodome as a reference to the Bubble and how shit blew up in that movie as a parallel to our poor training facilities Urban has issues with apparently 

[Beantown Express 2.0 6531]

5 minutes ago, Wax Beer Cup said:

Not sure if they’re just DFW area or statewide, but beef fajitas at La hacienda Ranch are some of the best I’ve ever had.  Never eaten in the restaurant - looks kinda cheesy.  But someone turned me on to those beef fajitas and they are fantastic.  No idea how their other food is . 

Haven't been there in years but one was near my old house in Frisco and they were quite good back in the day.

[TexasRenegade 2391]

10 minutes ago, hornfromdallas said:

if true about urban & strength coach but not the director of recruiting it will be anticlimactic unless urban hires a bagman to replace him

he is the reason behind the outlandish recruiting classes at uf & osu 

...yesxa recruiting coordinator is responsible for recruiting success of one of the greatest coaches of this generation....how will urban survive without him.....

 

Who was Mack's recruiting coordinator? I am sure Urban can find another bag man...I mean coordinator.....

[ChiTownDoc 21091]

6 minutes ago, ztejas said:

Uncle Julio's is a decent TexMex chain. Not sure if there's one in Austin. 

That’s all I have in Chicago.  FML

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

It is impossible to sit through Biodome from start to finish unless you are heavily sedated.

[TotallyLegit 3050]

10 minutes ago, hornfromdallas said:

if true about urban & strength coach but not the director of recruiting it will be anticlimactic unless urban hires a bagman to replace him

he is the reason behind the outlandish recruiting classes at uf & osu 

I didn't see a tweet that claims the director of recruiting is not coming.

[LTtxfan 48928]

19 minutes ago, taybo20 said:

El Chico was where my family went for Sunday lunch after Church when we could splurge. So yeah, we were poor too

El Gallo's in South Austin for my fam... ate the hell out of soft tortillas till they brought us our children's plate.  😋

[closetohumping 17380]

El Chico's  used to serve those medium rare fajitas

[Best served cold 150]

What the fuck is going on in here? I leave for a few hours to pick up my kids for the weekend and come back to an even bigger shit show than it was before. That's really saying something for surly.

[Wax Beer Cup 382]

3 minutes ago, smash said:

We tried a place nearby the Dallas location the other day called Fajita Pete's.  I could not believe how tender the beef fajitas were.  Will be hard for us to hit our typical Manny's or Mi Co's after that.

I’ve seen that across from Kroger.  Doesn’t the sign say catering or something?  Didn’t realize it was for single orders. 

[Harrison Stafford 3325]

15 minutes ago, CTC2 said:

Monterrey House.  They had that candy in the chip basket that was awesome.  

At some point, Monterrey House discarded their paper menus/placemats and built the menu into the table top shaping it like a menu.  Cost cutting measure, perhaps?

[Texas73 420]

3 minutes ago, BB65 said:

Where can I get that candy

A few years ago we ate at a Mexican restaurant in Waco that served that candy. I don't recall he name but it wasn't Monterrey House.

[Ron Swanson 176]

32 minutes ago, RollLeft said:

I primarily bought from the RLM and Dean Keeton cart.  If not an eggroll with a lemonade it was a turkey melt.  

I think this may be the one I frequented as well.  At the corner of 26th and Speedway.  It was convenient to CPE where I spent most of my time.  My friends and I affectionately referred to this food cart as the "Cancer Shack".  Usually got fried rice or Indian Bread (some kind of stuffed fried bread pocket).

[Beantown Express 2.0 6531]

1 minute ago, TexasRenegade said:

...yesxa recruiting coordinator is responsible for recruiting success of one of the greatest coaches of this generation....how will urban survive without him.....

 

Who was Mack's recruiting coordinator? I am sure Urban can find another bag man...I mean coordinator.....

If the worst thing I have to worry about come Monday morning is that Urban agreed to be our coach, is bringing his S&C coach, his son in law to be QB  coach then I could give two flying fucks who the bag man is.  I will be happy as a pig in shit if this played out like that.  

[PassiveAggressiveCoach 118]

6 minutes ago, ztejas said:

GOAT cheese fries were at Shady Grove in Austin. But some asshole or asshole collective has managed to ruin that part of Austin, too.

WTF? Shady Grove closed. That was a very unique Austin place I loved.  The soul of Austin of old is pretty much dead anyway but this kinda made me sad. 

[Beantown Express 2.0 6531]

5 minutes ago, ChiTownDoc said:

That’s all I have in Chicago.  FML

Frontera?

 

[6th Street 6340]

4 minutes ago, ChiTownDoc said:

That’s all I have in Chicago.  FML

There's one Uncle Julio's in Lombard and one in Naperville. Both are solid choices for the west suburbs.

The Chuys in Warrenville only made it a year or two before going out of business 

[smash 58]

1 minute ago, Wax Beer Cup said:

I’ve seen that across from Kroger.  Doesn’t the sign say catering or something?  Didn’t realize it was for single orders. 

That's the one.  We did pick-up but also saw people dining in.   They have legit lard-based hand-made smashed tortillas and great queso as well.

[6th Street 6340]

Just now, Beantown Express 2.0 said:

Frontera?

 

Frontera and Cruz Blanca are good but not quite Tex mex

[Longhornlove 4779]

12 minutes ago, ztejas said:

Uncle Julio's is a decent TexMex chain. Not sure if there's one in Austin. 

Yeah, they are good just way too dam expensive. I can get dam near good a meal somewhere else for half the price. The price of margaritas has a lot to do with where I eat Mexican food nowadays.

[nunna yo bizness 1687]

Gonna throw my hat in the ring here, with the caveat that this is fast food.  Here in NE Texas you have to try a Jucy's Best Taco.  The crispy flour shell is amazing.

[RollLeft 5039]

24 minutes ago, BB65 said:

Where can I get that candy

Was it the praline wafer made with condensed milk?

[Longhornlove 4779]

You don't really need a bagman at Texas do you? Need development and good coaching no?

[ChiTownDoc 21091]

2 minutes ago, Beantown Express 2.0 said:

Frontera?

 

True but imo it’s not quite texmex.  But good call.  Hit it often.  Even though Rick Bayless is brothers w Skip Bayless...

[Laxtonto 11926]

Is it sad to say one of the things that makes me happy about Ohio is having a Kroger again? It aint no HEB, but way better than that other midwest bullshit

[ChiTownDoc 21091]

3 minutes ago, 6th Street said:

Frontera and Cruz Blanca are good but not quite Tex mex

Yep.  Should have repped this instead of replying earlier.  

[PassiveAggressiveCoach 118]

4 minutes ago, 6th Street said:

There's one Uncle Julio's in Lombard and one in Naperville. Both are solid choices for the west suburbs.

The Chuys in Warrenville only made it a year or two before going out of business 

Holy shit. A Chuy's went out of business. I thought that to be impossible. 

[Beantown Express 2.0 6531]

Just now, Longhornlove said:

You don't really need a bagman at Texas do you? Need development and good coaching no?

You need a bag man at every single college that is competitive in football or basketball.  Texas is no different.  We may not "cheat" as bad as others but trust me we "cheat" just like everyone else.

[Laxtonto 11926]

Just now, Longhornlove said:

You don't really need a bagman at Texas do you? Need development and good coaching no?

You always need a bagman... they do other things besides recruiting.. they also help with law and academic issues... or so I have been told...

[nunna yo bizness 1687]

1 minute ago, Longhornlove said:

You don't really need a bagman at Texas do you? Need development and good coaching no?

I'm tired of us competing with one hand tied behind our back.  Bring on the bagman and let the 5 stars roll in.

[utee94 15742]

4 minutes ago, Ron Swanson said:

I think this may be the one I frequented as well.  At the corner of 26th and Speedway.  It was convenient to CPE where I spent most of my time.  My friends and I affectionately referred to this food cart as the "Cancer Shack".  Usually got fried rice or Indian Bread (some kind of stuffed fried bread pocket).

Spent all my time at ENS which we non-so-affectionally called "the bathroom" or "the toilet" because all of those little bathroom tiles that lined the hallway walls.

I ate the heck out of the Indian bread.  Lots of egg rolls, turkey pockets, and strombolis too. 

[Mantis Toboggan, MD 1499]

I can’t imagine how good we could be with competent bagmen.

[USMCHorn 1369]

28 minutes ago, Panama Red said:

There’s a Taqueria Arandinas near RRHS that’s pretty legit

Yup, grabbed some tacos this morning from there. A go-to spot. The one on South 1st and William Cannon goes hard as well.

[tejas60 3526]

1 minute ago, ChiTownDoc said:

True but imo it’s not quite texmex.  But good call.  Hit it often.  Even though Rick Bayless is brothers w Skip Bayless...

would not eat anywhere that was associated with skip bayless. fuck that guy.

[Chili dog 1787]

1 hour ago, mchookem said:

since tuesday...

every visit, i click on the last page of the thread... then go back two pages. then try to piece together some sense of...anything.

and we're in exactly the same place as tuesday lol 😁🤘

 

I’m doing that exact thing right now. 

[RollLeft 5039]

1 minute ago, ChiTownDoc said:

True but imo it’s not quite texmex.  But good call.  Hit it often.  Even though Rick Bayless is brothers w Skip Bayless...

The two could not be more different! At least publicly.  Rick is the shit and i respect the hell out of that dude.  Skip can eat an antifreeze turd and swallow.

[ChiTownDoc 21091]

6 minutes ago, 6th Street said:

There's one Uncle Julio's in Lombard and one in Naperville. Both are solid choices for the west suburbs.

The Chuys in Warrenville only made it a year or two before going out of business 

Had no idea W’ville ever had a Chuy’s.  Shit.