The Fajita King, dead at 81

[Deej 77160]

Rest in peace, Sonny Falcon.

https://haysfreepress.com/2019/12/19/fajita-king-sonny-falcon-dies-at-the-age-of-81/

[AustinMT 952]

[TornACL 7766]

Met him the first time in Omaha in 2004. He treated me and my old man well. RIP, friend. 

[bluto 4947]

Met him the first time in Omaha in 2004. He treated me and my old man well. RIP, friend. 

Exact same introduction but sub brother for old man.

[Jim Thompson 22]

More on Sonny Falcon https://www.austin360.com/entertainmentlife/20190925/why-you-can-thank-austin-man-for-your-sizzling-fajitas

[Brisketexan 105569]

My old man has always kinda hated Sonny.  See, he grew up eating tacos al carbon made from cheap-ass skirt steak in the valley, and he loved 'em.  Then, that bastard Sonny came along, introduced 'em to gringos, fajitas ended up on the menu everywhere, and a cut that used to cost my old man 19 cents a pound is now $8 a pound.

Good that Sonny made it big, so to speak.

Bad that he ruined cheap food for cheap Texicans.

It's a complicated world, man.

[HenryJames 66275]

Meat maker meets maker.

[Deej 77160]

7 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

My old man has always kinda hated Sonny.  See, he grew up eating tacos al carbon made from cheap-ass skirt steak in the valley, and he loved 'em.  Then, that bastard Sonny came along, introduced 'em to gringos, fajitas ended up on the menu everywhere, and a cut that used to cost my old man 19 cents a pound is now $8 a pound.

Good that Sonny made it big, so to speak.

Bad that he ruined cheap food for cheap Texicans.

It's a complicated world, man.

You ain't made it until you convince the gringos it's a thing.

[Braff Zacklin 13672]

7 hours ago, HenryJames said:

Meat maker meets maker.

[Armybrat 40987]

8 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

My old man has always kinda hated Sonny.  See, he grew up eating tacos al carbon made from cheap-ass skirt steak in the valley, and he loved 'em.  Then, that bastard Sonny came along, introduced 'em to gringos, fajitas ended up on the menu everywhere, and a cut that used to cost my old man 19 cents a pound is now $8 a pound.

Good that Sonny made it big, so to speak.

Bad that he ruined cheap food for cheap Texicans.

It's a complicated world, man.

Don’t bad mouth my former neighbor (almost). We lived three blocks north of his Woodland home in East Travis Heights during the 1960s. El Matt’s at 5th & East Avenue was our go-to TexMex place then. Puffy tacos ftw.

RIP Sr. Falcon.

Edited December 21, 2019 by Armybrat

[HenryJames 66275]

He was the same age as your grandson. Really makes you think.

[Deej 77160]

Armybrat was making fajitas from wooly mammoth skirt steaks.

[tx 3 putt 77920]

2 hours ago, Deej said:

You ain't made it until you convince the gringos it's a thing.

 

gringos fuck everything up. fajitas prices are outrageous. 

[Deej 77160]

Yes, we do.

[Anastasis 23498]

hat tip. 

[Junior Miller 1502]

13 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

My old man has always kinda hated Sonny.  See, he grew up eating tacos al carbon made from cheap-ass skirt steak in the valley, and he loved 'em.  Then, that bastard Sonny came along, introduced 'em to gringos, fajitas ended up on the menu everywhere, and a cut that used to cost my old man 19 cents a pound is now $8 a pound.

Good that Sonny made it big, so to speak.

Bad that he ruined cheap food for cheap Texicans.

It's a complicated world, man.

Exactly. He didn't invent shit. He stole a food staple and prep technique and profited off it in true white greed fashion. Good riddance and fuck that guy to eternity. 

[Hank_Hill 18994]

Lol. Dude showed people how to cook a shitty piece of meat and profited off of it. Not his fault nobody did it first. 

[TornACL 7766]

6 hours ago, Junior Miller said:

Exactly. He didn't invent shit. He stole a food staple and prep technique and profited off it in true white greed fashion. Good riddance and fuck that guy to eternity. 

I like this site because you can read nuanced thoughtful takes like Brisket's and then you can read pre menstrual off the rails emotional outbursts like the example above. All on the same subject! 

[AustinMT 952]

8 hours ago, Junior Miller said:

Exactly. He didn't invent shit. He stole a food staple and prep technique and profited off it in true white greed fashion. Good riddance and fuck that guy to eternity. 

You mean like pretty much every chef does?

[Dewey 3314]

23 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

My old man has always kinda hated Sonny.  See, he grew up eating tacos al carbon made from cheap-ass skirt steak in the valley, and he loved 'em.  Then, that bastard Sonny came along, introduced 'em to gringos, fajitas ended up on the menu everywhere, and a cut that used to cost my old man 19 cents a pound is now $8 a pound.

Good that Sonny made it big, so to speak.

Bad that he ruined cheap food for cheap Texicans.

It's a complicated world, man.

My old man was the same way with CFS (gringos gringo'd a gringo dish), hard to hear the end of it if we're in a restaurant and they charge $12+ for a plate. In our younger days, that meant mom going to the store,  buying all that's needed and dad making a killer CFS for his sons.

RIP dad and the Fajita King

[Cajun 11764]

On 12/20/2019 at 10:53 AM, Brisketexan said:

My old man has always kinda hated Sonny.  See, he grew up eating tacos al carbon made from cheap-ass skirt steak in the valley, and he loved 'em.  Then, that bastard Sonny came along, introduced 'em to gringos, fajitas ended up on the menu everywhere, and a cut that used to cost my old man 19 cents a pound is now $8 a pound.

Good that Sonny made it big, so to speak.

Bad that he ruined cheap food for cheap Texicans.

It's a complicated world, man.

Yep.

I used to buy skirts in SA for 59 cents a pound.  

Good skirts too.

[Cajun 11764]

15 hours ago, Armybrat said:

Don’t bad mouth my former neighbor (almost). We lived three blocks north of his Woodland home in East Travis Heights during the 1960s. El Matt’s at 5th & East Avenue was our go-to TexMex place then. Puffy tacos ftw.

RIP Sr. Falcon.

Austin puffy tacos?

LMAO

Yeah, no.  Austinites have zero idea what real puffies are.  None.  Nada.

Edited December 21, 2019 by Cajun

[Cajun 11764]

14 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

gringos fuck everything up. fajitas prices are outrageous. 

Can't remember the last time I ate a fajita.

Not worth it.  

Not in the slightest.

[Armybrat 40987]

32 minutes ago, Cajun said:

Austin puffy tacos?

LMAO

Yeah, no.  Austinites have zero idea what real puffies are.  None.  Nada.

We did 50-60 years ago. None around here now.

[AustinMT 952]

46 minutes ago, Cajun said:

Austin puffy tacos?

LMAO

Yeah, no.  Austinites have zero idea what real puffies are.  None.  Nada.

Some of us do, and we recognize that we have to go to San Antonio to get them

[Cajun 11764]

41 minutes ago, Armybrat said:

We did 50-60 years ago. None around here now.

Good point Brat, I retract my nasty judgement.

I can imagine that back in the 60s there could very well have been good puffies in ATX.

They definitely don't exist here now.  I've gone to each and every "recommended" place and been severely dissapointed.

[Braff Zacklin 13672]

I don't get around Austin much these days, but I can attest that there are still some very tasty puffy tacos around town.

[Armybrat 40987]

1 hour ago, Cajun said:

Good point Brat, I retract my nasty judgement.

I can imagine that back in the 60s there could very well have been good puffies in ATX.

They definitely don't exist here now.  I've gone to each and every "recommended" place and been severely dissapointed.

I heard there was a joint on San Antonio’s north side that serves good ones.

[Cajun 11764]

Buncha places in SA serve good ones.  Hell, even chains like Las Palapas and Henry's have good puffies there.

Teka Molino's (the old one that used to be on St. Mary's) had top notch puffies back in my high school days.  

My favorites are at the Taco House on San Pedro.  Not only are they good, they weigh about a pound each...

[Cajun 11764]

La Hacienda de los Barrios does 'em right too...