Best Tex Mex in Corpus

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

My folks live in Fulton and they don’t like any Tex Mex spots there (except the taco truck), so they will go over to corpus to eat in occasion. Need some solid suggestions.

[Dry Elbows 142]

I like Kiko’s. 

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

I like Kiko’s. 

Funny this the first suggestion. Someone referred my folks to this place and they like it. They took my family and we had a good meal. Then they took my younger brother’s family and they hated it. So I thought I would come to the surly braintrust and get some other suggestions.

[Wiler77 1566]

Laredo Taco Company?

j/k.

Kinda

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

Laredo Taco Company?
j/k.
Kinda

I’m a fan. But surely in CC there is something better haha.

[Dry Elbows 142]

Taqueria Almeida on Waldron for breakfast tacos. They have other food but never tried. 

[CooterBrown 18004]

La Playa was solid 15 years ago.

[justhookit 4191]

Fulton/Rockport has better Mexican food than Corpus. As mentioned Kiko’s is ok. Unfortunately they need to drive to San Antonio for the good stuff.

Edited March 6, 2023 by justhookit

[Nueces River Rat 5537]

As a resident of Corpus for at least another three or four years,  I can confirm Corpus is void of memorable Mexican food.   You get better up in SA, Austin, and down in the RGV of course and we are right in the middle of those areas which one would think we'd have more than a handful of long standing places too.     Kikos as noted above is the standard, but most of the other stuff is the Taqueria Blah, Blah, Blah #10000 with cooks that are good one day and horrible the next and are located in former DQ's, Pizza Huts, and Whataburgers.  Snapka Drvie in has decent  Mexican food  and there is Hi-Ho, but they close early afternoon after the lunch crowd is done.

 

 Rockport has a good place called Los Comales.   Haven't been in a few years since I no longer have business interest in Rockport, but it used to be a regular spot I'd go to.

Edited March 6, 2023 by Nueces River Rat

[closetohumping 17435]

33 minutes ago, Nueces River Rat said:

As a resident of Corpus for at least another three or four years,  I can confirm Corpus is void of memorable Mexican food.   You get better up in SA, Austin, and down in the RGV of course and we are right in the middle of those areas which one would think we'd have more than a handful of long standing places too.     Kikos as noted above is the standard, but most of the other stuff is the Taqueria Blah, Blah, Blah #10000 with cooks that are good one day and horrible the next and are located in former DQ's, Pizza Huts, and Whataburgers.  Snapka Drvie in has decent  Mexican food  and there is Hi-Ho, but they close early afternoon after the lunch crowd is done.

 

 Rockport has a good place called Los Comales.   Haven't been in a few years since I no longer have business interest in Rockport, but it used to be a regular spot I'd go to.

Where you headed?  

 

I don't get the Kiko's hype.  

[Nueces River Rat 5537]

16 minutes ago, closetohumping said:

Where you headed?  

 

I don't get the Kiko's hype.  

Hill Country some where between Kerrville, north to Austin and back down to San Antonio.   My Wife likes Boerne, but I prefer to be up near Blanco or Wimberley.  She will probably win.... LOL!

Kikos is Tex Mex style and is one of the last long time family owned places here.  You are right, I have had better elsewhere in the state.  But it works compared to many of the others that start with Taqueria in their names or are named after a state in Mexico.  

Edited March 6, 2023 by Nueces River Rat

[closetohumping 17435]

Just now, Nueces River Rat said:

Hill Country some where between Kerrville, north to Austin and back down to San Antonio.   My Wife like Boerne, but I prefer to be up near Blanco or Wimberley.

Kikos is Tex Mex style and is one of the last long time family owned places here.  You are right, I have had better elsewhere in the state.  But it works compared to many of the others that start with Taqueria in their names or are named after a state in Mexico.  

State?  I've had better 4 blocks down. Haha. Actually it's ok, I like the fried mushrooms, I just don't get the hype.

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

Fulton/Rockport has better Mexican food than Corpus. As mentioned Kiko’s is ok. Unfortunately they need to drive to San Antonio for the good stuff.

Hmm, they disagree. I can’t say as I haven’t tried all the spots there even though my family has been in the area for decades.

I do like La Terraza in Seadrift.

[Nueces River Rat 5537]

26 minutes ago, closetohumping said:

State?  I've had better 4 blocks down. Haha. Actually it's ok, I like the fried mushrooms, I just don't get the hype.

Right.   It probably wouldn't make a legit top list for best Tex/Mex in the Texas.  Sadly this place is void of long standing ethnic food places of many sorts and BBQ.   It's like the whole focus is on Seafood and when many of the old timers died off that did have some good establishments,  their kids and other family  moved off to start their own up state in other parts of the nation.  

[Nueces River Rat 5537]

14 hours ago, Wiler77 said:

Laredo Taco Company?

j/k.

Kinda

They have legit tortillas.  Bean and Cheese taco sound good right now.  

[Ag with kids 581]

Linda's on Gollihar has really good breakfast tacos.  And it ALWAYS packed...so, take that for what it's worth.

It's actually owned by the mother of one of my engineers...

And Casa Vieja on the frontage road between Flour Bluff and Waldron is decent.

[tx 3 putt 76873]

Acapulco #1, 1133 Airline Rd, Corpus Christi, TX 78412 solid taqueria food

Out of the way, but damn good breakfast tacos, everything else is fair …. Feliz Amanecer In calallen 

southside barbacoa for breakfast 

Sonny’s is damn good breakfast, worth trying their lunch menu 

avoid yola, it was horrible 

 

not corpus, but tell them to go try Bubba’s in Seadrift for seafood. Weekend crowds are crazy. The Sunday fried chicken buffet is damn good, but be there at 11. The Taqueria in Seadrift is very good, I’ve had 200+ meals there 

canales cafe in tivoli is very classic Tex mex lunchz. I haven’t been there in a awhile, but had many good meals there 

 

Edited March 6, 2023 by tx 3 putt

[tx 3 putt 76873]

7 minutes ago, Ag with kids said:

Linda's on Gollihar has really good breakfast tacos.  And it ALWAYS packed...so, take that for what it's worth.

It's actually owned by the mother of one of my engineers...

And Casa Vieja on the frontage road between Flour Bluff and Waldron is decent.

casa vieja is great tacos on the way to the beach 

[tx 3 putt 76873]

16 hours ago, Patricio Swayze said:

Funny this the first suggestion. Someone referred my folks to this place and they like it. They took my family and we had a good meal. Then they took my younger brother’s family and they hated it. So I thought I would come to the surly braintrust and get some other suggestions.

you either love or hate kikos. It’s good, great tortillas and cheese enchiladas 

[UncleBuck 6452]

4 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

Acapulco #1, 1133 Airline Rd, Corpus Christi, TX 78412 solid taqueria food

Out of the way, but damn good breakfast tacos, everything else is fair …. Feliz Amanecer In calallen 

southside barbacoa for breakfast 

Sonny’s is damn good breakfast, worth trying their lunch menu 

avoid yola, it was horrible 

 

not corpus, but tell them to go try Bubba’s in Seadrift for seafood. Weekend crowds are crazy. The Sunday fried chicken buffet is damn good, but be there at 11. The Taqueria in Seadrift is very good, I’ve had 200+ meals there 

canales cafe in tivoli is very classic Tex mex lunchz. I haven’t been there in a awhile, but had many good meals there 

 

Bubba's is definitely a good spot, and the taqueria there in Seadrift as well from what my wife tells me, and I think I trust her with that. Have only ever had Canales in Tivoli once, and it was steak night. It wasn't terrible, and wasn't expensive, but I'd probably not go out of the way for it. 

[tx 3 putt 76873]

4 minutes ago, UncleBuck said:

Bubba's is definitely a good spot, and the taqueria there in Seadrift as well from what my wife tells me, and I think I trust her with that. Have only ever had Canales in Tivoli once, and it was steak night. It wasn't terrible, and wasn't expensive, but I'd probably not go out of the way for it. 

canales - true Texmex style, only been for lunch 

[tx 3 putt 76873]

Since we’re talking that area ….

RiP Barkett’s  in Seadrift - it was easily top 3 chicken fried steak in the state and very very good seafood 

[UncleBuck 6452]

4 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

Since we’re talking that area ….

RiP Barkett’s  in Seadrift - it was easily top 3 chicken fried steak in the state and very very good seafood 

And Cathy's down the road in POC, just a few months back. Had a decent chicken fried steak themselves. 

[Nueces River Rat 5537]

1 hour ago, tx 3 putt said:

Acapulco #1, 1133 Airline Rd, Corpus Christi, TX 78412 solid taqueria food

Out of the way, but damn good breakfast tacos, everything else is fair …. Feliz Amanecer In calallen 

southside barbacoa for breakfast 

Sonny’s is damn good breakfast, worth trying their lunch menu 

avoid yola, it was horrible 

 

not corpus, but tell them to go try Bubba’s in Seadrift for seafood. Weekend crowds are crazy. The Sunday fried chicken buffet is damn good, but be there at 11. The Taqueria in Seadrift is very good, I’ve had 200+ meals there 

canales cafe in tivoli is very classic Tex mex lunchz. I haven’t been there in a awhile, but had many good meals there 

 

Bubbas in Seadrift if very legit.... Might have to take a little road trip this Saturday....

Edited March 6, 2023 by Nueces River Rat

[Ag with kids 581]

5 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

Acapulco #1, 1133 Airline Rd, Corpus Christi, TX 78412 solid taqueria food

Out of the way, but damn good breakfast tacos, everything else is fair …. Feliz Amanecer In calallen 

southside barbacoa for breakfast 

Sonny’s is damn good breakfast, worth trying their lunch menu 

avoid yola, it was horrible 

 

not corpus, but tell them to go try Bubba’s in Seadrift for seafood. Weekend crowds are crazy. The Sunday fried chicken buffet is damn good, but be there at 11. The Taqueria in Seadrift is very good, I’ve had 200+ meals there 

canales cafe in tivoli is very classic Tex mex lunchz. I haven’t been there in a awhile, but had many good meals there 

 

I get to Seadrift periodically.  My GF's best friend owns the winery in Long Mott on the way into town so we stay with them several times a year.  I'll have to try that place.

[Dry Elbows 142]

5 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

 great tortillas and cheese enchiladas 

These two things are the primary reason I go to Kiko's.