Posted on 03/18/2022 8:08:58 AM PDT by mylife
Actor Pedro Pascal has weighed in on the great San Antonio or Austin taco debate.
Pascal was in Austin for the SXSW premiere of the Nicolas Cage film "The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent" and while on the red carpet he was asked which city had the better tacos.
"It's San Antonio people. It's San Antonio. If we're talking about tacos. Chile con queso maybe you get that in Austin, but you get a taco in San Antonio por favor," Pascal said. "No, yes, as far as I remember yeah it's San Antonio."
Pascal expressed his love for Austin, but it probably wasn't a surprise he chose San Antonio. He was born in Chile and his family immigrated to the U.S. when he was a baby. He grew up in northern San Antonio and left the area when he was about 12 but he says he still feels "kinda Texan."
Even though "The Mandalorian" and "Game of Thrones" actor has offered up his opinion, we're pretty sure the "taco war" hasn't ended.
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Tucson, Arizona has to be a top competitor. The Sonoran cuisine provides some of the best Mexican food around and is spicier than most of the other Mexican states. Tex-Mex is the bastard child of gravy and tomato paste and is horrible.
Phoenix has El Barrio Cafe and the menu there is based on the best recipes from all of Mexico and is top notch.
My theory: The further away from Mexico you go the worse the Mexican food is. IMHO, overall New Mexico has the best Mexican food in the states.
makes beans better too.
Austin is overrated, san antonio is good, houston is good, san diego is good, as far as my own town, Reno, all mexican food here is absolutely awful. I will say one thing about taco bell when they opened the first one in Monterrey, Mexico they interviewed the owner of Popos tacos in the newspaper, and asked him if he was threatened by the competition, the next few paragraphs contained only ja ja ja ja ja.
As far as mexican food in mexico, I find tex mex generally better with regional exceptions. North baja fish tacos in San Felipe, arrachera in Nuevo Leon and Jalisco and san luis potosi, ceviche in colima and michoacan, mole in puebla and oaxaca. Damn, now I’m hungry
Oklahoma City has better tacos thems either one and is considerably less gay than Austin and SA
Going to Christina's little wagon along US 50 in Holly, Co. later for her 'Tacos Asada' lunch plate. From Juarez to Bismark, the best I have found.
Stockton,CA best Mexican food of anywhere but sucks in all other departments!
“now i’m in ohio with no shrimp tacos.... :(”
I’m in Illinois now and I make my own, but with a Cajun flair (I lived in Louisiana for 12 years, married a Louisiana girl who is a great cook, and then I was transferred up to Illinois).
nope, nope, lived in az too, only found acceptable Mexican chow there..
their big deal is a Mexican hot dog...
and when in the chicano bars there do not look at de womens, someone will cut you..
I had to learn to make machaca after leaving ca
it aint hard, just takes time
sounds good!
baja is the best
Taco wise, I have to agree. Then again, compared to where? Maine? Montana? Wisconsin. Want "suck"? Try what passes for Mexican food in Europe or Asia.
FWIW, the best Tacos I ever had were served up streetside on Olvera Street in LA, a close second in a little place in Glendale, AZ called "La Perla". This was back in the early 80's so I have no idea whether Olvera is still as good or whether La Perla hasn't morphed into Taco Bell. And nothing I've ever had anywhere is the same as the Mexican food in Mexico.
We have good pizza, too. Michigan pizza. Buddy’s and Shield’s. And Coney dogs.
In college five or six of us would pull money for gas to drive 60 miles to Nogales, drink the $.25 beers, and eat the $1 Sonoran hotdogs. Imagine a day trip to another country where transportation, dancing, food, and drink totaled less than $8.
https://mobilefoodnews.com/sonoran-dogs-nogales-hot-dogs-food-truck/
From bahn mi to BBQ and, now, just ending, Crawfish season. One could do a lot worse than this town for food.
worst I had was in Connecticut.
appalling
nogales mexico has good chow
San Antonio has some good Tacos - Austin not so much. The best tacos in Texas are found along the Rio Grande in McAllen Texas and surrounding areas. Actually from Laredo to Brownsville. Y barbacoa todos los domingos.
houston is diverse
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