
Austin Tacos Tour, Austin, Texas
The month of October in Austin, as I've previously written about, is the city's busiest month for tourism. With back-to-back weekends of the Austin City Limits music festival and Formula 1 racing bringing big bucks to town for the big F1 race weekend and concerts at Circuit of the Americans, most of the local events are scaled down. Oh, and I can't forget about Texas Longhorns football games also being major events. I've been to all of these large scale events in the past, so I wanted to focus on something smaller. However, the smaller events did not seem as interesting to me this time around and I decided to spend a couple of weeks focused on adventuring around town to eat one my favorite foods -- tacos!
Tacos are a personal and overall Texas favorite food. You can have them for breakfast, lunch and dinner all in the same day and not get tired of them. There is so much variety to tacos from the type of tortilla used to the fillings and, of course, toppings and sauces. In Austin, tacos are a BIG DEAL and you can pretty much find a taco shop around every corner. Even if tacos aren't the main dish, you can still find tacos on the menu at a large number of restaurants across town in a more traditional preparation or as a fusion concept between a couple of cuisines. Austin has a bit of a taco war with San Antonio over breakfast tacos, as I mentioned in my Day Trip to San Antonio blog post, and Austin is quite sure they have the best breakfast tacos. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).
Tacos are a personal and overall Texas favorite food. You can have them for breakfast, lunch and dinner all in the same day and not get tired of them. There is so much variety to tacos from the type of tortilla used to the fillings and, of course, toppings and sauces. In Austin, tacos are a BIG DEAL and you can pretty much find a taco shop around every corner. Even if tacos aren't the main dish, you can still find tacos on the menu at a large number of restaurants across town in a more traditional preparation or as a fusion concept between a couple of cuisines. Austin has a bit of a taco war with San Antonio over breakfast tacos, as I mentioned in my Day Trip to San Antonio blog post, and Austin is quite sure they have the best breakfast tacos. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).
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Guide Name: Austin Tacos Tour
Guide Location: USA » Austin
Guide Type: Self-guided Walking Tour (Insider Tips)
Author: Kimi Walters
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Guide Location: USA » Austin
Guide Type: Self-guided Walking Tour (Insider Tips)
Author: Kimi Walters
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Sight(s) Featured in This Guide:
- Taco Shack
- Kesos Tacos
- Taco Joint
- El Tacorrido
- Papalote
- Taco Deli
- Rosita's Al Pastor
- Burrito Factory
- El Primo
- El Chilito
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