Would You Miss Taco Cabana?

[PM5K]

I saw a posting on Craigslist from a person that had moved and no longer had Taco Cabana and was requesting someone mail him some at his expense....

I don't even know what to say about that...

[SpursWoman]

Mailed? Yuck. :lol

[T Park]

I wouldn't request it being sent to me.

I would miss the monthly visit for some chicken fajitas on one of my busier nights though.

Taco Cabana isn't the best, but its not that bad.

[Zombie Terri Schiavo]

I wish someone would mail me a Margarita.

[PM5K]

Yeah it's not that bad, but coupled with their uncanny ability to totally fuck up orders, I rarely ever go there, but if I moved I certainly wouldn't miss it to the point that I'd want someone to send some to me, I could think of a dozen other places I'd rather have food from before Taco Cabana, probably more...

[Ricardo Romo]

I would miss the monthly visit for some chicken fajitas on one of my busier nights though.
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I think UPS has a limit on how much they can send at one time.

[peewee's lovechild]

I wouldn't miss Taco Cabana at all.

That place sucks.

But, I'd miss your sig if it went away.

[SpursWoman]

If I could find a recipe for their shredded chicken, I'd be very happy. That's about the only thing I really like there ... since my 3:00am, super nachos after binge-drinking days ended a few years ago, anyway. :fro

[mexicanjunior]

It's ok, there are plenty here in Dallas but I really only like their fajita tacos and quesadillas. Their bean and cheese tacos suck...

[mrsmaalox]

It would depend on where I was. If I was in the southwest I probably could get over it real fast, but if I was somewhere up in the northeast US, I would probably miss it a lot. There's a place in El Paso that's legendary like that, CHICO'S TACOS, people have their food shipped all over the world.

[T Park]

If I could find a recipe for their shredded chicken, I'd be very happy. That's about the only thing I really like there ... since my 3:00am, super nachos after binge-drinking days ended a few years ago, anyway. :fro

Their nachos that late at night are damn good :lol

I like the chicken quesadilla as well.

[Lt.Col. J. Hawthorne]

I must say you folks in America have a very odd pallet for food.

[MannyIsGod]

My sister's in LA now, and when my mom went to visit her in the summer she asked her to bring her some Bill Millers.

I haven't been to TCs in a long ass time. Meh.

[DizzG.]

If it wasn't for the fact you can't find any Mexican food at 1 Am they would not survive.

They know people get the munchies late at night.


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[PM5K]

My sister's in LA now, and when my mom went to visit her in the summer she asked her to bring her some Bill Millers.

I haven't been to TCs in a long ass time. Meh.

Bill Millers, lol.... Gradys is better...

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

I think there should be a Miss Taco Cabana contest.

[DizzG.]

I think there should be a Miss Taco Cabana contest.


Why so some white chick like Stacie can win?

[Viva Las Espuelas]

all i can say is Uffffffffff.

[mouse]

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[G-Nob]

Fajita Taco combo. Anything else is wasting your time!

[peewee's lovechild]

Fuck, all those pics Mouse put up are making me hungry.

[T Park]

Taco Salad looks good if it didn't have the Guacamole.

[peewee's lovechild]

Taco Salad looks good if it didn't have the Guacamole.

Anything tastes good with guacamole, even Spam.

[T Park]

fresh salsa I agree.

Guac? I just have never liked it.

[IronMexican]

Imagine a double double with Guacamole? Heaven! I think i'm going to take my own avacado next time i go to In N Out just to try this.

[mrsmaalox]

fresh salsa I agree.

Guac? I just have never liked it.

Man I thought I was the only person on earth who can't eat that crap!! :lol

[peewee's lovechild]

Imagine a double double with Guacamole? Heaven! I think i'm going to take my own avacado next time i go to In N Out just to try this.

Burgers with guacamole or slices of avocado are just too fucking good.

They're just as good as sex.

[spursfan09]

I'm so freaken hungry right now.

[SpursWoman]

Man I thought I was the only person on earth who can't eat that crap!! :lol


My kids don't like it, either.


I love it ... but TC's is nasty, IMO.

[T Park]

Man I thought I was the only person on earth who can't eat that crap!! :lol


Trust me, its not for lack of trying

I've tried fresh, do it myself fresh.

I've tried it a thousand ways from sunday, but I just don't like it.

I know its like a sin to say that in San Antonio lol.

[T Park]

Burgers with guacamole or slices of avocado are just too fucking good.

They're just as good as sex.


Drive over to the Carl's Jr.

They have a Guacamole 6 dollar burger with Bacon I believe.

[SpursWoman]

Burgers with guacamole or slices of avocado are just too fucking good.

They're just as good as sex.


I went to the doctor a few weeks ago and had my cholesterol checked among other things ... and all of them were very low, including my *good* cholesterol. So she told me to eat more avocados.

Oh, hell yes. :smokin :lol

[mrsmaalox]

Trust me, its not for lack of trying

I've tried fresh, do it myself fresh.

I've tried it a thousand ways from sunday, but I just don't like it.

I know its like a sin to say that in San Antonio lol.

Yea me too. I have a friend from the Phillipines who eats it mashed in a bowl with sugar and milk!!!!!

[T Park]

:lol

Kids are gonna be saying "God mom, thats like the 10th straight night you've got chips and guac on the table"

[T Park]

Yea me too. I have a friend from the Phillipines who eats it mashed in a bowl with sugar and milk!!!!!


Wow.... :lol


Of course they probobly think some of the stuff I eat here is strange as well.

[Viva Las Espuelas]

Yea me too. I have a friend from the Phillipines who eats it mashed in a bowl with sugar and milk!!!!!with or without dog?

[peewee's lovechild]

Drive over to the Carl's Jr.

They have a Guacamole 6 dollar burger with Bacon I believe.

Dude, I don't even know where a Carl's Jr. would be around where I live.

But, it sounds damn good, though.

[peewee's lovechild]

I went to the doctor a few weeks ago and had my cholesterol checked among other things ... and all of them were very low, including my *good* cholesterol. So she told me to eat more avocados.

Oh, hell yes. :smokin :lol

They're high on Omega 3, baby!!!

Power foods!!

Truth is, I don't care if it naturally had crack cocaine in it, I just love the stuff.

[SpursWoman]

There's a new Carl's Jr. that just opened at Nacogdoches & O'Connor ...

[T Park]

Dude, I don't even know where a Carl's Jr. would be around where I live.

But, it sounds damn good, though.

Theres one I DEFINATELY know of thats open on the way southside of town off of I35,

weren't they building one on the northside of town?

[T Park]

There's a new Carl's Jr. that just opened at Nacogdoches & O'Connor ...


:lol

I knew I wasn't crazy.

[peewee's lovechild]

There's a new Carl's Jr. that just opened at Nacogdoches & O'Connor ...

I live on Bandera and 1604.

[peewee's lovechild]

I have no idea where O'Connor is.

[T Park]

google maps or mapquest is your friend :)

[peewee's lovechild]

I'm way too lazy for that.

[mrsmaalox]

with or without dog?

Dog on the side.

[mrsmaalox]

I have no idea where O'Connor is.

From 1604 it's about 2 exits past 281.

[mexicanjunior]

fresh salsa I agree.

Guac? I just have never liked it.

Agreed, the taste of guacamole does nothing for me and pretty much ruins anything it is on...

[mouse]

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[Viva Las Espuelas]

Dog on the side.
that's the best way to go.

[CubanMustGo]

There are Carl's Jrs at

6588 FM 78
11361 IH 35 S (Von Ormy)
13980 Nacogodoches

Glad they are coming back. It's not a trip to Cali without a stop at a Carl's Jr. They still don't have any near Austin.

Back OT, the best thing about TCs is decent and reasonably priced Margeritas. Most of their food is semi-nasty at best.

[peewee's lovechild]

God damn, PM5K added more pics to his sig.

I'm going to freaking lose my mind!!

PM5K, PM me those pics.

[Melmart1]

I have been back a few years and I have eaten once from there. But when I lived on the East Coast (Virginia and Jersey) I would have killed for Taco Cabana. Not because it was Taco Cabana, their food is just so-so, but because it would have been closer to authentic Mexican than anything I could get there that wasn't made in my own kitchen (when you could even find comino or Mexican oregano that wasn't $1000 per half ounce or something).

Seriously, I went to this one place that promised authentic food. They brought chips with this "white Mexi Sauce" that was basically mayo with garlic. Their chicken fajitas were breaded (!?) and the tortillas were the store-bought crap.

To top it off, the salsa was made in New York City.

[ashbeeigh]

I lived in Northern Wisconsin for a about a year...worst year of my life. On our drive to the new house (now the house we live in) we stopped at three places 1. HEB 2.Bill Millers for tea and 3. TCs for bean and cheese tacos. It was the worst year of our lives.

I don't know about mailing TCs, but mailing some tamales would definitely be in order during the Christmas season.

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

I have been back a few years and I have eaten once from there. But when I lived on the East Coast (Virginia and Jersey) I would have killed for Taco Cabana. Not because it was Taco Cabana, their food is just so-so, but because it would have been closer to authentic Mexican than anything I could get there that wasn't made in my own kitchen (when you could even find comino or Mexican oregano that wasn't $1000 per half ounce or something).

Seriously, I went to this one place that promised authentic food. They brought chips with this "white Mexi Sauce" that was basically mayo with garlic. Their chicken fajitas were breaded (!?) and the tortillas were the store-bought crap.

To top it off, the salsa was made in New York City.

New York City?!?

[peewee's lovechild]

New York City?!?

Get a rope.

[BathroomAttendantGuy]

It doesn't have to be the best food to remind you of home.

[Rack The Trolls!]

It doesn't have to be the best food to remind you of home.

There was a time when I lived in Cleveland I would have sucked a fire hot Cheeto from Tpark's ass for a taste of a Fajita taco form Taco Cabana.

[Smackie Chan]

There was a time when I lived in Cleveland I would have sucked a fire hot Cheeto from Tpark's ass for a taste of a Fajita taco form Taco Cabana.

I know the feeling..............this one time, at band camp.................



I would have let Boy George tea bag me for 72 hours straight for a potato and egg taco on a rainy Monday morning here in Fargo North Dakota.

[Anti.Hero]

I hate how they put onions in the cheese enchiladas. Not everyone likes onions. And it's not like you can ask no onions since they make them with f'ing onions. WTF.

I love TC though.

[baseline bum]

Taco Cabana has awesome chicken fajitas, and pretty good beef. Plus, chorizo&egg or barbacoa at 3:00AM is badass.

[baseline bum]

Burgers with guacamole or slices of avocado are just too fucking good.

They're just as good as sex.

Guacamole is great on anything. You could make a Big Mac taste good with decent guacamole.

[baseline bum]

Drive over to the Carl's Jr.

They have a Guacamole 6 dollar burger with Bacon I believe.

That shit kicks ass.

[T Park]

Taco Cabana has awesome chicken fajitas, and pretty good beef. Plus, chorizo&egg or barbacoa at 3:00AM is badass.

This guy knows what hes fuckin talkin about :lol

[T Park]

That shit kicks ass.

Yeah I'm not a guac fan but my friends that like it say that its fantastic.

I kinda liked the Jalapeno burger I had a couple months back

[Smackie Chan]

The reason Guacamole has a bad reputation is most places use artificial Guacamole from a 5 gallon bucket. My sister worked for Hardy Burgers in the 80s. The white people moving to San Antonio couldn't get enough of that shit. it was like liquid crack! They wanted on their fries and on their french toast it got crazy, It wasn't until they were broken into and only the 5 gallon buckets were missing that anyone knew how bad it really was.

And the ones who use real Avocados? they don't let them get ripe and they add onions and shit.

That is why a fresh large avocado and a sharp knife is all you need. You eat your meat and carve away the Avocado as needed. I found that out in Chicago when i ate some puerto rico food in the Latin King part of town.

The Avocado looked like a melon it was so big and very sweet. just thinking about that day I get a wet spot...........................on my tongue.


I ordered deep fried pork chops with fluffy Mexican rice that would make uncle Beans pappy roll in his rickety old grave.


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So before you dismiss Guacamole go buy some huge Avocados let them get real soft put them in a bowl with 1/2 lime juice and some salt (maybe a hint of cilantro) and eat.


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[baseline bum]

The reason Guacamole has a bad reputation is most places use artificial Guacamole from a 5 gallon bucket. My sister worked for Hardy Burgers in the 80s. And the ones who use real Avocados don't let them get ripe and they add onions and shit.


How would you make guacamole without onion? That would be pretty bland.

[CuckingFunt]

How would you make guacamole without onion? That would be pretty bland.

I can't stand onions, so I always make it without. Just perfectly ripe avocado, garlic powder, kosher salt, lime juice, and a tiny bit of Pico Pica Taco Sauce.

[Smackie Chan]

How would you make guacamole without onion? That would be pretty bland.

Guacamole = mash potatoes in English. It's just smashed Avocados. it was up to the person at the table to add fresh onio garlic or tomato, it was the white man that decided to add it all together. Those muther fukers introduce sour cream to the Mexican plate! what the fuck? No one saw that coming.......

The Mexicans sold out big time, forget the Alamo................

[baseline bum]

I can't stand onions, so I always make it without. Just perfectly ripe avocado, garlic powder, kosher salt, lime juice, and a tiny bit of Pico Pica Taco Sauce.

No way! No cilantro nor chiles? Craziness.

[CubanMustGo]

Cilantro, meh.

[T Park]

What is Pico Paca taco sauce?

[T Park]

Cilantro tastes like soap, but maybe thats just me.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

I love Taco Cabana, especially the slasa bar, wish we had it here in Oz.

If I had a few million bucks I'd bring it here, because half-decent tex-mex is hard to find over here.

My guacamole recipe:
2 ripe avocados
1 sm-med spanish onion, chopped VERY fine
1 shot lemon juice
1/2 shot lime juice
6-12 shakes Tabasco sauce (depending on how hot you want it)
a little salt and fresh pepper
mmmmm...

[CuckingFunt]

What is Pico Paca taco sauce?

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[Biernutz]

Tex-Mex with a drive thru----http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb270/systime/Gifffs1234/eustace_tilley.gif

[baseline bum]

I love Taco Cabana, especially the slasa bar, wish we had it here in Oz.

If I had a few million bucks I'd bring it here, because half-decent tex-mex is hard to find over here.

My guacamole recipe:
2 ripe avocados
1 sm-med spanish onion, chopped VERY fine
1 shot lemon juice
1/2 shot lime juice
6-12 shakes Tabasco sauce (depending on how hot you want it)
a little salt and fresh pepper
mmmmm...

No way....

avocado
cilantro
white/yellow onion
jalapeno
kosher salt
fresh lime juice
finely chopped garlic
tomato (optional)

and mash the shit out of it until it's uniform. I don't know exactly how much to put of everything, as I always just do it by taste when I make it.

[mouse]

You guys are confusing guacamole dip, with real guacamole.

The dip has all the stuff mentioned above, Real guacamole is just avocados, Back in Mexico when someone famous or important like Pancho Villa came around it was a custom to have the avocado already peeled. But sometimes the avocado was not all the way ripe so instead of serving a hard unripe avocado they smashed it.

That is how is was first created. I prefer sliced avocado or smashed with salt,
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The taco already has the PicoDeGallo or salsa so i get my onion/cilantro fix on the taco already.

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[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

No way....

avocado
cilantro
white/yellow onion
jalapeno
kosher salt
fresh lime juice
finely chopped garlic
tomato (optional)

and mash the shit out of it until it's uniform. I don't know exactly how much to put of everything, as I always just do it by taste when I make it.

I sometimes cut up some tomato and coriander (cilantro) with salt, mix that up and put it on the side. I noticed that a lot of people put garlic in, but I think as a strong flavour it tends to overwhelm the other flavours. Each to his own. ;)

[baseline bum]

I don't put much garlic in. Just a little bit is great for the flavor. You gotta have garlic in Mexican food.