Spoiled rotten by Mango King's daily specials

[atalantapendrag]

Tonight I had a quesadilla made with masa rather than tortillas and I don't know if I can ever go back...

Also the place where I had it (a wonderful little snack bar right near my apartment complex) has, unsurprisingly, a tv tuned to a Spanish-language station and while it was being made I had the entertaining experience of sipping an agua fresca that had been chunks of cantaloupe moments earlier watching an ad for Taco Bell in Spanish. I feel a little sorry for the Taco Bell in my neighborhood. Unless someone has a specific craving for their variety of homogenized Mexicanish or a thirst for Mountain Dew Baja Blast, they're grotesquely outclassed - Tacorrido even has them beat in the late-night and drive-thru departments.






Two hours later I'm still very very full.

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[stardreamer]

Tacorrido... okay, where is this place? We love checking out little independent Mexican places in Austin. And do they have agua fresca in flavors other than cantaloupe?

[atalantapendrag]

There are a couple of locations of El Tacorrido, the one I was referencing is at 9320 North Lamar (near the Auto Zone). They do tacos, tortas, and gorditas and are open til 3 am. I think the location on South First has a more extensive menu, though.

But Mango King Loncheria is where I had dinner. It's at 10205 North Lamar (next door to Maudie's North Lamar, which is also tasty if you want sit-down Tex-Mex with a full bar), a cozy little hole in the wall with wonderful daily specials - I don't think they have a website but if you check the photos on their Yelp listing you can read the menu. They do indeed have other flavors, although so far the only other one I've tried is the horchata (yummy). I can personally vouch for the deliciousness of their tortas and hot dogs (although I prefer T-Loc's Sonora Dogs on Burnet, but Mango King is cheaper and closer and if I was going to bus all the way to Burnet I'd go to JewBoy Burgers instead because those are literally the best burgers I've ever had and the guy who makes them is a sweetheart), and when I went there with my neighbor she really enjoyed her tostada and Sweet House Juice smoothie (and she gave me a sip of said smoothie - lovely!). I very much want to try their churros but haven't gotten around to those yet. I never have room!