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Los Gueros Taqueria

Tylerites — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 00:22:19 +0000

Tyler has a pretty decent selection of small, mostly Mexican, hole in the wall restaurants that are pretty darn good and definitely worth checking out. Like I mentioned before, I am a fan of authentic Mexican food. A big fan. I like Tex-Mex if it is good and fresh, but not any of that frozen, generic tasting, cheese loaded stuff found in far too many places around here. I much prefer a simple taco to a plate of enchiladas, and how about some free beans instead of a basket of chips and salsa? Actually, I love chips and salsa, but it’s nice to change it up on occasion.

This brings me to notable hole in the wall numero uno, Los Gueros Taqueria on Vine Street. My husband has been raving about this place for years… Even claiming that their (free!) beans are better than his mothers. Finally, I agreed to meet him for lunch there this week, and WOW have I ever been missing out. You walk in, order, then take a seat and wait for your food to arrive. I ordered one #7 Taco which I believe was something like beef, avocado, and melted white cheese and a small Maria’s salad which was lettuce, tomato, avocado, chicken, beans, carrots served with dressing. We helped ourselves to the free beans, took a seat and waited for our food. The food came quickly, and everything was just as delicious as I expected. I was especially impressed with the salad, which was HUGE and a meal in itself.

Los Gueros Taqueria
929 South Vine Avenue
Tyler, TX 75701-1463
(903) 526-8226

Lindo Mexico Restaurant

Tylerites — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 00:22:02 +0000

Notable hole in the wall numero dos would be another taqueria, Lindo Mexico on East Gentry. The thing that makes this place notable is the freaking unbelievable prices. For two crispy chicken tacos with rice and beans and a set up of chips with salsa and queso the price is only $3.99. And the food is great! This is another place my husband talked me into trying, and I am so glad he did. Also, they serve breakfast and the parking lot is usually full so it must be pretty good.

Lindo Mexico
2410 East Gentry Parkway
Tyler, TX 75708-9072
(903) 526-5464

Taqueria El Lugar

Tylerites — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 00:21:47 +0000

Numero tres isn’t so much of a hole in the wall anymore, though it did start out that way… El Lugar – what every hole in the wall dreams of becoming, started with one small location on Gentry, but now has locations on Troup, in Bullard, and on 5th Street. I’ve never eaten anything from El Lugar other that the legendary Super Quesadilla, but I’ve heard everything on the menu is delish. One major drawback is they don’t accept credit cards – cash only. At least this is the case at the Gentry location which happens to be closest to my office. If they took cards I would eat there MUCH more than I currently do… I just never carry cash.

Taqueria El Lugar
1726 E Gentry Parkway
Tyler, TX 75702
(903) 597-4717

Taqueria El Lugar
3320 Troup Highway
Tyler, TX 75701-8395
(903) 526-1188

Taqueria El Lugar
2121 East 5th Street
Tyler, TX 75701-3515
(903) 526-6118

Taqueria El Lugar
155 US Highway 69 N
Bullard, TX 75757
(903) 894-9242