Just for future reference, does the best taco joint debate supersede the best burger joint debate?

OK, I went. It's good. The parking sucks. A fair number of DBs and regular folks. Will do again.

Opening a new location at Harolds in Heights spot

Will that one also close in 6 months?

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^Torchy's is replacing it. Stay tuned in six months for what will be replacing Torchy's. The location is cursed. Absolute worst in Houston.

And for what it's worth, Greatful Taco was good if a little overpriced.

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So Houston has three Torchy's now? Shocker.

And the Shepherd store is still alive after two years? Strange.

Well I finally tried the place after 2 years. I drive past it all the time but finally decided to try it. It's decent stuff but not nearly as good or with the selection of many other places and significantly more in cost.

I'll stick with the taquerias that have a sort of "stabby" feel to them where I can get real barbacoa or lengua.

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Well I finally tried the place after 2 years. I drive past it all the time but finally decided to try it. It's decent stuff but not nearly as good or with the selection of many other places and significantly more in cost.

I'll stick with the taquerias that have a sort of "stabby" feel to them where I can get real barbacoa or lengua.

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A stabby feel, nice!

Barbacoa at Torchy's is awesome! The Democrat is one of my favorite tacos.

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I haven't been to the Houston ones, but ate at an Austin location this summer. Taco's were ok but was most impressed with the Soda Fountain

Torch t's is like a hipster version of Chacho's sans the cholo clientele.

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^Torchy's is replacing it. Stay tuned in six months for what will be replacing Torchy's. The location is cursed. Absolute worst in Houston.

And for what it's worth, Greatful Taco was good if a little overpriced.

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So Houston has three Torchy's now? Shocker.

And the Shepherd store is still alive after two years? Strange.

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SMH.

Is the one in Rice Village packed all the time?

Do they have good (ie, non-sweet, strong) Margaritas?

Cyclone Anayas is opening 300 yards away btw...

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Is the one in Rice Village packed all the time?

Do they have good (ie, non-sweet, strong) Margaritas?

Cyclone Anayas is opening 300 yards away btw...

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All three locations stay packed, but the Rice Village & Heights location's have easier parking. Parking at the Shepherd location is an abortion. Definitely not ideal for my F350.

If you want to drink, I'd go to the Heights location. They have a full wrap around bar with nice LED's. Their rita's are meh IMHO. I order them occasionally, but they are kinda too sweet for my blood. Never thought to ask for a floater though.

Cyclone's is for a completely different customer and that's where I would go for a rita. I got full retard the last time I went to Cyclone's.

I've only been to the one on Shepherd and was pretty underwhelmed. Nothing special IMO. I'll stick with Tacos-a-gogo, Chilosos, or one of the million other random taquerias in the Tine.

SmithCo, how much ownership percent do you have in the Houston locations. You've been whoring them out for a few years now. You may want to seek medical attention for that hard-on for Torchys. Its been over 4 hours. . .

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SmithCo, how much ownership percent do you have in the Houston locations. You've been whoring them out for a few years now. You may want to seek medical attention for that hard-on for Torchys. Its been over 4 hours. . .

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0% braj! I will admit I do have a raging clue for Torchy's. Been snorting their tacos since ought 4.

Brought the thread back because I thought Head Ninjas post was comical in 2011, especially now since they just opened their 3rd location.

I'll reiterate and concur with Catch:

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I've only been to the one on Shepherd and was pretty underwhelmed. Nothing special IMO. I'll stick with Tacos-a-gogo, Chilosos, or one of the million other random taquerias in the Tine.

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Brought the thread back because I thought Head Ninjas post was comical in 2011, especially now since they just opened their 3rd location.

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Yeah, I remember when Krispy Kreme came to Houston. They opened a hell of a lot more than 3 of them and lasted more than a few years.

Basically, being open for 2 years and expanding doesn't really mean ****.

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Yeah, I remember when Krispy Kreme came to Houston. They opened a hell of a lot more than 3 of them and lasted more than a few years.

Basically, being open for 2 years and expanding doesn't really mean ****.

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I'll bring it back again in 3 years, hopefully. Maybe they'll go public between now and then...

I really don't care either way, just saying that 2 years doesn't necessarily define success. I would actually still expect to see the Shepherd location to go away eventually. That spot is ****ing horrible and the rice location isn't too terribly far from there. The only way I'd go to the shepherd location is if I was walking distance from there. They should look at a spot in Midtown. That place is in dire need of more food joints.

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I really don't care either way, just saying that 2 years doesn't necessarily define success. I would actually still expect to see the Shepherd location to go away eventually. That spot is ****ing horrible and the rice location isn't too terribly far from there. The only way I'd go to the shepherd location is if I was walking distance from there. They should look at a spot in Midtown. That place is in dire need of more food joints.

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Meh, kinda, but it certainly doesn't mean defeat either. They clearly have had enough success/demand to warrant two more locations, one of which (as you just stated), is a rocks throw away.

I'd like to see them open a location further OTL. A Woodlands &/or Katy store would crush it.

they had planned to open one in Midtown at the new-ish McGowen shopping center with Potbelly and Starbucks. Not sure what happened there.

Anybody else find it somewhat ironic that the hipster stand-by for tacos is a relatively bland, pedestrian, chain restaurant?

I thought hipsters were anti-corpratists/chains? Maybe they only like Torchy's for the irony.

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Anybody else find it somewhat ironic that the hipster stand-by for tacos is a relatively bland, pedestrian, chain restaurant?

I thought hipsters were anti-corpratists/chains? Maybe they only like Torchy's for the irony.

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Strange, last I checked Torchy's was a local Texas chain that started from the bottom now they here.

Hipsters don't eat at Torchy's. It's just white folks, kids that go to Rice, and Instagram Asians.

Hipsters eat at that taco truck outside WAIH or Chapultepec.

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Hipsters don't eat at Torchy's. It's just white folks, kids that go to Rice, and Instagram Asians.

Hipsters eat at that taco truck outside WAIH or Chapultepec.

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I'm a huge Cauc.

HNIC- what's WAIH?

And Chapultapec is good. Haven't been there in a while but when my little sister was at UH (00-04) we ate there frequently.

West Alabama Ice House.

WAIH = West Alabama Ice House. Little taco truck called Tacos Tierras Caliente. Tied for best tacos in the city with Taco Keto IMO. Can't beat the prices either.

Thanks.

Haven't been there in forever.

not to pile on, but i finally tried this place. (Couldn't remember if it was supposed to be good or bad. )

I'm not saying it was "bad", but I won't be back. All about being trendy and very little about serving really tasty food. Tried 4 different tacos and each one was meh...the combinations didn't make any sense to me.

But apparently I saw a lot of cool people so there's that.

How does it compare to fuzzys tacos in Dallas??

can we give back all the torchy's and get one gourdough's instead?

Put me in the camp that loves them some Torchys. I don't consider them to even be close to authentic Mexican tacos but they're delicious anyway. A bit pricey but they're tasty and their queso is the bomb.

As for comparison to Fuzzys they're pretty different. Fuzzys is more basic tacos and cheaper. I too love Fuzzys simply because back in the day I could get three tacos and a schooner of beer for $10.

The reality is they're all just different so I don't think you can compare them as equals. They're either tasty to you or they're not.

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Put me in the camp that loves them some Torchys. I don't consider them to even be close to authentic Mexican tacos but they're delicious anyway. A bit pricey but they're tasty and their queso is the bomb.

As for comparison to Fuzzys they're pretty different. Fuzzys is more basic tacos and cheaper. I too love Fuzzys simply because back in the day I could get three tacos and a schooner of beer for $10.

The reality is they're all just different so I don't think you can compare them as equals. They're either tasty to you or they're not.

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Just tried it recently. The brushfire (jerk chicken) was pretty damn tasty. They don't skimp on the meat.