Mi Madre’s
Coffee
Barbacoa and Pico de Gallo
Pork Carnitas, Avocado, Cilantro
Chorizo, Egg, Potato, Cheese
Churros
Suggested by a friend as the best sitdown spot for breakfast tacos in Austin and apparently equally well regarded by local cops as a veritable convention seemed to be taking place on my arrival to the homey wood and concrete room adorned with plates and dolls celebrating its Hispanic roots. Open early seven days a week and featuring two rooms, curt but efficient service, and an all-day menu almost daunting in its variety it would not be long before a cup of truly awful luke-warm slog feigning as ‘coffee’ was poured and after a few moments perusing the menu an order was placed, the trio delivered ten minutes later along with a check that falsely presumed dessert would not be part of an 8am meal. No expert on tacos but certainly discerning when it comes to ingredient quality and prep it was with the spicy beef that I began and with warm pillowy tortillas serving up each selection each taco proved better than the last – the poignant citrus and aromatics of the carnitas truly impressive in its interplay with fresh avocado. Clearly busy with the large group seated in the nextdoor room it was to a second server that I turned for something sweet and although I’m sure better coffee would have helped, the golden churros were merely okay, a bit too oily and not particularly helped by Ready-Whip though the cocoa laced cajeta caramel was divine – as was the sub-$15 tab.
http://mimadresrestaurant.com/
