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Tacos in Austin: 7 to Try Now

The hottest ones in town

by Nadia Chaudhury Updated
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The Austin sun rises and sets with tacos, from fluffy bacon and egg ones in the morning to the greasy perfection of a lengua at night. With tacos literally on every corner and then some, the city is rich with tortilla-filled wonders. Because the options are so plentiful, behold, the taco heatmap, which features the newest and hottest tacos found in Austin within the past year or so.

This 2019 update means newcomers like Jason Dady’s first Austin restaurant Chispas, taco truck Discada, Peached Tortilla’s new spot Bar Peached, and others.

Looking for Austin’s very best tacos? Eater has it covered here. Then there are the city’s excellent breakfast tacos, budget tacos, and al pastor ones

Are there any new, exciting, and delicious tacos missing below? Share that important taco intel with Eater through the tipline or in the comments below.

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Vamonos

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Austin chef Shawn Cirkiel turned his attention to Tex-Mex with his latest restaurant, which took the place of his old Spanish tapas spot Bullfight. Tacos are a requirement, naturally, which means fillings like picadillo beef, shrimp, red fish, steak, and more for lunch and dinner.

4807 Airport Blvd, Austin, TX 78751
(512) 474-2029
(512) 474-2029

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Bar Peached

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Of course the new bar and restaurant from Asian-Southern fusion restaurant Peached Tortilla has tacos. There are tacos served in threes with fillings like brisket or Vietnamese braised pork belly, plus there are DIY tacos with fried fish or pork shoulder.

1315 W 6th St, Austin, TX 78703
(512) 992-0666
(512) 992-0666
Bar Peached’s taco trio
Bar Peached’s taco trio
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Discada

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The taco truck hones in on only one type of taco: juicy discada (a mixture of pork, beef, and vegetables) served on tiny corn tortillas.

2024, 1319 Rosewood Ave, Austin, TX 78702

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Comedor

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The upscale Mexican restaurant’s bone marrow tacos are a DIY affair: scoop out the rich, buttery marrow straight from the bone onto corn tortillas.

501 Colorado St, Austin, TX 78701
(512) 499-0977
(512) 499-0977

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Chispas

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San Antonio chef Jason Dady opened his first-ever Austin restaurant, and it’s focused on Tex-Mex fare. This means all sorts of tacos from both traditional like carne guisada and black bean and cheese to new-school like duck confit carnitas to tofu al pastor to the massive double-decker namesake one.

214 W 4th St, Austin, TX 78701
(512) 551-2554
(512) 551-2554
Chispas’ tacos
Chispas’ tacos
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Trill Taqueria

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A former Eden East chef, Nick Belloni, opened up his own new-school corn tortilla taco trailer with a strong focus on vegetables and vegetarian tacos. There are beet tacos, butternut squash tacos, etc., etc. There are meatier options too, like citrus barbecue pork, lamb, crawfish, and more.

2418 E 7th St, Austin, TX 78702
(337) 501-6336
(337) 501-6336

Joann's Fine Foods

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The California-inspired Tex-Mex diner at the Austin Motel serves up pricier tacos on South Congress. There are all-day customizable breakfast tacos with mostly traditional fillings (there’s a spinach option too), plus fish, avocado, or chicken tinga ones too.

1224 S Congress Ave, Austin, TX 78704
(512) 358-6054
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Vamonos

4807 Airport Blvd, Austin, TX 78751

Austin chef Shawn Cirkiel turned his attention to Tex-Mex with his latest restaurant, which took the place of his old Spanish tapas spot Bullfight. Tacos are a requirement, naturally, which means fillings like picadillo beef, shrimp, red fish, steak, and more for lunch and dinner.

4807 Airport Blvd, Austin, TX 78751
(512) 474-2029
(512) 474-2029

Bar Peached

1315 W 6th St, Austin, TX 78703

Of course the new bar and restaurant from Asian-Southern fusion restaurant Peached Tortilla has tacos. There are tacos served in threes with fillings like brisket or Vietnamese braised pork belly, plus there are DIY tacos with fried fish or pork shoulder.

1315 W 6th St, Austin, TX 78703
(512) 992-0666
(512) 992-0666
Bar Peached’s taco trio
Bar Peached’s taco trio
Bar Peached/Facebook

Discada

2024, 1319 Rosewood Ave, Austin, TX 78702

The taco truck hones in on only one type of taco: juicy discada (a mixture of pork, beef, and vegetables) served on tiny corn tortillas.

2024, 1319 Rosewood Ave, Austin, TX 78702

Comedor

501 Colorado St, Austin, TX 78701

The upscale Mexican restaurant’s bone marrow tacos are a DIY affair: scoop out the rich, buttery marrow straight from the bone onto corn tortillas.

501 Colorado St, Austin, TX 78701
(512) 499-0977
(512) 499-0977

Chispas

214 W 4th St, Austin, TX 78701

San Antonio chef Jason Dady opened his first-ever Austin restaurant, and it’s focused on Tex-Mex fare. This means all sorts of tacos from both traditional like carne guisada and black bean and cheese to new-school like duck confit carnitas to tofu al pastor to the massive double-decker namesake one.

214 W 4th St, Austin, TX 78701
(512) 551-2554
(512) 551-2554
Chispas’ tacos
Chispas’ tacos
Chispas/Facebook

Trill Taqueria

2418 E 7th St, Austin, TX 78702

A former Eden East chef, Nick Belloni, opened up his own new-school corn tortilla taco trailer with a strong focus on vegetables and vegetarian tacos. There are beet tacos, butternut squash tacos, etc., etc. There are meatier options too, like citrus barbecue pork, lamb, crawfish, and more.

2418 E 7th St, Austin, TX 78702
(337) 501-6336
(337) 501-6336

Joann's Fine Foods

1224 S Congress Ave, Austin, TX 78704

The California-inspired Tex-Mex diner at the Austin Motel serves up pricier tacos on South Congress. There are all-day customizable breakfast tacos with mostly traditional fillings (there’s a spinach option too), plus fish, avocado, or chicken tinga ones too.

1224 S Congress Ave, Austin, TX 78704
(512) 358-6054
(512) 358-6054

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