"I can wax a chump with a candle"

Its true- Austin is full of hot chicks.  But there’s one problem with hot chicks – they attract Douchebags like flies on shit.  Its our civic duty to monitor this varmint and his many mutations before their populations get out of control.

» enter Hot Chicks with Douchebags : a blog poking fun at douche-scrotes and the hotties who love them.

Some Taco Town Favorites:
The Gator »
Popped Collars »
Oompa Loompas »
Millenium Bag »
Austin’s own BatBag »

-cabeza

Put that anywhere.

A mainstay on Barton Springs Road, The Green Mesquite has always been perfect for a cold beer and some tasty BBQ.  Show up on weekends and there’s bound to be some good bluegrass music outside on the cozy, shady patio.  The meat is always smoked tender, never over-cooked and you gotta love the iced tea with sonic ice.

» This jerkstore liked it so much – he took it upon himself to greenlight construction of a new drive-thru window.  Seemed like a good idea.  That is, until management discovered the crash had knocked a napkin dispenser into the beer tap – causing an entire keg of Blue Moon pour out on the floor…He is now awaiting execution on Texas Death Row.

Did we mention Green mesquite has TACO’S ?

Chop beef Bubba taco

Cheese Steak Taco Basket (7.99) 2 Big tortillas STUFFED full of juicy flank steak, topped with fresh lettuce, tomato, jalapenos and an above average BBQ sauce.  Delicious. Comes with 2 sides – Cabeza reccommends the pinto beans & a side salad.

Bubba Taco Basket (7.99) 2 tacos and 2 sides.  Choose between Turkey, Chop beef, Brisket, Chicken, or Pulled Pork.  Cabeza tried the Turkey – very generous cuts of moist and flavorful white meat; and the chop beef- high quality chop and full of flavor.

Turkey Bubba Taco

Be sure to drizzle on the house-made Picante Salsa – it took home First Place in the Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Fest way back in 1993. Not bad.

All in all – a great place for lunch and a perfect place to take your out-of-town friends- The menu is big, prices are reasonable (all you can eat BBQ for $11), the atmosphere is warm (they’ve got all kinds of old posters on the wall from extinct concert venues like the Armadillo) and the service is great too.  But no drive-thru, sorry.

Cabeza says GO THERE!
Rating: 75%

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We just blew our savings account (AKA: poker-earnings) on a sick HD Video Projector setup – just in time for the Texas/OU Game this Saturday.  Ah yes- the storied Red River Rivalry – damn near the only thing that can get us outta bed before 11am on a Saturday.  BigUps to Burnt Orange Nation for getting us mentally prepared: here’s some Taco-friendly tips for the game:

traveling to Dallas for the game?
try a pit-stop for beer & tacos at FUEL CITY: their picadillo taco is Numero Uno on Texas Monthly’s list

Where to watch the game in Austin:
CUATRO’S: A great West-Campus bar with excellent Aus-Mex tacos, plenty of plasma’s and those trademark Texas coeds.  Should be rowdy as hell in there.

or if you’re playing at home…

What to Drink:
“OU SUCKS” BEER
the limited edition ale brewed by Austin’s Independence Brewing Co.

What to Eat:
CHILE CON QUESO
Homesick Texan’s Recipe | Bob Armstrong Dip (made famous by Matt’s El Rancho)

How to watch:
Time: 11am Central
TV: ABC (HD: Channel 1511 for TWC-Austin)
Radio: 98.1FM KVET | Listen LiVE
Stats: Gametracker

fun facts:

• Bush Doctrine is not a brand of bikini wax
• you can see Russia from Alaska = foreign policy
• I can see the moon from my house = astronaut
• Hottest VP candidate ever, also the dumbest VP candidate ever
• This picture is real —>
• She can field dress my moose anytime
• Politics and Alcohol go together like chips n queso

The Vice-Presidential Debate was Oct 2nd, 2008

You will need a drinking game for this moose-crap.  Here’s a good one.

PALIN BINGO:
http://palinbingo.com/

A British man died recently after creating and consuming a “super-hot chili sauce” when a friend challenged him to a “who’s balls are bigger” endurance contest.  Though officials initially suspected Andrew Lee died of a heart attack, a post mortem uncovered no heart problems and an earlier medical examination had found him in perfect health.

Andrew Lee obtained the peppers from his father’s garden to up his sauce’s spice-factor.  Considering the typically mind-numbing blandness of British food, one must wonder from what corner of the planet these chilies originate, and what the dickens they were doing in someone’s English garden in the first place.

Lee’s sister spoke of Andrew’s culinary ambitions, saying, “He always said he wanted to be a chef but didn’t want to start at the bottom.” Perhaps if he had started at the bottom of the spicy spectrum, or even within the intermediate to advanced Austin range, he wouldn’t be ending his start at the bottom of the grave.

What I want to know is, where can I get the recipe?