The Green Mesquite has New Drive-thru, Tacos
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%
More info & pics after the break »
THE GREEN MESQUITE
1400 Barton Springs Rd.
Austin, Texas 78704
Cheese Steak taco
Patio (clankyrobot)
brisket plate (clanky robot)
