[piuantiderp]

Bro, no one with a clue goes to Texas for tacos. Maybe Cali, but I don't bother for the most part in the US. Am Mexican

[brookside]

This mysticism about food only being good or authentic in one place doesn't match up with modern internationalism and global supply chains.

There are cooks/chefs from one culture/place in the world living in other spots.

[piuantiderp]

Yes, like one of the best contemporary Mexican chefs lives in the UK of all places. But we're not talking about this broadly.

You talk about the possibility, that it could exist in Texas, and I'm telling you no, in my experience, not in Texas.

[fatfingerd]

Yet regions ruin dishes and then locals from that region complain if anyone makes a good version of them, so it can be extremely hard to find an edible X, especially as a visiting tourist.

[eastof]

Just curious, have you had tacos in El Paso? As a non-expert, strikes me as a place that would have good tacos since half the city is in Mexico.

[piuantiderp]

Even the Mexican side lives in a state of sin as it comes to tacos. If you must, go to Tacos Chinampa.

An apology for coming off so critical but the pretense that food is just as good in the US rarely pans out without breaking out the $$$. Mind you, there are good places, and good food but its the exception and here we are only talking generalities. Just like having good table service.

Unfortunately it is a cultural thing; the food culture that produced, accepts and consumes "I Can't Believe Its Not Butter" cannot have non-"I Can't Believe Its Not Tacos" tacos.

[ferrous69]

there are good tacos all over Texas. Def in El Paso. El Cometa is a chain that's on both sides of the border. Idk what that guy is on about.

[ethbr0]

Hell, I'll even put Taco Bueno up against any other pan-US cheap quasi-taco chain.

It's bad Tex-Mex, but at least it's recognizable.

[pc86]

Thanks for the input bro.