El Patio in Austin
Passing through one of the big HEB (grocery store), I noticed an end cap near the door, filled with day-old breads and El Patio branded tortilla chips.
While the image says, “Since 1954,” probably the late 1970’s or early 80’s before I ate there. What was weird, it was place known as a TexMex palace, but the establishment eschewed the usual chips and hot sauce for saltine crackers and salsa.
Not a big deal, order queso, and it arrived, melted cheesy goodness capable of clogging arteries on healthy young people? It would arrive with a basket of requisite chips.
Chips and salsa.
So seeing the chips for sale? Sort of brought back a weird flood of memories.
El Patio in Austin
Comfort food for old Austin, unsure if the place is still there, weird spot, packed with memories, but just another off-beat, slightly strange example of what made Austin, well, “Austin.”
However, now? As a store-bought, branded chip?
Begs a little question about shark-surfing.
El Patio in Austin
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