Chuy’s North Lamar

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Chuy’s North Lamar
10520 N Lamar
Austin, TX 78753

Chuy’s is one of the restaurants that really is an Austin icon with the first one opening on Barton Springs Road in 1982. My friends and I hit the North Lamar location right at the peak of lunch time and thought we would be in for a long wait. Pleasantly surprised, we were seated in just a couple minutes and actually in and out in less than 45 minutes. The tacos were ideal except for one thing….the shell had been left in the warmer too long and while nice and crisp (and warm) they had a slight taste of ‘burnt’, otherwise, great tacos. No drippy run off, the meat had good flavor and lots of lettuce and cheese. The salsa was good, but could have been hotter. Our waitperson, while serving a number of full tables, was attentive and prompt. I’ll have to come back to Chuy’s one evening and relax and enjoy a beer (that’s the bad thing about lunch-time tacos…no beer, at least on weekdays).