Whenever I bring people to McAllen, Texas there is one place that I know that I have to take them. It is the restaurant Taco Palenque. Taco Palenque is a Mexican restaurant that originated in the city of Laredo, Texas but spread through out the border, and I believe that it truly encompasses border culture better then any other restaurant. It also has really good food.
As a Mexican restaurant Taco Palenque really captures the Mexican culture. When you walk in you can see that the design of the restaurant is heavily influenced by the culture. Taco Palenque is however a Mexican-American restaurant, specifically a fast food restaurant. While it does have a drive through which is a staple for a fast food restaurant, it also has a relatively nice interior. However, the most important part of a restaurant is not the design or whether its a fast food restaurant, but rather the quality of the food.
Taco Palenque specializes on Mexican food, and everything that have is really good. But what they are most famous for is there fajita. In this context fajita represents beef fajita which is skirt steak. Taco Palenque is know as being one of, if not the best at fajita, and fajita is a staple in most Mexican-American cuisine. The restaurant uses there special fajita in many different ways but most specifically their tacos. Outside of basic tacos like just a fajita taco, which is just fajita in a tortilla, Taco Palenque has several original tacos, most famously the Taco Pirata. The Taco Pirata is a taco that consists of two flour tortillas, which contain beans cheese and fajita.
Over all I would say that Taco Palenque is an amazing restaurant that really encompasses the culture of the border in bother the cuisine and the restaurant itself.
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