Must Do: The Screaming Goat

As my first post, I thought I would get right down to something that is very important to El Pasoans, something anyone from El Paso would want in Austin, or in any other city for that matter...Chico's Tacos!  

Austin has its own version of Chico's at The Screaming Goat.  Owned by former El Pasoans,  The Screaming Goat will help ease those cravings for Chico's.  Be aware that the "drowning tacos" do not contain exactly the same ingredients, and there are more choices of what kind of tacos you can order.  You can get the usual red tomato sauce or a green tomatillo sauce; you can get chicken flautas as well as the regular beef ones.  Instead of three tacos per order, they give you four.  The cheese that they put on top of the tacos seems to be real so that may throw you off as well.  

(They now use plastic trays)

The Screaming Goat sells itself as a place for "Tacos y Cerveza."  They have a tina full of beer on ice as soon as you walk in, and a pretty good happy hour special is featured everyday.  They accept credit cards, so don't worry if you don't have cash.  The ambience is quite different as well.  Imagine Chico's Tacos without the loud jukebox and number announcements (can you?).  

There have been many arguments of loyalty to Chico's Tacos.  Originally called Chuco's Tacos, The Screaming Goat almost ignited a legal battle with its take on the El Paso favorite.  See here.  Chico's almost lost me forever with their handling of  this incident.  I'm still a fan, but the Screaming Goat is surely winning the hearts of those here in Austin. 

Check it out at:

900 West 10th Street
Austin, TX 78703-4928
(512) 477-4628

www.thescreaminggoat.com