Guero's Taco Bar Blog

We are excited to announce our latest contest!

All you have to do is simply click here to join our email list for a chance to win a dinner for two!

Hurry because we will be choosing a random winner by May 1, 2011!

We are proud to announce that our homemade Salsa de Ranchero has now hit the shelves and is ready to be enjoyed by you! To compliment this great news, we also stumbled upon a great article on the web that talks at length about our famous salsa.

Guero’s Taco Bar has long since garnered a reputation for providing some of the finest Mexican food outside of the Motherland. In fact, its reputation has grown to the degree that eating there is considered to be an Austin, Texas tradition with locals flocking to have their hunger for real Mexican food and thirst for genuine margaritas satiated. If people come for the food and beverages, their taste buds stay for the salsa.

Please click here to read the full article!

Love Guero’s? Come in and take a picture of you loving Guero’s or make a little video of your time at Guero’s! Post it on out Facebook page and we will pick one lucky fan to win a dinner for four!

So what are you waiting for? Get to it!

The 10th Annual Lonestar Round Up is a huge car show with amazing rides driven here from all over the country that attracts visitors from all over the world. It’s a killer live music festival with some seriously talented artists, pinstripers & unique shopping that brings friends and families together for a special Texas-sized weekend.

Come out to Guero’s Taco Bar on Saturday, April 2 to see the amazing Rod and Kustom car parade that will be going up and down South Congress Avenue. It’s a great opportunity to people-watch as well as to get some of the best margaritas in town. We will have musical guests playing in our garden starting at noon on Saturday and Sunday.

Guero’s loves to support the community! The following organizations are important to Guero’s and we would like to tell you a little about how each organization helps the members of our community. Read on to learn how you can support these incredible establishments!

American YouthWorks is a 501(c)(3) organization based in Austin, Texas that is dedicated to transforming the lives of at-risk youth through education, service and green jobs training. We operate a public charter high school, a GED program, and green jobs training and service programs: Casa Verde Builders, Environmental Corps, Computer Corps, and Green Energy Corps. For over thirty years, American YouthWorks has assisted thousands of local youth in transforming their lives through community service, education, and a commitment to preserving the natural environment.

Click here to learn how to become involved with AmericanYouthworks.

English at Work is an Austin, Texas-based nonprofit whose mission is to provide essential language instruction at the workplace in order to increase employees’ opportunities for improved quality of life and to increase employers’ competitive advantage.

The organization’s vision is to build a community where language proficiency gives all people access to opportunity. To achieve this vision, English at Work engages employers and employees in the curriculum development process, creating lessons that are specific to the workplace. Lessons are also specific to Austin and incorporate local bus schedules, information on public officials, and visits from English at Work partner agencies.

Click here to learn how you can contribute to English at Work.

Texas School for the Deaf Career and Transition Education Program

Texas School for the Deaf is located in Austin, TX. It is the oldest continuously operating publicly funded school in Texas. Since 1857, over 10,000 students have graced the halls of TSD. In addition to educating students who are deaf and hard of hearing, TSD now serves as a resource center on deafness for students, parents, professionals and others throughout the state.

Learn how you can help by clicking here.

1st Annual “Walk for Recovery” The Ministry of Challenge and Guero’s are teaming up to raise proceeds to help stop drug trafficking, crime, and homelessness in Austin.  The “Walk for Recovery” will take place on November 6^th, 2010 in Austin, TX beginning at City Hall at 8 am and ending in front Guero’s at 4 pm.

To learn more about how you can get involved, contact The Ministry of Challenge at (512) 370-8962.

Read all about FollowMeFoodie’s awesome experience at Guero’s! Your mouth will definitely start watering as you look at the pictures this blogger took of what he had to eat at Guero’s. FollowMeFoodie recommends trying the Carne Guisada and the fish taco when you come in to eat. He also really enjoyed the chips & salsa and fresh guacamole! Yum!

Click here to read more of FollowMeFoodie’s blog!

Sarah, a Sweet Leaf Tea intern definitely knows where to go for the best tacos during Austin City  Limits. If you are going to be at ACL this year, Guero’s will have a booth at the festival so you can  grab a delicious taco while listening to your favorite bands. Click here to read more on what  Sarah has to say about the sweetest beats and eats in Austin.

One of the best things about living in Austin is that no matter what, there is ALWAYS something to do and  places to go. We take great pride in being a part of Austin, especially when the locals recommend us. We love to hear from you Austinites through facebook and twitter. Furthermore, we love when you write about us as one of your favorite places to go in Austin!

Thanks for the great article! Read who else made the cut like Amy’s Ice Creams, Barton Springs, the Greenbelt, and more here:  “Top Ten Things To Do In Austin”

Thanks to everyone who came out yesterday to DINE FOR LIFE. A percentage of your check will be donated to the AIDS Services of Austin!  We appreciate your generosity, and we hope you will be coming back to Guero’s for more.  Please reward yourself and come in TODAY to get your free #TacoQuickie from 5:30 to 6:30pm.

For more information on AIDS Services of Austin: Dining for Life, please click here.

THANKS AUSTIN!

If you are in the right place at the right time in Austin, TX you can bump into all kinds of famous people from musicians (of course!), to the President of the United States. For the record, if you ever needed to know what that “right place” was, it’s Guero’s.

POLITICIANS: When you live in the Capital City of a state as large as Texas, you can’t help but run into some politicians. Furthermore, when you’re a politician in the Capital City of a state as large as Texas, you can’t help but chow down at the best Mexican restaurant in town. We’ve had the honor of accommodating some of the red, white, and blue’s famous persons. Guero’s Cabinet of Celebrities has seen everything from Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, to governors and cabinet members too!

ACTORS: You don’t have to ACT like politicians are all we’ve seen munching on Mexican food at Guero’s, we have plenty of Actors and Actresses too! We couldn’t tell you how the lights or cameras were, but when we served them their authentic Mexican food, we all saw some definite action. Sandra Bullock, Val Kilmer, Vince Vaughn, the list goes on.

SPORTS ICONS: Not to name drop, but as far as football goes, we have seen everyone come in from U.T. coaches to the owner of the Dallas Cowboys. Guero’s has been Hookin’ ‘em Horns up for years!

MUSICIANS: We won’t brag too much here, we know the “Music Capital of the World” has plenty of musicians walking through the city. But we have a list of the ones that have a better taste in food .

Check out our long list of 164 celebrities who have entered our doors and had a taste of the South! From butt kickin’ Uma Thurman to our sweet serene John Denver, Guero’s is the right place to be on celebrity watch. Did we mention Dave Chappelle was here this month?

So do you have a celebrity sighting around Austin?!  Head on over to our Facebook or Twitter page and tell us!  We gotta know!