Guero's Taco Bar Blog

Just came across this article about our Oak Garden! What do you think, do you have some good memories from our Oak Garden?

Austinites demand more from their city and they get it from Guero’s Oak Garden. Picture the scene: It’s Friday night and you want to relax and unwind from a hard week’s work. In most cities, you have the choice to stay at home with drinks and a bad movie or go to a local bar where you spend what seems like forever waiting to order. You then spend half the night looking for a place to sit/stand and the other half avoiding drunk people bumping into you. The purpose of socializing is to relax, most bars do the opposite.

Read more: http://www.articlesbase.com/restaurant-reviews-articles/gueros-oak-garden-austins-answer-to-people-who-want-it-all-4746753.html#ixzz1M3rSUcvV

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!

If you came out during the Holiday Market, thank you! If not, then this is what you missed… tsk. tsk. 

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.

Celebrities, tourists, and Austinites alike enjoy the casual atmosphere, live music, and great Mexican food Guero’s has to offer. Hellohouston.com raves about the diverse menu from delicious breakfast items that are offered all day long to our mouthwatering lunch and dinner options.  For our thirsty customers, we have an extensive drink menu with beers, margaritas, and of course tequila!

Click here to read more about what Hellohouston.com has to say about Guero’s.

We are happy to have come across these bloggers who visited Austin during Batfest. They seem to know their stuff about margaritas, and we are happy to have impressed them with ours at Guero’s! Here’s an exerpt:

“As an aside, here’s a word about margaritas: they’re not green. They don’t look like slush puppies, and aren’t as sweet as candy. They’re not made with bar mix of any kind. If someone makes you a margarita with any of the features named above, by all means drink it, but don’t think it’s a margarita. Margaritas have three ingredients: good tequila, an orange liqueur, like cointreau or triple sec and fresh-squeezed lime juice, shaken and poured over ice in a small glass. If you absolutely must, salt the rim. That’s it, that’s all. Anything else is like buying Spam at the grocery store and serving it for Easter. Guero’s margaritas are done very right, indeed. A small glass of refreshing perfection”

They also seemed infatuated with our “BEST EVER” quesadillas.

“Here, we snacked on some guacamole and what turned out to be the BEST EVER quesadilla. Soft flour tortillas with chorizo, tomato and onion with good jack cheese, accompanied by sour cream, more guacamole and jalapeno slices. We imagine that they toasted the tortillas on a flatop or in a pan to brown them a little and then steamed them until the cheese melted. As a result we didn’t get any hard and dried out tortillas, just soft and pillowy, oozing with filling.

Happy Mouth Blogger's Pic of Our Quesadillas!

Thank you Happy Mouth Blog! Read what they had to say about the rest of their Austin experience, here: Happy Mouth Blog

When you cater to Texans, give them what they want.  That’s Guero’s.  There are several different food categories you may consider when it comes to catering.  But let’s be honest, one thing us Texans can all agree on is that Mexican Food is always the best choice.

The next thing you need to decide is if you want the caterers to mean mug your guests and slap a cold enchilada on their plate, OR if you want a hard-working Guero’s staff to prepare, deliver, serve, and clean up with a smile.  Of course, if you want to just order and pick it up yourself, we can just smile at you when you get here. We’re flexible like that.

All of our menu items are prepared fresh in Guero’s kitchen by our staff adhering strictly to recipes brought from Mexico by our chefs, so you know the taste is authentic.

Our stellar reputation as an established Austin Mexican food restaurant didn’t happen by accident.  So if you trust Austin, you can trust us.  We want to make you happy, so let us do what we love and impress you and your guests with the tastiest Mexican Food that Austin has to offer.  We want to make catering as simple and as easy on you as possible, so here are some suggested catering options under our website’s catering section: Guero’s Catering Menu

Decisions, decisions. If you need a personal catering consultation call 447-7688 or email us at catering@guerostacobar.com.

Keep us in mind next time you need to cater, and we’ll be here waiting, fajitas and all.

Friends, Guests, Austinites, lend us your ears! It’s a Tex-Mex Music & Margarita Weekend! Here at Guero’s we never want you to spend your weekend empty handed, which is why we have  created the perfect formula to match margaritas with your music!  Come in and dine with us to enjoy rockin’ local bands with rockin’ margaritas.

by Kyle Woods www.skykingphotography.com

Here’s what we suggest:

Friday @ 6:30pm

The Music:  Los Flames are back by popular demand. Their blues, classic rock, and soul music will be a perfect start to your weekend.

The Margarita:  Silver Train. Take a ride on the Soul Train with Los Flames and on the Silver Train with our Silver Train Rita! Our Silver Train is made with Herradura Silver, Cointreau and fresh squeezed lime juice. Choo Choo!

Saturday @ 6:30pm

The Music:  Ponty Bone & The Squeeze Tones has a familiar SoCo, Austin vibe of jazz and blues.

The Margarita:  Soco Rita. Naturally, with a local vibe, we have to suggest our locally named margarita to set the mood. Our Soco Rita is made with Cazadores Roponsada, Cointreau & fresh squeezed lime juice! Feel the taste buds tingling?

Sunday @ 3:00pm

The Music:  Mitch Webb & The Swindles have that rockabilly and roots country feel to make you fall in love with Tex-Mex all over again.

The Margarita: The Heart of Texas. Deep in the Heart of Corazon Silver, Cointreau and fresh squeezed lime juice. It’s perfect for a delicious Tex-Mex experience.

Come one, come all! We hope to see you there.