![]() ![]() But I do know that I’ve seen the light, and it illuminate a green-and-black sign that is now a road-trip taco beacon. I don’t know the history of the stores or why we don’t have any in Austin. That Stripes doesn’t have an LTC, and is thus weak.) Going to the outlet mall in San Marcos? There’s a LTC on the right-hand side before you pass under I-35.) Once you come to know LTC, you won’t zip pass the sign if you’re hungry, and you won’t stop anywhere else for gas on your trips south of Austin. ![]() Laredo Taco Company is now my new road-trip jam: If I’m in Port Aransas, I hit Laredo Taco Company on the way to Mustang Island (this is the Stripes at the south end of the island, reached via Corpus, not at the north. I thought he was kidding, as I’d seen dozens of them on my trip. ( Read about it here.) After drinks one night, while compiling my list of taco stops, he told me to make sure I stopped by Laredo Taco Company at Stripes to get one. I first discovered Laredo Taco Company from taco aficionado and Laredo native Sammy “The House” Ramirez while touring South Texas on my taco tour. We’re talking red and green salsas, raw onions, escabeche, pico de gallo, cilantro. But Laredo Taco Company locations aren’t in the back of Stripes gas stations, just beyond coolers of Jarritos sodas and Takis, they are right there up front. ![]() The one that first rushes to mind is Tierra Linda Taqueria in North Austin. Yes, Austin has its own gas stations with excellent taquerias tucked in the back. And many of them are home to the Laredo Taco Company. There are Stripes gas stations clustered throughout Texas, with locations in Houston and even a couple as close as Bastrop and Elgin. But when you first discover Laredo Taco Company for yourself, it’s a game changer. If you’ve spent any time in South Texas or the Rio Grande Valley, you will either welcome this post with a “Finally!” or possibly a “ja ja ja!”įor what I am about to say is no secret to the folks who have driven through Harlingen and Brownsville, McAllen and Laredo. ![]()
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