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Houston Mexican Restaurants: Lard or No Lard |
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Below
is a sampling of Mexican restaurants in Houston that do or do not use
lard. E-mail me with any questions or additions/subtractions/mistakes. Featured
on the Houstonist
website! Make sure to ask about queso at Mexican restaurants... may be made with chicken stock, like at Chuy's! |
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Queso |
Fish tacos safe for kosher? | ||||
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Lard-free
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Chuy's | Veggie items indicated with a no cow symbol | N | ||
| Maria Selma | Vegetarian items explicitly listed | ||||
| Picos | |||||
| Mamacitas | Large vegetarian selection, located near NASA | ||||
| Berryhill | They use catfish in the fish tacos (so beware if you're Kosher) | N | N | ||
| Cafe Adobe | They don't have veggie beans, but they have cheese enchiladas that are safe | ||||
| Aztecas | Vegetarian and vegan menu available | ||||
| Chipotle | -- | -- | |||
| Freebirds | Veggie refried beans | -- | -- | ||
| Mission Burrito | -- | -- | |||
| Taco Bell | Beans are vegetarian | -- | -- | ||
| Cabo | Pollock in the fish tacos -- downtown Houston | N | J | ||
| Escalante's | Woodway/Voss: ask for corn tortillas, black beans, and the tomato sauce | N | |||
| Casa Mexican Restaurant | Signs say "no lard" -- 2209 FM 1960 W | ||||
| El Tiempo | Just make sure to ask for the vegetarian beans | ||||
| Cadillac Bar | Excellent spinach enchiladas | J | |||
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Lard-fest
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Pappasito's | ||||
| Taco Cabana | Their tortillas and black beans are vegetarian, so you're actually OK with a cheese quesadilla with black beans and no rice | ||||
| Los Cucos | |||||
| Lupe Tortilla |
What a shame because their
margaritas are awesome Update: they have veggie fajitas not on the menu with lard-free tortillas (beans and flour tortillas still have lard) |
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| Molina's | |||||
| Ninfa's | |||||
| Los Tios | |||||
| Juanita's | on T.C. Jester | ||||
| Gaudalajara | |||||
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Iguana Joes El Torros Tortuga's |
lard in their refried beans and rice | ||||
Updated: 9/15/2011