Lunch Specials

Browse Old Austin Grouch posts about lunch specials, Austin nostalgia, and the city habits locals still argue about.

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Two Fajitas for Three Dollars and No PowerPoint

El Patio's lunch plate used to set you back $3.25 with beans, rice, two fajitas, and all the tortillas you could eat; the new owners kept the sign but swapped the Formica tables for live-edge wood, added a $9 add-on for 'street corn', and now the same meal costs more than a tank of gas while a guy in Patagonia shorts explains NFT tacos to his date.

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