Culebra Cafe

Went here once, never been back (not even sure if it’s still open), go down the street to El Toro, you’ll thank me later.

my favorite Mexican Food on pat booker. Great staff, fluent in both English and Spanish. Quick polite knowledgeable ad the chips and salsa are the best, warm and you can tell they were freshly made. The barbacoa reminds me of the real stuff I have in mexico!
I was shy to try it because of the appearance, boy was I missing out!

Had their bacon and egg breakfast tacos. I prefer the full strip of bacon like how they have it at Bill Millers because this was a whole lotta egg and barely any bacon, but it was still good. Loved their hot sauce.

This place is absolutely awesome. I love it and I eat there 3 times a week minimum. I started out with average breakfast tacos, I was turned to the guisada tacos with extra cheese, I cannot stop eating them.
This place is busy for a reason, if you are ready for probably the best in town, I highly recommend it!

Maybe I’m different than most, I don’t go to a restaurant with expectations of what things should be like. When I go some place new I go in with an open mind and just wait for things to happen. I’m there for an experience.
Despite the rundown appearance of the drive-​thru sign and speaker, I thought this place was very charming. Rather than order off the menu, I simply asked the woman at the window what she liked.
I knew I wanted a relatively small lunch and I knew I wanted tacos.
I ended up leaving with two carne asada tacos with the grilled onions and peppers as well as a third taco. I’m not sure what the third taco was, but I know it was a cubed type steak with gravy. All three tacos were made with fresh flour tortillas and each came with its own side of hot sauce. The tacos seemed moderately filled with meat, but lacked vegetables.
After two tacos, I could have been content. I wasn’t full, but I was satisfied. The tacos were great though. They were flavorful, fresh, and still sizzling hot! I could hardly hold my composure while eating them in my truck. I wanted to shove the third one down my throat as fast as the first two, but I calmly savored it instead.
Overall: I will be going back! I do like veggies in my tacos, but meat-​filled fresh flour tortillas will have to suffice. I won’t be going alone next time either, I’m bring my wife.
Now, I’m off to tell my friends all about Culebra Café!

Barbacoa is officially good
Tamales (the pork with jalapeño) are officially good
The enchiladas verdes are good (the chicken inside is well seasoned; not just bland shredded chicken)
I don’t think I’ll ever eat just cheese enchiladas or crispy tacos here — too many other good things to try!
Oh, and the family running this joint is always awesome. Thanks, guys!

My experience with Culebra Café was less than I was originally expecting — I intended to get a full lunch there, but due to a misunderstanding at the drive-​thru, I ended up only scoring one taco. It was a barbacoa taco — after all, the sign in front gives the barbacoa top billing. The barbacoa was melt-​in-​your-​mouth tender, and they added some only slightly-​cooked vegetables, providing some nice and unexpected contrast for the soft pork. I didn’t care for how much fat ended up in my taco — it left a puddle in the aluminum foil in which my taco was wrapped. Still tasted good, though.
The salsa that they gave me with the meal seemed to consist of nothing but tomatillos and jalapenos, resulting in a salsa that was very thin and needlessly spicy. Roasting the tomatillos would have eliminated much of the water, and thickened the final product.